Unpacking Scripture in Youth Ministry

In the back of your mind, there’s always that nagging question “Is this really how I should teach teens to engage the Bible?” Andrew Root shows youth ministers how to teach teens to use the Bible as a tool to interpret the actions of God that they can respond to with their own actions.

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Unpacking Scripture in Youth Ministry focuses on how to teach and present the Bible in the lives of teenagers. Andrew Root argues that teens are constant interpreters – always asking the questions, who am I? and what do others think of me? – and so youth ministers must teach them to interpret the actions of God as revealed in the Bible. This view is different than teaching biblical knowledge – memory verses and Bible facts – and it’s different than teaching them to interpret the Bible themselves. Rather, they are to view the Bible as a tool for interpreting God’s actions and then respond with their own actions.