This book is based on a Churched Youth Survey performed in 1994 involving 3,795 youth from thirteen denominations. The eight-page survey questionnaire included 193 questions spread across four categories: Love and Sex; Marriage and Family; Faith and Religion; and Attitudes and Lifestyles. While there is no statistical weighting of the data, the results are weighted according to the responsiveness of the denomination's churches,...
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Wonder if this book is necessary? Ask a group of young people, (or for that matter a group of adults), this question: "Is truth something you determine for yourself or something that exists outside yourself?" I am shocked how many people believe that truth is situational. I fear that the prevelance of this type of moral relativism--this myth that each of us can be our own god--is the among the most critical challenges our...
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Even though this book is a few years old now (I read it about 5 yrs ago), what McDowell and Hostetler have said in this book still stands true. Looking back over the last 60 years or so, if you really want to know what went wrong with society, this is the book to read.
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As a teacher in a Christian high school, I see daily the problems in our youth recognizing right from wrong. I am not one who takes a lot of stock in statistics and McDowell spends a lot of space giving many, yet the stats show the need of our young people to recognize right from wrong. McDowell gives practical, Biblical suggestions which lead the reader back to not only the Word of God but to God Himself for the answers...
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In this book, Josh explores some of the major problems that our youth are facing today. Such as, premarital sex, lying, stealing, cheeting, etc... Josh tells us through a series of fictional families and situations that are all too real, why it is actually wrong to lie and cheet and steal. This is an excellent book for parents or even youth leaders as my self who want some ammunition to combat these problems that are plaguing...
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