Trent Rogers and Jonathan Wood, authors of "Rooted in Truth, Answers to Lifes Questions for College Student"

Introduction of Guests: Trent A. Rogers serves as the Dean of Theological Studies & Associate Professor of New Testament & Greek at Cedarville University. Jonathan A. Wood serves as Vice President for Student Life & Christian Ministries and is an Associate Professor of Theological Studies at Cedarville University in Cedarville, Ohio.

They discuss how long they have been serving college students & the two years it took to write the book.

Fred Zielonko-suggests while this book is for students, their parents ought to read it as well.

Talking to students working and teaching students led to the writing of the book. And, the two authors polled students & parents as to the questions they wanted answered from a biblical perspective and via biblical truths.
Trent talks about how as a college student he was not well connected or intimately connected to your church.
Jonathan talked about the chapter he wrote about how to pick a college major. Jonathan did not grow up in church. He learned he had a lot of compassion to help 17-year olds to bring clarity to decision making while in college to help figure out what God has planned for their life.
Both professors homeschool their children. Parents want to protect their children, but they also want to prepare them as well.
We then review the chapter headings and what all the book covers.
Jonathan gives us how he came to Christ not being raised in church, and the questions he asked back as a young man.

Then we focused on how to choose a major to pursue. Then the professors discussed how to choose a major; however, we need to focus more on God’s desire for us versus what are our passions. They encourage students to think about how best to serve the world on behalf of God? What are they prepared to do? What are they passionate about? And how one makes that all come together for a student to make a living.
They both then talk about how they chose to be what they wanted to be and how that is a meandering route not a straight line towards a career.
We discussed how God is directing our path even when we do not know it….
Choosing a major end of the chapter is to “trust God!” Don’t build an idolatry in your own heart whereby it causes you to make bad decisions.
We then talk about the overriding theme of the book that is trust & discernment. We also talked about how when students get to college they are in a situation where they make more decisions in a shorter amount of time that they ever did for their life. So, they teach discernment and trusting in God.
We also discussed how the book prepares the students for life beyond college including dating and marriage. They challenge students to not fall for the world’s definition of dating and marriage. Instead, take a step back and discern whether your dating life is in accordance with what God has planned for you.

We discussed iPhones and technology and its influence upon the college experience.
Then we switched directions and talked about after the students read the book how do they put it to use it to fulfill the Great Commission and discipleship.

Both while in college and once a student is out, they have a responsibility to be part of the community of the local church. What they see on campus as to who is leading the youth revival.
Asked what did the professors learned while writing the book? Getting things to a point of simple clarity for students is needed by students. God’s word is sufficient, but we need to point students continually back to the Word.

Where the book can be found.
Rooted in Truth amazon link:
https://www.amazon.com/Rooted-Truth-Answers-Questions-Students/dp/1527112691/ref=asc_df_1527112691?tag=bngsmtphsnus-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=80883022504496&hvnetw=s&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=89993&hvtargid=pla-4584482486187399&psc=1