Religion For Teens

Get ready for a crash course in effective communication. More than just a book on how to "do talks," Speaking to Teenagers combines the experience and wisdom of two veteran youth ministry speakers, along with insightful research and practical tools, to help you develop messages that engage students with the love of Christ and the power of his Word. Whether you're crafting a five-minute devotional or a 30-minute sermon, Speaking to Teenagers is essential to understanding and preparing great messages.

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.

Pop culture and psychobabble tell us to make ourselves the center of the universe in order to be happy. Churches have communicated the false idea that God exists to give us all that we selfishly want. In this book, Max Lucado reminds us that it's not about us, it's all about God. It is through this shift in thinking that we can truly live an unburdened, happy life.

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.

When your teenager is estranged from you and God and is making unwise (and perhaps downright awful) choices, it’s natural to feel hopeless and helpless. Perhaps you have already done everything you know to do—you have talked with them at length, applied consequences, asked others for help, and prayed desperately, but still you see no change in your child’s life or choices. Barbara Miller Juliani draws from her own experience of rebellion and also from decades of ministry to families to encourage weary parents that they can lean hard into the Lord for help in this difficult season.

God never intended for us to journey through life alone or without direction, and Conversations with Jesus: 365 Daily Devotions for Teens is the perfect tool for every teen who desires to know more about Jesus and what the Bible says about any life situation. Through a collection of encouraging, quick-listen messages written in Jesus' first-person voice, Conversations with Jesus helps teens turn religion into a real relationship with Christ.

Today more than ever, as a young woman you can use an extra dose of optimism to tackle the challenges and complicated situations in your life. Inside Your Brightest Life, Jessie Minassian draws on over twenty years of questions and feedback from teen- and college-aged girls to dive into the topics you care about, presenting honest truths and tested tips from a Christian perspective that help you live a life of purpose, joy, and faith.

Inklings on Philosophy and Worldview will show teens practical ways to filter out the wrong messages and focus on what is real. Using teachings from highly respected, loved, and well-known writers, teacher Matthew Dominguez will show teens the power of story as he guides them through a study of world religions, philosophies, and worldview, and gives them a firm foundation to stand on as they prepare to face the world.

Sooner or later, kids have big questions about God, life, faith, and the Bible, especially when their friends start asking them about what they believe. A common one is: Why does God let bad things happen? Big questions deserve good answers. This warm, reassuring, and fast-paced book looks at what the Bible says to help 9- to 13-year-olds think through this big question for themselves.

In this paradigm-shifting book, Jonathan Catherman shares with adults raised in the 1900s a fresh look at guiding 21st century youth to become confident and capable adults. With relevant research and real-world examples, Catherman shows us the benefits of practicing and teaching four principles that will unite and empower us all.

Crystals are more than just rocks—they have energy, like you and me. They react to the surrounding energy from nature and everything around them. In fact, our ancestors used crystal healing to cure ailments and protect against diseases and negative energy. Some even relied on gemstones to improve their concentration and creativity and to absorb good luck. If you want to take advantage of their powerful energies to ward off bad vibes, revitalize your body and mind, and connect with the universe, then this audiobook is for you.

Believe it or not, your kids WANT to talk to you about the social and health challenges they’re facing. But are you ready? Jessica Peck, a pediatric nurse practitioner and mom of four, helps parents escape the secrecy and shame surrounding tough conversations and approach them from a Christian foundation. Covering topics including mental health, social media, suicide, sexting, gender identity, substance abuse (with a chapter focusing on vaping), and more, Jessica Peck's book will encourage and strengthen all parents.

With Praying Girls Devotional, best-selling author Sheila Walsh offers girls ages 11 to 14 the tools to begin a life of prayer. She helps them learn to talk to God in a simple and honest way, how to pray when they don't know what to say, that God is listening and that no problem is too big and no prayer too small, that prayer is a powerful weapon for every girl, and so much more.

Written for teens, but also incredibly helpful to anyone working with students, Secret Survivors tells the compelling, true stories of people who have lived through painful secrets. As teens read stories about rape, addiction, cutting, abuse, abortion, and more, they'll identify with the universal pain in each story and find the strength to share their own story and start healing.

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.

This audiobook reveals the main facts about the magical childhood and teenage years of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, the youngest son of a humble farmer, born in a remote Tibetan village, who became the political and spiritual leader of his homeland when he was only a kid. Its surprising content sheds light on the main facts and events that shaped his amazing early life, including: the Tibetan prophecy that announced his reincarnation; the magic lake that described the place where he was born; how the high lamas found him in a small farming village when he was two; and more!

When her father forces sixteen-year-old Candace to apply for a summer job, a position as a cotton candy operator at The Zone is all she can find. With a nametag that says “Candy” and no time to hang out with her best friend, Tamara, Candace can feel the next three months slipping away. The only positive is that her cart is often positioned near Kurt, one of the mascots in the History Zone of the park. But while their flirtation is giving Candace a reason to head to work, her fellow cotton candy girl just happens to be Kurt’s ex. And she’s the kind to hold grudges.

This title contains brand-new never-before-published ghost stories for teens and adults from the archives of the UK's most celebrated paranormal investigator. There really is something for everyone in this book. From poltergeists in Prague and Edinburgh to haunted arrowheads in Arizona, Brickley details some of the most shocking tales from his many years' of supernatural research. Do ghost pirates haunt the waters of Somalia? Is there really a Darkman of Madrid? And why are the people of Splott in Cardiff so terrified of a demon clown? Find out for yourself!

Mindfulness and meditation are hot topics these days, and it’s not hard to see why. These techniques can be used to relax, calm anxiety, and increase awareness and focus. But all too often, books about them ignore the people who could use their help the most. Today’s teens and pre-teens are more stressed than any other generation, pulled in a thousand different directions by schoolwork and their personal lives.

Which of the following short stories would you read first? A.) A stubborn donkey challenges a Tennessee race horse. B.) A chess match ends in bloodshed. C.) Two sisters beg a funeral director to play their daddy's favorite Johnny Cash song. D.) A shooter takes aim from a church baptistry. E.) Two astronauts survive a horrific spinout only to return to earth and find everybody else walking around in super slow motion. Why not read them all? They're all in this far-flung collection of short stories and more. Scroll up and get them now with just one click.