I recently finished "Do Hard Things" by the Harris twins (Alex & Brett?). It is written for teens (no such category in the Bible) with a focus on prompting them not to waste their lives by dropping down to the standard of the North American society. Bible expectations are much higher than those of society, and this is brought out by only looking back at recent history.
15 year old girls were considered ready for marriage. 15 year old boys were considered ready for the army. An 11 year old girl started nursing and went on to form the Red Cross....
The book is excellent for young people, parents, pastors and Sunday school teachers, to ensure that we as a Church do not lower the standard/expectations we have on young people, but raise the bar to where they are in God's Word!
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Thanks for the recommendation. The Harris Twins also have a website and blog at Rebelution.com that may be of interest to some. Last August I posted an article from their website regarding twin sisters who took a stand for Jesus Christ in their school.
ReplyDelete(check it out at www.doulos-gbcladysmith.blogspot.com ).
The results were amazing in demonstrating God's Providence
While I agree that "teens" should be challenged to raise their standards perhaps Christians should also be encouraged to stretch themselves and seek to become more Christ-like and become leaders and examples for the young adults - like Paul to Timothy. This might include exercising our gifts in the local church - just a thought : )