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Teens Admire...?
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Mar 10, 2010 (message contributor)
TEENS ADMIRE...?
Have you thought lately about who teenagers admire? World Almanac and Book of Facts surveyed eight graders a few years ago and discovered that the top thirty names were movie stars and athletes. Not one admired adult was a religious leader, statesman, author, painter, doctor, astronaut or educator. It tells you something about our times!
--Dr. J. Mike Minnix, Editor, PastorLife
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