News of SNURF
In the news on September 9th, there was an article about 4 Pennsylvania 10th graders who had taken an herbal supplement called “SNURF, and wound up being hospitalized. Where had they bought them? A drug dealer? A friend? An older sibling? No, they purchased the pink pill online over the »
Five things that parents need to know: Advice from teens to adults
Advice from teens to their parents The internet has more on it than you can begin to imagine. You can go to websites and learn how to make drugs from everyday items, their effects, danger, etc…to the chemical makeup of LSD or how to make Crystal Meth. Don’t underestimate a »
A Crucible of Suffering and Scars
Scriptural Basis: “Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you…So then those who suffer according to God’s will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good. I Peter 4:12 & 19. Anderson's Applications: »
We Love to Boast, Don't We?
Scriptural Basis: “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance »
Tony's Spirit
Scriptural Basis: “Do everything without complaining and grumbling, so that you might become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life…Do not let any unwholesome talk come »
The Excellent Value of Memorizing Scripture
Scriptural Basis: “How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your Word...I have hidden Your Word in my heart, that I might not sin against God. Psalm 119:9 & 11 Anderson's Applications: These verses are two of the many carved into wooden signs along the »
Real Freedom or Just Bobby McGee?
Scriptural Basis: “Jesus said, If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free…So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. John 8:31-32 & 36 Anderso July 4th is America’s holiday; a »
Noxious Anxiety
Scriptural Basis: “Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. And even the hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows. Matthew »
Our Mother Who Art in Heaven?
Scriptural Basis: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty. 2 Corinthians 6:18 Anderson's Applications: In the last half of the 20th Century we began to hear with increasing frequency God called “She, as the feminist movement gained more »
Don't Worry, Be Happy
The Bobby McFerrin song, “Don’t Worry, Be Happy, is actually a pretty fair description of the practical world view of many people today, but especially young people. And the wise King Solomon agrees with what we who work with young people, or parent them, observe: Happiness is an all consuming pursuit, wherever or however it can be found! Unfortunately, little thought is dedicated to distinguishing happiness that will last. Once gained for a moment and more easily lost, there is a compulsion to restore it in either familiar or increasingly dangerous ways. Solomon certainly agrees that the joy and vigor of youth is an inherent pleasure, a rich blessing for the young person. As we see in the final chapter of Ecclesiastes (Chapter 12), those of us with some years on us can surely relate to the poets apt description of our deteriorating bodies, and the lack of joy they can produce in us. We sometimes view the young with envy and nostalgia.
Impossible!
Scriptural Basis: “Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show that they should always pray and not give up. Luke 18:1 “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Anderson's Applications: As a »
