One of today's hot topics is the faith of ''emerging adults'' (the 18-30 age group). This book surveys the current research on emerging adulthood, describes the common changes emerging adults experience in their Christian faith as they move through their twenties, and discusses how emerging adults and their parents can successfully navigate those changes. In 2000, psychologist Jeffrey Arnett posited a new life stage- ''emerging adulthood'' -to describe the 18-30 age group. This age group was marked by a growing chasm between adolescence and the completion of traditional adult milestones. A number of scholarly studies of this age group have been done in the last decade. This book surveys that research, and offers an overview of how emerging adults view Christian faith. It explains how emerging adults reject or modify several of the Christian faith's most common tenets and assumptions. And it offers guidance to parents, grandparents, ministers, and anyone who seeks to better understand the perplexing changes often seen in emerging adults' religious faith and practice.
 In addition to presenting in reader-friendly form the conclusions of recent research on this age group, Wandering in the Wilderness weaves in the reflections of real-life emerging adults who responded to the author's request to share their own experiences of Christian faith. These provide powerful, poignant glimpses into the topic.

Wandering in the Wilderness: Changes and Challenges to Emerging Adults Christian Faith

Religion & Spirituality

Brian Simmons

Christian Books & Bibles

Abilene Christian University Press

How can a son, raised in an authentically Christian home, reach adulthood and then make the choice to walk away from the faith he has learned since infancy...while his sister, raised in the same home and circumstances, grows into a sure, stable, and closely-treasured belief in God and his promises? Why do people from mixed marriages fall away from the church more often? What are the signs that an adolescent is having something more than a normal identity crisis? How can Christians respond to deep, probing questions of faith from those who are struggling, without closing the door on their return to the Christian fellowship? 
Drawing on the latest sociological, psychological, and religious research - and most importantly, drawing on the wisdom of Scripture - Brian Simmons seeks to answer these and other important questions about the process, implications, and consequences of apostasy. A must-read for anyone who's ever questioned the faith - or loved someone who did.

Falling Away: Why Christians Lose Their Faith & What Can Be Done About It

It's sad but nearly every Christian family has them beloved members and friends who lose their Christian faith. Recently, a survey revealed that Today, according to a recent study, 16.1 of adults are quot;unaffiliatedquot; in any type of religion. Among young adults, the number is higher 25 are unaffiliated. These statistics are alarming. But there's an answer found in the new edition of Falling Away. In Falling Away, Sociologist and Minister Brian Simmons offers answers as to why people are leaving their faith and what can be done about it.

Falling Away: Why Christians Lose Their Faith and What Can Be Done About it

Leafwood Publishers

The Stairway leads to heaven! It is the portal opened on earth that escorts God's people into the heavens. There is a stairway to heaven spoken of in the Bible and that Stairway is a Man, Jesus Christ. The Jacob journey brings us all to this stairway. Come and go up into a higher realm of seeing God's promises ready to be fulfilled. In this epic story of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob you will see how God becomes real to His people. The way God leads Abraham into deeper faith, the way God leads Isaac to his bride, and the way God led Jacob to the Jabbok is exactly the way God leads you!

The Stairway

Stairway Ministries

The Dreamer (The Journey of Joseph the teenage dreamer)

The New Testament writers quote or refer to Isaiah over 200 times. Isaiah's message permeates the entire New Testament. He has at his command a vocabulary richer than any other prophet. The book of Isaiah needs to be studied as a literary work of art, viewed with eyes that appreciate its beauty. The imagery of Isaiah must be taken in as one would gaze on a masterpiece, drinking in the majesty and flowing with its movements. There is a wealth to be found in this book! While the glory of God is its major theme, Isaiah's sweeping scope covers nearly 50 years of Israel's history and thousands of years of Israel's future. It is a book for today. It is yet to be 'cracked open' and enjoyed like precious fruit by this generation. God shines bright and His purpose is revealed through the prophecies of Isaiah.

Isaiah the Prophet of Zion

The Burning Bush Ignites a Deliverer. The book of Exodus chronicles a journey. It begins in Egypt and ends in a tent - God's Tent of Meeting. Egypt represents bondage; the Tent is a picture of relationship. God is the One who rescues us from bondage and brings us into relationship...

Moses: The Deliverer

Having trouble fitting everything in your day? 
Based on The Passion Translation, Proverbs: Wisdom from Above Devotional Journal Footnotes, this 16-month planner makes getting organized simple and motivating. Beautifully designed pages blend practical weekly spreads with inspiring thoughts and verses. High quality paper allows you to confidently write reminders, schedules, and personal notes in the space provided. Also included are a year-at-a-glance calendar and contacts page. Perfect as a gift or for personal use, the Proverbs 2016 planner gives you the opportunity to stay organized and awaken your heart with incredible secrets of wisdom from above!

Proverbs Wisdom from Above 2016 Weekly Planner: Imitation Leather (Passion Translation) (The Passion Translation)

Belle City Gifts

The Passion Translation New Testament (2nd Edition): With Psalms, Proverbs and Song of Songs (The Passion Translation (TPT))

Broadstreet Publishing Group, LLC

Tpt Psalms (hillsong Edition)

Passion Translation

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