We are always..,

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We are always looking for something. There is a drive in us to seek out and search for true meaning in our lives. When I was in high school, I had a lot of questions:

When I leave high school, what will I be doing? 

College?

But what about after college?

Will I defeat the  feelings of being alone or insecure?

Will I have a happy life?

Will I be successful?

Will I ever pass my math class?

Will I ever get over that girl?

Why do my parents misunderstand me?

Why am I so hungry for food right now?

I definitely was searching when I was in high school. Seeking and searching was what one did in high school. I had multiple friends. I never did have a best friend. My 9^th grade year I hung out with a senior who was a neighborhood friend.

Entering my 10-grade…

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4 Tips for evaluating “Christain” Books

A Twisted Crown of Thorns ®

Are you about to read a book? Does the author say it is a “Christian” book? Here are 4 tips from Richard Baxter that will help you evaluate any “Christian” book…

1. Could I spend this time no better?
2. Are there better books that would edify me more?
3. Are the lovers of such a book as this the greatest lovers of the Book of God and of a holy life?
4. Does this book increase my love to the Word of God, kill my sin, and prepare me for the life to come?
[ Furthermore, Baxter adds] make careful choice of the books which you read: let the holy scriptures ever have the pre-eminence, and, next to them, those solid, lively, heavenly treatises which best expound and apply the scriptures, and next, credible histories, especially of the Church . . . but take heed of false teachers who…

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What Students Need From Their Youth Leaders