Parents can help their children discern lies from truth by showing them what God’s word says about who they image and what their purpose is.
I pray God will fill you with the grace to understand how beloved you are and how beautifully he created you. That knowing how he made you, sees you, delights in you, and rescued you will carry you through life and all of its ups and downs. I pray you’ll remember the truth about your heart and your body, and as you do, that you’ll be thankful.
The solution to the hungering for more can only be found in the one who was perfect for us. Everything else is fleeting, a golden calf that instead of giving us what we think it can, ends up controlling us.
The Christian hedonist believes that the best and most effective way to glorify God is by pursuing our joy in him.
In the places where our adolescents are given a narrow or shallow definition of an acceptable body, Jesus offers a message that is wider and deeper.
While Christian parents may have grave disagreements with the principles surrounding transgenderism, we have to form children who respect and protect the human dignity of every person.
At times, God will call us to lean into our instinct to fix, advocating for our teens as they navigate the rough waters of emerging adulthood.
