The Genesis of Ugly Behavior

Chaperones, even in their days of glory, were almost never able to enforce morality; what they did was to force immorality to be discreet. This is no ...

Youth Pastor's Vows

At the youth pastor's wedding: "... in sickness and in health, in youth whitewater rafting trips and in mosquito-infested backpacking, in weeknight ...

All or Nothing

One elder statesman of a Christian church has devoted himself to a fifty-year study of Christian and non-Christian families. He says that in American ...

Statistic: Babes in Christ

Percentage of Christians who accept Jesus before turning age 18: 80

The Old Outnumber the Young

In most churches there are twice as many adults over 55 as youth 13 to 20 years old.

Go, Granny, Go!

On a hot summer day I was sitting near an open window sewing and keeping an eye on my three grandsons playing outside.

"Let's play cops and robbers," ...

Where Do Kids Learn about Sex?

Speaker Josh McDowell conducted a survey of teenagers from evangelical churches and discovered they had learned about sex from the following sources (respondents ...

Aging America

The rapid aging of the American population may be one of the most significant culture-shaping forces over the next generation. Between 1989 and the year ...

Intelligence vs. Experience

The error of youth is to believe that intelligence is a substitute for experience, while the error of age is to believe that experience is a substitute ...

Save a Dog but Not a Stranger

It is no wonder that in 15 years of asking high school students throughout America whether, in an emergency situation, they would save their dog or a ...