“I am too young, only a teenager.” These words are so common today that you might be surprised to learn that the word teenager did not always exist. Before the 1960s, when the word was first coined, people grew from childhood to adulthood. There was no phase of life where people did whatever they wanted or followed their body’s urges. There was no period where a person would be excused from responsibility in the name of hormones or ‘teenage’. Teenage irresponsibility is a myth that the Bible and contemporary examples can disprove.

Jacquelle Crowe wants teenagers eager to reject this status quo and the low standards set for them by the culture. She wrote the book This Changes Everything : How the Gospel Changes the Teenage Years for those “who don’t want to spend the adolescent years slacking off, but rather standing out and digging deep into what Jesus says about following him.” This book will help you see how the truth about God changes everything―our relationships, our time, our sin, our habits, and more―freeing us to live joyful, obedient, and Christ-exalting lives, even while we’re young. The book, written by a teenager for her peers, won the 2018 Christianity Today Award of Merit.

Take up the challenge, read the book, and maybe you will win a prize. But better than even the top prize, the opportunity to learn how your life can be transformed by the gospel will be worth it.!

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