All of scripture- from Genesis to Haggai and Matthew to Philemon- is holy inspired and valuable for teaching. I will say, in my humble opinion, that the Gospel of John is the most important New Testament book for…
How many times have you done contact work in the community, you see a student, and his or her first, nervous response is, “I’m coming to church this Sunday, I promise.” Now, you had no intention of asking…
When hearing the message of true grace, where one discovers that Jesus’s work on the Christ completely makes him or her perfectly righteous for eternity and where we make no contribution, students often come away with one question:…
We need a big, thick meaning for the word “grace” and how we talk about it. For many (and I include myself here as too often stuck in this), grace is that thing we only talk about when…
One of my favorite pastimes (addictions) is surfing message boards related to Alabama football, predominantly TiderInsider and This tone suggests that Christ’s work on the Cross was insufficient to make us holy and work is still left…
Mark Howard, assistant to pastor and minister to youth at Trinity Presbyterian in Covington, GA, offers this insightful article in our series about the tension between preaching grace and the pursuit of holiness. Rooted is glad to have…
Liz Edrington, Youth Minister at Christ Episcopal Church in Charlottesville, VA, writes the first contribution in our new series called “The Pursuit of Holiness”. “Impressing the importance of holiness in the Christian life.” Three years ago, this phrase…
Some of you may have picked up on the cyber banter currently going on about the age-old charge of “Antinomian” against Reformation-minded theologians and preachers. The debate comes back to one question: “How are lives changed?”, a question…
One of the most surprising revelations to me in my early youth ministry days relates to the real reason why teens drink. I remember in my legalist days as an adolescent, determining whether or not a girl was…
