Tag: Age of Opportunity
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Teenagers: Tendency Toward Legalism
Do you remember a Brady Bunch episode where Greg and his parents got into a debate about “Exact Words”? Greg, who had been grounded from driving, when confronted about borrowing a friends wheels, insisted that his parents only instruction to him was that he was not drive the family car. The rest of the episode is an illustration of the difficulty…
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Teenagers: Lacking a Hunger for Wisdom
No one likes to be corrected, but the wise person learns to appreciate correction that comes from a reliable source. Proverbs 13.18 tells us: He who ignores discipline comes to poverty and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored. This is a lesson all of us need to remind ourselves. But according to Paul…
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Teen Tendencies & Temptations
The teen years are both exciting and exasperating as young men and young women try to find themsleves and find their place in this world. When I think back to my own teen years I am regularly filled with a feeling wishing I could have a do-over, in every sense of that phrase. There are some aspects of my teen…