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Our
young people are facing a crisis of truth.
The headlines scream daily of classroom violence, children selling drugs,
gang killings, and rampant teenage sex the natural behavior of
a generation that has lost its belief in objective right and wrong. To
them truth is a mtter of taste; morality of individual preference.
And these are not just the kids across the street; they are the young
people in our own churches in our own families. Church leaders
and parents are painfully aware that their kids are veering away from
biblical values at an alarming rate. Josh McDowell's new, extensive study
of evangelical churched youth shows that 57 percent cannot affirm that
an objective standard for right and wrong even exist. This study uncovers
many other appalling trends:
66 percent lied to their parents within the past 3 months
36 percent cheated within the past 3 months
23 percent tried to hurt someone in the same period
55 percent have engaged in sexual activity by age 18
In Right
From Wrong Josh McDowell along with Bob Hostetler provide the tools
to reverse this alarming decline. In vintage McDowell fashion, this book
provides families and the church with a "truth apologetic"
a defense of truth that will enable adults to equip their youth with the
ability to resist the erosion of their values and determine what is right
from wrong.
Right
From Wrong offers not a quick fix, but a thorough, biblical
and practical blueprint for understanding moral absolutes and passing
on core values to the next generation.
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