The Top 10: April 2017

  Each month we compile a Top 10 list for the Rooted community. This list represents ten articles we believe will encourage and equip you to continue in your ministry to students and their families. If you have…

The Gospel’s Response to Final Exams

Hindsight is surely 20/20. I wish that I had approached the stress of my kids’ exams with more Gospel and less me. Now that they are grown, I see my mistakes more clearly. The “truth” of a standard…

Pushed by the Law, or Pulled by the Gospel?

Spring is the season when many high school seniors get pestered the most about their plans for next fall. Are you going to college (about two-thirds will)? If so, where? Do you know what you are going to major…

Three Reasons Why I Love Mission Trips

I waited far too long to lead our youth group on a mission trip. I had all sorts of excuses. “I have too much going on with my normal duties at the church.” “The students’ families do not…

A Review of The Disciple Making Parent by Chap Bettis

At The Gospel Coalition Conference in Indianapolis earlier this month, I had the pleasure of meeting Chap Bettis, a former lead pastor who now directs the Apollos Project. The Apollos Project is a ministry devoted to helping parents…