Adoption: God as the Available Parent

We are excited about the theme for the 2012 Rooted Conference – “Adoption: The Beauty of Grace” – which will explore how the theological concept of adoption speaks to the present youth generation. By God’s grace I have a clean…

127 Hours, Part 2: Sovereignty and Suffering

Please see Part one of this piece here. Why should a living man complain, a man, about the punishment of his sins? Lamentations 3:39 As hours turn into days, it begins to dawn on Aron Ralston that no one…

Salvation Accomplished

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…

Teaching to the Victim

Today was one of those days where I finished teaching Sunday School completely baffled at how grateful I am for the honor it is to share the grace of Jesus with students. One of my dearest friends works…