Living in a nation that was birthed in revolution, it is culturally fashionable to be hostile and suspicious of authority in America, a trend on the rise since the Vietnam War era. For teens, adolescence is a time of transition from parental authority to self-government, and along with the push ...
Read More »Peer Pressure: Conforming to The Pattern of This World
If you were to describe the atmosphere of your school or workplace, what words come to mind? Now, how many of these attributes are characteristics of the Kingdom of Heaven? This tension between our beliefs and the culture in which we live constitutes peer pressure. We know there is a way ...
Read More »You say you want a revolution?
That girl in your study hall is suicidal. You’ve heard her despair, and you see her there now with her head on her desk. Perhaps her parents and the school know of her depression, but a third of the student body is reportedly struggling just like she is. Your heart ...
Read More »Unequally Yoked: Seeking Love in a Graveyard
If you’re a teen or young adult who has grown up in the church, you’ve probably been warned at some point not to get romantically involved with an unbeliever. A Bible teacher once illustrated such a mismatched union like this: “A believer is someone who has been brought back from ...
Read More »Teens: Set Eternity In Your Hearts
The BMW’s speedometer read 180 kilometers per hour as we raced along the Autobahn. Mentally I tried to configure this to miles, and knew we were going well over a hundred. My German boyfriend had a fondness for going to dealerships and doing “test drives” on sports cars. I’d watch ...
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