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American Teens Spend On Average, More Than 72 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

American teens spend on average, more than 72 hours a week with electronic ...read more

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69% Of Teens Believe Heaven Exists And 53% ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

69% of teens believe heaven exists and 53% believe they will go there because they believe Jesus died ...read more

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39% Of Teens Pray Regularly And 23% Participate ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

39% of teens pray regularly and 23% participate in a church youth group social ...read more

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14% Of Teens Read The Bible Regularly. (From ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

14% of teens read the Bible regularly. ...read more

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In His Book, Forbidden Fruit: Sex & Religion In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

In his book, Forbidden Fruit: Sex & Religion in the Lives of American Teenagers, sociology professor Mark Regnerus says evangelical teens are slightly more sexually active than their non-evangelical peers. Non-evangelical teens have sex for the first time at age 16.7 vs.16.3 for evangelicals. ...read more

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Following Beliefs

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

FOLLOWING BELIEFS 68% of Americans 13-24 follow their own religious and spiritual beliefs, but think other religious beliefs could be true as well. Just 31% strongly believe their religious beliefs are true and ...read more

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A Lutheran Youth Fellowship '07 Poll Finds 28% ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008

A Lutheran Youth Fellowship '07 poll finds 28% cite their personal faith as their top concern while 23.8% say the future; 23.3% family relationships; 23.1% college and 16.3% unbelievers. Others included terrorism 9.4% and war 7.9%. 58.4% of respondents said pre-marital sex is always wrong, down ...read more

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The Pew Internet & American Life Project Finds ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008

The Pew Internet & American Life Project finds 93% of teens use the Internet, and more of them than ever are treating it as a place where they can share creations, tell stories, and interact with others. 64% of online teens 12-17 have participated in 1 or more internet content-creating activities, ...read more

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I Was Reading An Article This Week About Some Of ...

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jul 12, 2008

I was reading an article this week about some of the dangers that face our young people simply because they imitate what they see. The article told about the Reebok company pulling an ad which showed an athlete jumping over an oncoming car - because some teenagers in Kentucky were trying to do the ...read more

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Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Multi-Tasking ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009

MULTI-TASKING YOUTH About 64% of U.S. teens go online while watching TV, and 49% do so from three times a week to several times a day, reports researcher Grunewald Associates LLC. 73% of TV-online multitasking kids are engaged in “active multitasking,” defined as content in one medium influencing ...read more

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Church ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009

CHURCH DROP-OUTS 70% of people who discontinue going to church in America do so between ages 18 and 22. Of those who attend college, 69% of active churchgoing youth stop attending church for at least a year between ages 18 and 22. Yet 71% of active churchgoing youth ...read more

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Traditional Young ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009

TRADITIONAL YOUNG ADULTS 94% of 20-somethings respect parenthood, and 84% have great esteem for marriage, finds a survey by the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency. ...read more

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Essential Church For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009

ESSENTIAL CHURCH FOR YOUTH LifeWay Resources’ Thom Rainer, after his research among people who stayed in church during ages 18-22 concluded that church should have higher expectations of its younger members. He argues an essential church will expect the younger generation to have a relationship ...read more

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62% Of Parents Do Not Feel They Understand What ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009

62% of parents do not feel they understand what it means to be a teen ...read more

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Every 30 Minutes In America, 29 Kids Will Attempt ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009

Every 30 minutes in America, 29 kids will attempt suicide, 2,795 teen girls will become pregnant, and 22 ...read more

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Teens Who Keep Blogs Are More Likely To Engage In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009

Teens who keep blogs are more likely to engage in personal writing. They are also more likely to believe writing will prove crucial to ...read more

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Depressed ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009

DEPRESSED TEENS More than two million U.S. teens have suffered a serious bout of depression in the past year, including nearly 13% of girls, finds a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration report. On average, 8.5% of youth 12-17 admit to having a major depressive episode in the ...read more

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Every Day In America 361 Adolescents Will Attempt ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009

Every day in America 361 adolescents will attempt ...read more

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My Dad Had To Be The Worse Driver I've Ever Met. ...

Contributed by Hugh W. Davidson on Mar 13, 2009

My dad had to be the worse driver I’ve ever met. When I was a kid he had wrecked 9 cars in 8 years. I think he saw life as a demolition derby and his only goal was to get through it alive. The funny thing was; as he got older he became extremely nervous and he started blowing the horn whenever he ...read more

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Denomination: Baptist

Each Year, Approximately 20,000 18-Year Olds In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009

Each year, approximately 20,000 18-year olds in the foster care system are released into American ...read more

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