When we first arrived in The States, I was overwhelmed by the importance given to Halloween: the costumes and the candy and the whole town celebrating what I thought was a pagan festival with negative connotations. Trick or treating in Britain, at least when we lived there, implied the possibility of a trick if “sweets” [...]

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I am interested in understanding the teenage mind set in America to work out how best to encourage teenagers to appreciate who Jesus is and how He can change their lives. The Barna research group has done much research on church attendance, beliefs, etc… and it is important to be aware of how contemporary kids [...]

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We should not be surprised if non Christians are pulled along by rapidly changing social trends advocating “rights” regarding behavior that my grandparents considered too crude to even mention. What is surprising is when Christians are keen proponents of equality for homosexuals, giving them the same right to marry as heterosexuals.
God does not suggest in [...]

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Lust and love are often confused, to the detriment of many. Teenagers, who start to feel sexual intrigue for the first time, are in particular danger of responding out of lust rather than love. We know from experience that this is not just a teenage problem. Divorce at any age is usually in some way [...]

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