Seth Stewart
Seth Stewart is a husband and a dad, and after a decade in student ministry is now working as the Editor-in-Chief at Spoken Gospel. Spoken Gospel creates online resources that point to Jesus from every passage of Scripture. Seth spends his day writing, speaking, and being his family’s chef.
Posts by Seth Stewart

Rooted’s Most Read: Why I Love Discipling Students Through This Hopeless Babylon
Culture
Daniel
Esther
Gen Z
Generation Z
Youth Ministry

Seeing Jesus in a Talking Donkey: How to Preach Jesus from the Weird Parts of Scripture
Balaam
Balak
Bible Teaching
Gospel-Centered
Numbers

Six Reasons Teenagers Need the Book of Daniel
Bible Teaching
Daniel
Politics
Rooted Reservoir

Our Teenagers Need to Pray Angry
Anger
Coronavirus
Covid-19
Prayer

Why I Love Discipling Students Through This Hopeless Babylon
Culture
Daniel
Esther
Gen Z
Generation Z
Youth Ministry

Night Vision: Day Nine, 2019 Christmas Devotions for Students
2019 Christmas Devotions
Advent
Christmas
Daniel
God's Promises
Monsters
Promise
Prophecies

Four Surprises from (Nearly) 10 Years in Student Ministry
Bible
Gospel Centered Youth Ministry
Jen Pollock Michel
Sermon Preparation
Teaching
Teaching the Bible

To The Class of 2019
graduation
Suffering

Discontented Youth Minister, Don’t Leave Too Soon
challenges
Youth Ministry

The (Failed) Indoctrination of Daniel
Culture
Gospel-Centered
Teaching

Parent, Don’t Treat the Bread of Life Like Green Beans
Gospel
Parenting

Only the Gospel Will Save Teenagers From Their Anxiety
Anxiety
Fear
Gospel Centered Youth Ministry
Prayer

A Nighttime Blessing of Gospel Love
Grace
Holiness
Love
Parenting

Dear Teenager, You Are an Idol
Idolatry

Heaven Has No Borders: On God’s Kingdom, Advent, and Caravans
Advent
Borders
Caravan
Christmas
Politics

I Am Coming Down: Mourning a Child While Waiting for Jesus
Advent
Grief
Parenting
Suffering

How to Engage Culture with Your Students and Kids
Compassion
Culture

Meet Barb: the Kid Who Tries Too Hard
Community
Diversity
Unity

More than a Camp High: Pursuing Emotional Experience for the Glory of God (Part Two)
Holy Spirit
Worship

More than a Camp High: Pursuing Emotional Experience for the Glory of God (Part One)
Heart
Holy Spirit
Worship

Youth Pastors Should be the Weakest People on Staff
Prayer
Youth Ministry

Preparing to Teach Colossians to Students

How to Talk About Sex Without Sounding like a Prude, Legalist, or a Peddler of Toxic Purity Culture
Heart
Idolatry
Sex

Jesus: Sexually Objectified and Assaulted for Us
Abuse
Assault
Jesus

HTH: Keep All Those Notes
Hope This Helps (HTH)

Four Plumblines to Parent with Grace
Grace
Parenting

5 Reasons to Preach the Book of Micah to Teenagers
Scripture
Teaching

What Youth Pastors Would Like To Tell Parents: Changed By Beholding (Rooted Parent Repeat)
Parenting
Youth Ministry

Four Plumblines to Parent with Grace
Grace
Parenting

Pastoring with Truth and Love to Transgender Teens
Grace
Sexuality
Transgender

The Only Hope in My Son’s Death
Grief
Hope

The Necessity of Ecclesiology in Youth Ministry
Church
Youth Group Culture

Video Games and the Wisdom Literature
Culture
Entertainment

Humility, Holy Week, and The Donkeys Jesus Rode
Holy Week
Humility
Inner Ring

Experiential Faith and the Hope of the Magician
Worship

Talking to Your White Kids About Black History Month
Gospel
Parenting
Race
Reconciliation

Book Review: Growing Young
Hope This Helps (HTH)

Should the Youth Pastor Denounce Trump?
Grace
Politics

Practically Speaking: How to Train Your Volunteers
Designed to Lead
Leadership
Training
Volunteers

A Prayer for When I Feel Like a Bad Pastor
Prayer
Youth Ministry

Atonement in the Triage Tent
Atonement
Justice
Mercy

7 Reasons to Preach the Incommunicable Attributes of God
Youth Ministry

Are You A Scoundrel: The Deceptive Longing for the Inner Ring
C.S. Lewis
Inner Ring
Performance

Why Did Jesus Walk on the Water?
Provision
Self-harm

Secular Wisdom from the Movie: The Hunger Games
Entertainment
Gospel
Substitution

The Gospel is Power
Gospel
Gospel-Centered
Performance

Family Milestones and Parent/Child Discipleship
Discipleship

Five Apologetics Every Student Needs: “What is Marriage?”
Marriage

Hope this Helps: Advent Devotionals
Christmas
Hope This Helps (HTH)
“How do I Talk to My Kids About Homosexuality?”
Sexuality

The Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Spring Break
Failure

What Youth Pastors Would Like To Tell Parents: Changed By Beholding
Parenting
Partnering with Parents

No Church in the Wild
Cultural Trends

Meghan Trainor, “That Bass,” and Gospel Beauty
Beauty

HTH: Connected, but Alone?
Hope This Helps (HTH)

Youth Ministry in the Power of the Spirit
Acts

Youth Ministry at Half Time: Delegation
Youth Ministry

Jesus is Better Than Leviticus
Jesus
Sabbath
Scripture

HTH: The Verses Project – Psalm 139
Hope This Helps (HTH)

HTH: The Bible Project
Hope This Helps (HTH)

HTH: The Verses Project
Hope This Helps (HTH)

HTH: Biblical Truth in Art
Hope This Helps (HTH)

When Youth Don’t Want to Read the Bible
Bible

Persecution and Youth in Scotland
Persecution

Preaching Christ in a Postmodern World
Hope This Helps (HTH)

The Supremacy of Christ
Hope This Helps (HTH)

Modest Theology and a Theology of Modesty
Modesty

Books: The Chronicles of Narnia
Hope This Helps (HTH)

Youth Ministry with a Mission: Exult Christ in the City
Church
Youth Ministry

Word and Spirit in Youth Ministry: Four Practical Steps
Bible
Holy Spirit

Word and Spirit in Youth Ministry: Extremes
Bible
Holy Spirit
Word and Spirit in Youth Ministry: Balance
Balance
Bible

Lent: Sloth – Jesus is the Better Rest

How Ministry Changed After I Had a Child
Growth

To My Younger Cockier Self: Part 3: When I was Accidentally Inappropriate
Discipleship
Growth

Legalism In Our Own Hearts
Law

The Hard Work of Keeping Up With Culture
Cultural Trends
Gospel

Why You Should Preach the Book of Esther
Gospel
Jesus
Scripture

Youth Ministry and the Church: Youth Ministry in a Big Church
Growth
Youth Ministry