The nitty gritty of sanctification

By Kim @ The Upward Call Blog
 
I hear teenagers complain a lot. Truly, I do. And I don’t just mean my own. As I chat with the teens of our youth group at our weekly get togethers or whether it’s just in a casual, everyday setting, I often hear complaints. They are the typical teenage complaints. Things are “boring.” They don’t like their jobs (I sympathize; I didn’t like slinging hamburgers, either). Their teachers are a pain.
 
Some of the complaints are a little more serious; they don’t like the “bubble” of evangelicalism. The church is legalistic because the church leaders want people on the platform to wear ties. One of the more serious allegations is that our church is anti-intellectual.
 
And of course there are the complaints about their parents and families.
 
What I have noticed is that the people who have the most stress and difficulty are often the quietest …
 
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