Tag Archives: Peer Pressure

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 ...

For decades, law makers, scientists, parents and teachers have debated the impact of violent movies and video games on behavior. In 1972, the Surgeon General actually issued this statement: “It is clear to me that the causal relationship between televised violence and antisocial behavior is sufficient to warrant appropriate and ...

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 ...

The question inevitably comes up every time there’s a youth group rug discussion (a rug discussion consists of each teen writing an anonymous question on a slip of paper, dropping it in a hat, and then the youth leader withdraws the questions one by one while everyone sits in a ...

How’s your evangelism coming? Can you name the last person who put their trust in Christ because of your witness? I’ll be honest—I can’t. Maybe it’s time to look at our methodology. Can we use temptation to witness? Evangelism is the art of bringing someone into God’s Kingdom, of introducing ...