Eternally Safe Choices–Understanding Agency

The teen years are filled with temptation. The media, peers, even teachers and other adults can try to convince a young person that sin is okay, natural, normal, and fun. For a teenager with high standards and an eye for eternity, it can be a challenge to stay on the right path, when so many people are determined to take her off that path. Fortunately, God and His servants have outlined effective ways for teens—and adults—to stay safe.

Staying safe is a matter of choices, and to make wise choices, we have to understand the concept of agency. This article will focus on agency, and future articles in this series will walk through the process of using that understanding to make eternally safe choices. Read more

Teens: Find the Spirit in Quiet Moments

September 22, 2008 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Life Lessons, Living the Gospel, Peer Pressure 

It was a defining moment in our recent Sunday School class. We had been talking about the need and value of repentance, of the happiness it can bring to those who come back to the light and love of Christ, of the need to let go of the things of this world, when a woman raised her hand.

Teens: Is Being a Little Off Course Okay?

It can’t hurt.”

Declare You’re a Mormon

November 19, 2007 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Peer Pressure 

Sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ isn’t always an easy thing to do, especially when you’re sharing it with Christians who don’t believe ‘Mormons’ are Christian.