Quote from Forum Archives on June 26, 2000, 5:16 pm

Posted by: masinick <masinick@...>

Dear friends,

I think I have heard about this young man, Joshua Harris. He was on
a recent radio program on my local Christian Radio Station, 91.1 FM,
WVNH, Concord, NH. I heartily endorse what this young man is saying.

I come from a generation where things got progressively "watered down"
or reduced to "Oh, that's not so bad". Fortunately, I also grew up within
a family that had more values than that. Just the same, the culture of
my day has had an effect on me. I don't want to see this kind of thinking
perpetuate itself and completely destroy the generation to come... Yet,
there is a balance.

I believe we have to start young, and teach our children and our families
the proper values. Then we need to continually bathe our families and
communities in prayer, and even our nation and our world. Ultimately,
we have to trust in God, who can heal the most broken spirit and even
a corrupted society.

Will you join me, in a small way, by establishing sound values in the
places where you have some influence, perhaps your own family or your
close friends? Give it a lot of prayer before even attempting to do
anything, then only do what is consistent with what the Bible teaches.
There is still hope for our children, our country, and even our world.
That hope is Christ Himself. He heals the broken hearted, sets the
captive mind free, and teaches us the essence of love, for He IS love.

Brother Brian

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> Subject: [breakpoint] Teens in Trouble, 6/26/2000
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> BreakPoint with Charles Colson
> Commentary #000626 - 06/26/2000
> Teens in Trouble: A Second Look at Dating
>
>
> An article in the New York Times reported not long
> ago that kids today are engaging in sex at younger
> and younger ages.
>
> Even 13-year-olds, we're told, are to be found in
> Manhattan clubs, drinking, dancing, and engaging in
> intimate acts in dimly lit corners. Dr. Cynthia
> Pegler, a specialist in adolescent medicine, told
> reporters the kids say it's no big deal anymore. And
> psychologist Wayne Warren adds, "I see ... sixth
> graders who tell me they're virgins ... but ...
> they've had oral sex 50 or 60 times. It's like a
> goodnight kiss to them."
>
> This is shocking. And experts blame this state of
> affairs on the overt sexual messages of television,
> music, and films. "Sex is everywhere," they said,
> "and it's absolutely explicit."
>
> Even secular observers acknowledge that this free-
> for-all is damaging to kids. Dr. Levy-Warren told the
> Times that kids today are engaging in "body part sex."
> It's dehumanizing and mechanical, and such acts lead,
> she says, to an inability to form relationships later
> in life.
>
> What this says to Christians is that we have to
> become counter-cultural. Our kids have to be told
> that there's a different, and much better, way to
> behave. And a young man name Joshua Harris, just a
> few years out of his teens himself, may be the
> perfect messenger.
>
> Harris is the author of a bestselling book called I
> KISSED DATING GOODBYE. After years of dealing with
> sexual temptation and painful break-ups, Harris
> concluded that dating -- the way it is done today --
> just doesn't make sense anymore. It only encourages
> physical and emotional intimacy at a time in life
> when teens aren't ready for it, and too many of them
> engage in acts that God reserves for marriage.
>
> Harris recommends that teens go out in groups, and
> avoid anything but friendship with the opposite sex
> until they're old enough to marry.
>
> Well, I admit that when I first read Harris's
> recommendations, I was skeptical. They seemed a bit
> puritanical. But the more I thought about it -- and
> especially after reading the awful truth in the TIMES
> piece -- I began to think that Harris might be onto
> something.
>
> And that's why I'm devoting this entire week to
> Harris's book, I KISSED DATING GOODBYE. I hope you'll
> tune in each day, and encourage your teenagers to do
> so as well.
>
> The advice you'll hear may at first seem radical and,
> yes, prudish. But the crisis among our teens is so
> serious that it just may take something drastic to
> fix it.
>
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