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Parenting all too often seems to be about doing things we really don’t want to do. We don’t want to discipline our kids. We don’t want to tell them they can’t have everything they want. We don’t want…
Parenting all too often seems to be about doing things we really don’t want to do. We don’t want to discipline our kids. We don’t want to tell them they can’t have everything they want. We don’t want…
You’ll notice that we’re running the exact same article on both sides of the blog today. We thought Tracey’s words to parents were so powerful and true, we wanted to be sure our beloved youth ministers saw it…
Follow along with us this week and last as we delve into various aspects of the book of Ecclesiastes, and the many ways it speaks to the life of the post-modern teenager. Have you ever seen footage of…
Part 1: (Re)Framing the Conversation Part 2: So, Where Does Evil Come From? Part 3: Humanity, God’s Solution to Evil Last week in Part 2 of this series, we saw that evil is best understood as the privation…
As we saw in Part 1 of this series, the problem of evil isn’t an abstract philosophical problem. Evil really exists, and it affects us personally and tangibly. As we look at the evil in the world around…
Rooted contributor, Mark Howard, writes this important series about helping teens deal with their questions about the presence of evil and suffering in a world ruled by a good, sovereign God. If you’ve worked with youth for any…
As part of our series on tough stuff, Mark Howard, member of Rooted’s steering committee, answers our questions about teaching the unfairness of the gospel to students. 1.) How do you define and describe this concept to students? Ephesians…