By John Stonestreet and Stan Guthrie
It’s easy to see how young people who think their chief end is to glorify self and enjoy the world ‘til they die end up bored and unmotivated about things that really matter.
And tragically, many Christian young people have imbibed this deadly cultural poison. Like their secular peers, they have little idea of their place in God’s world and the difference it should make in their lives. They may go to church and may have even made a “decision” for Jesus, but their thinking is just as confused as their unchurched neighbors. So what’s the cure?
About Stan Guthrie
Stan Guthrie is an editor at large for Christianity Today magazine and for the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview. His latest book is God's Story in 66 Verses. He also is author of All that Jesus Asks: How His Questions Can Teach and Transform Us, Missions in the Third Millennium: 21 Key Trends for the 21st Century, and A Concise Guide to Bible Prophecy. He is co-author of The Sacrament of Evangelism. Besides authoring, writing, and editing books, Stan is a literary agent, bringing together good authors, good books, and good publishers.
Stan writes the monthly Priorities colum for BreakPoint.org. He has appeared on National Public Radio's Tell Me More, WGN's Milt Rosenberg program, and many Christian shows, including The Eric Metaxas Show and Moody Radio's New Day Florida. A licensed minister and an inspirational speaker, he served as moderator for the Christian Book Expo panel discussion, Does the God of Christianity Exist, and What Difference Does It Make?