Young people are in crisis. There is danger and evil, sickness and disease, corruption, deception, and temptation. We cannot live in this world without being touched by it, and our children are, and will be, touched by such perils. We are also warned in Scripture that these things are realities for us all. Consider what 1 John 5:19 says: “We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.” We are told that “Evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived” (2 Timothy 3:13).
Young people are growing up in an increasing godless world, while also in deep need for wisdom and discernment to navigate it. More than ever, they need to know how to traverse the dangers around them.
We should not be afraid to talk with confidence and with hope to our children about such things. To take seriously the need to equip our kids to live in this world and not be of it, we must talk about the hard things. They must know we have something helpful to say, and we must instill in them the resources to do
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