This was my first visit to the Superior Court in Clark County. I entered into a large room with marble floors, high ceilings, full of uncomfortable wooden pew-like benches. The whispering groups around me made it difficult to…
I love apologetics. I love reading essays on the historical reliability of Scripture, the resurrection, etc. I enjoy the intellectual challenge of piecing together a detailed defense of the Christian faith and seeing the look on a person’s…
This is the second article in our series, “Five Apologetics Every Student Needs.” The dictionary definition of ‘apologetics’ is: “systematic argumentative discourse in defense (as in of a doctrine).” In the current world culture of skepticism and relativism,…
There’s always THAT kid. The disruptive one. The challenging one. The EGR one (Extra Grace Required). Always. In every group. They can be loud and obnoxious, or disrespectful and sullen. They can be awkward or even flirting with…
The best part of teaching about the resurrection is that it does not end with an argument, but with hope – not apologetics, but gospel.
Twenty years ago, I worked at a Starbucks in Denver part-time while going to school. Free coffee. It was awesome. I was a seminary student studying to go into youth ministry, and all my co-workers knew it. Brock…
Youth ministry is often synonymous with “relational” ministry. Relational is a word that I could stand to put some more thought into. I feel victorious in completing my ‘to do’ lists for the week, but like a failure…
Rooted is excited to share with you a new initiative: “The Top 10.” We’ve scoured youth ministry blogs and news sites to find the most helpful articles from January that will strengthen and encourage your ministry to students….
A close friend of mine recently texted me asking a simple but profound question for any minister: “Do you think you are a leader?” After briefly pondering this extremely important question, I responded an hour later a bit…
