learn to practice redemptive parenting where their children grow to see the world through a gospel lens based on biblical truth.
Educating and equipping parents on how to respond
Time-tested norms on everything you need to know for a healthy ministry.
Religion and Spirituality in the Lives of Emerging Adults
Today’s blog is an excerpt from the upcoming book, “Ready for Real Life.”
Unpacking the Five Essential Soft Skills Great Leaders Instill in Their Students
Their education has been stolen from them. Activists have spent the last forty to fifty years taking over education and transforming it…
The number of minors in America receiving a diagnosis of gender dysphoria tripled from 2017 to 2021, with more than forty-two thousand…
One Man’s Devastating Struggle with Woke Ideology and His Battle to Protect Children
Book: Raising Unselfish Children in a Self-Absorbed World by Jill Rigby.
Podcast: Walt Mueller with Nicholas Black
A 2022 study found that youth who identify as transgender are at the highest risk of “violent radicalization.”
‘She Is She’ Combats Attempt to Deny ‘Females Their Womanhood’
A Christian Answer to the Identity Angst of Our Culture
It surveys the Christian worldview and seeks to apply these principles to the many complex questions surrounding gender identity
Helping Kids Navigate a Confusing Culture
Divided this list into three sections Ministry Nuts and Bolts, Soul Care and Other Non-Fiction
As they journey through Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, they will see that Jesus is far from one-dimensional
13 ways the social internet is shaping the people you lead, with advice to help everyone deal with it!
Woman behind Libs of TikTok writes children’s book that ‘will give parents and children a tool they can use to spot predatory…
Why? Because God will give us new bodies, resurrected bodies, glorious bodies, not made of the earth or dust, but of heaven
Why Evangelicals Are Attracted to the Liturgical Church – Revised Edition
Sometimes life gives teenagers way more questions than answers.
Challenges you and your students to remember the crucifixion and why it was necessary in God’s plan for our salvation
When Galatian believers tried to add to the gospel, the apostle Paul sternly reminded them that the gospel is complete. Today, Christians…
You will love exploring the impact of the Jesus movement in the United States during the 1960‘s and 1970’s
Help nonbelievers students know they belong in your group
Don’t miss this parenting video by Alexandra Motz. It’s really good. Alexandra is a part of HomeWord’s Pass it On training program
It follows the Calendar Year, and has longer readings that take you through the Old Testament in (almost) its entirety each year,…
Because children are vulnerable, they need to be protected. After more than two decades as a family counselor, Julie Lowe has…
How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
The Barna Group conducted a global survey that included over 24,000 teenagers from 26 different countries
Discipling Those Called to Ministry Leadership
In our post-Christian context, public life has become markedly more secular and private life infinitely more diverse
We must not fall for the lie of culture that our bodies are to be changed to meet our self-perception
The state of Generation Z’s faith
Making the Different Generations on Your Team a Competitive Advantage
Our teens desperately for need for the adults in their lives to be equipped to share Biblical truth and hope whenever the…
A Guide to Developing and Delivering Messages That Stick
Four Insights About Parents That Should Radically Impact Your Ministry
Mostly out of love and good intentions, we parents offer support in ways that our teenagers experience as stress because our support…
How We Hurt Our Kids When We Treat Them Like Grown-Ups
Seducing Our Daughters’ the impact transgenderism is having on girls
Help equip you with resources to share with parents for any upcoming Fall Kickoff or Back-to-School
How Parents Pass Their Religion on to the Next Generation. by Christian Smith and Amy Adamczyk
Making the Most of Your Conversations and Connections
Specifically for youth workers focused on viewing all aspects of youth ministry through a gospel-focused lens
“I am convinced that the church is on the precipice of a far greater controversy that took place with the Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy…
What are you going to do with parents? Kids become like their parents! And you better go out of your way to…
It’s Impossible to Be Spiritually Mature, While Remaining Emotionally Immature
Paul David Tripp’s Book: A Biblical Guide to Parenting Teens
Defending the American Dream for the Next Generation
Lindsay explains what critical race theory is, what it believes, where it comes from, how it operates, and what we can do…
Kevin’s book is an argument for letting kids drive their own education and for letting them tackle life head-on in any arena…
“Mom and Dad, I need to tell you I’m not actually a girl,” she read. “My pronouns are they/them.”
California Weighs Gender-Transition Bill for Youths Beyond Its Borders
Using these cards, you can pray that God will develop His own characteristics within you and your family to change the world…
We’ve included a number of books that may also help you think through these issues before you talk with your teenagers.
And be on the lookout for the release of an updated edition of The Age of Opportunity: A Biblical Guide to Parenting…
Discover Purpose and Passion in the Next Phase of Life
I think this Ted talk is worth watching. I like the term “over-parenting.” I think some parents are doing that and it’s…
We gathered up some of our favorite resources to help
Biblical Truths and Practical Help for Youth Workers. From who is the trinity, LGBT issues to how to run your youthministry
Have you ever had those months in student ministry where it feels like you simply can’t catch your breath?
Thomas Jefferson described The Federalist Papers as “the best commentary on the principles of government, which ever was written.”
America’s original schools didn’t just make kids memorize facts or learn skills; they taught them to think freely and arrive at wisdom….
Walt Mueller: 10 truths on sex and gender in God’s Word we must continually teach our children and teens
Suicide is the second leading cause of death among individuals between the ages of 10 and 34
In 2020, it was estimated that 4.1 million adolescents between 12-17 had at least one major depressive episode
Below are some resources from the Rooted blog for parents of high school seniors from parents who have been there
Eight Strategies to Help Generation Z Rediscover Hope After Coronavirus
Parents have approximately 936 weeks from the time their child is born until he or she graduates from high school. It goes…
Families should be skeptical of introducing sexuality into the classroom at young ages, especially if teachers are permitted to keep those conversations…
Government Accountability Office. Sexual abuse by school personnel raises particular concerns because of the trust placed in schools
Prevent Sexual Abuse By School…
Youth Pastor Compensation Update with Dan Navarra
What it looks like to live a beautiful and purposeful life rather than drifting aimlessly from one season to the next
Video based curriculum I take the audience on the journey that Jesus went through
104 Engaging Bible Stories for Ages 6–12 from Author Kevin DeYoung, Illustrated by Don Clark
10 Ways to Care for Gen Z in a Post-Pandemic World
Our children are being educated on sex and gender by a cultural narrative as young as pre-school age
A collection of shows to help you win in youth ministry. The network is led by the longest-running podcast in youth ministry…
Churches need young adult ministry now because the Church needs young adults—now.
For over ten years, Justin has been leading discussions between Christians and atheists, and yet he still believes in God
“We get it―and Jesus gets it too. Here’s who Jesus is and how he wants to meet you in this intense time.”
Defeating the Cancel Culture Mob and Reclaiming One Nation Under God