Religion For Teens

14 year-old Tajalik Stokes is a member of the 17th Street Serpents, a murderous gang in Chicago. After losing his brother to gang violence, Tajalik becomes defiant and violent in his own right. Nonetheless, Tajalik begins to wrestle with his pride when he is confronted with the gospel of Jesus Christ by his peculiar guidance counselor, Alfred Justice who tries to mentor him. Yet, Tajalik's egotism and disobedience land him in a Dante's Inferno experience at the gates of hell.

Who you are and who you want to be don’t always match up. Like most teenage girls, you’ve probably spent lots of time in front of the mirror wondering what you’ll be when you grow up—or dreaming of who you’ll become. Is it a supermodel, an actress, a dancer, or is it a businesswoman, a mom, or even a pastor? Brooklyn Lindsey grew up dreaming of being a supermodel....

Millennials might endure negative labels from older generations - lazy, broken, entitled, lost - but the most damaging labels are the ones we use on ourselves. Words are powerful. Even when they aren't true, they can begin to shape our perceptions of ourselves and the decisions we make. Yet the only labels that really matter to this, the largest and most diverse generation yet, are the ones with which God originally designated us. What does he call our generation? Sons and daughters.

Marokko. Hamid schleicht sich nachts mit seiner blinden kleinen Schwester Kinza auf dem Rücken davon, um sie vor dem grausamen Stiefvater zu schützen. Er will sie zur englischen Krankenschwester in die Stadt bringen.

In CinderGirl, Christina tells her piercing and poignant story of leaving behind homelessness to become Ms. California and the founder of a nonprofit organization that provides advocacy for foster-care children.

She plays from memory. Her memories. The day after her 16th birthday, Princess Alia finds out that she's been given away in marriage to a man she's never met. The war has just ended, and for Alia's protection, she must travel to her future kingdom disguised as a chicken farmer's daughter. This princess-to-pauper story is filled with problems, prayers, and plenty of piano.

Anna is devastated by a fire that leaves her orphaned. Brendan struggles with a life limited by crippling illness. Tzutz Nik faces an arranged marriage to the prince of a ruthless dynasty. A mysterious invitation gives them each an opportunity to escape their struggles for a while and view their lives from new perspectives. Deep in a remote jungle, amid long-forgotten ancient ruins, they discover the true meaning of sacrifice. A relentless, evil presence lurks in the shadows, threatening to lead them astray. Will they triumph over their adversary?

This book is a continuation in the Proverbs for Kids series but deals with these crucial issues that teenagers deal with head on. Proverbs for Teens is an inspirational book covering 22 principles from the book of Proverbs designed to teach Biblical truths in a practical way. It is intended for 8th graders to seniors in high school. During the formative teenage years, there is more exposure to the “ways of the world,” and often those ways can be the opposite of what God desires.

It's about time—finding God in the good times, the bad times, party time, ordinary time, all the time. In these questions and answers from his online column, Ask the Bible Geek®, Mark Hart helps young people make time for God, "the timeless One who entered time and space" for each of us.

A football fantasy. A giant diamond. The modern-day Romeo and Juliet are taking their relationship to the next level.... Jude and Lucy are happily engaged, but that doesn't mean life's a bed of roses. Once again, the hottest couple around is torn apart, this time by football training and a summer job. Now it's Jude with the trust issues. Will Lucy's life-changing news bring them back together or end their relationship for good? Can love triumph forever? Find out in the best installment yet in Nicole Williams' racy and romantic Crash trilogy!

School. Eat. Sleep. Repeat. Sound familiar? In high school, our lives fall into the same nerve-wracking pattern, but what if it didn't have to be that way? What if stress and fear didn't dictate our decisions? What if we dared to do great things for God, not someday, but right now?

Investigators and Central Florida residents were horrified when 16-year-old vampire cult leader Rod Ferrell was arrested and charged with bludgeoning a cult member's parents. When they realized the slain couple's 15-year-old daughter was missing, they feared she was a victim, too. Detectives and journalists swarming over three states soon uncovered a web of blood-drinking occult rituals, illicit sex, wildly dysfunctional families, and spiritual warfare.

If you've ever lain awake at night wondering what might be around the corner of your child's adolescence, this book is for you! After more than thirty-eight years of working with more than 2,500 years, Mark Gregston, founder of heartlight, a Christian residential counseling center, introduces Tough Guys and Drama Queens—a must-listen "how-to" book for parents of pre-teens and teens with time-tested, biblical techniques to guide you through these unavoidably challenging years.

Maybe you have an impossible dream, or even just a still, small voice stirring in your heart. Maybe you are excited, terrified, and just plain confused all at the same time. Could it be that God would call you—ill-equipped as you are—to do something absolutely extraordinary with Him? If so, lean into that call. Because God still does miracles today—in your town, in your life, and in the lives of those you’re called to help. Along the way, He will surround you with the most amazing people to help make His calling a reality.

Fire and brimstone was not yet falling from the skies over our heads, but the indications of the Apocalypse were already presenting themselves. Make no mistake, the end is looming. Apocalypse Angel is a highly-charged, fast-moving young adult urban fantasy story of apocalyptic good versus evil with a romantic zest. It takes place in the end times loosely based on the Book of Revelation in the New Testament.

You are here for a reason. God is calling you to change the world. How will you do that? By listening to this book, you’ll discover that God has definitely created you for a purpose. And you’ll learn what that purpose is. So, dive in, explore who you are and what you’re made to do—so you can change the whole world.

Questa versione comprende il Vecchio e il Nuovo testamento, ed è un utile riassunto, in parole semplici, per orientarsi ed avere uno sguardo d’insieme sul libro sacro della religione ebraica e cristiana.

When Lissy James moves from California to Oklahoma, she finds herself in the middle of a teenage nightmare: a social scene to rival a Hollywood movie. And as if understanding the hierarchy of the Goldens vs. the Nons isn't hard enough, Lissy's ever-growing Aura Vision is getting harder and harder to hide. Lissy can see a lot more than the average girl, but she's about to learn the hard way that things aren't always as they appear and you can't always judge a girl by her lip gloss.

All that Pearl knows can be encapsulated in one word: seed. It is the isolated community that she was born into. It is the land that she sows and reaps. It is the center of her family and everything that means home. And it is all kept under the watchful eye of Papa S.

He Chose You is a personal message to tweens of God's unconditional love for them. His perfect understanding of the needs of tweens today is shown in each detail revealed to us when Christ's chose to die on the cross for all. Illustrating his points with stories today's tweens will be able to apply to their lives, Lucado reveals to tweens the gifts of the cross.