Not of the world

Another good article I found on John Piper's Desiring God page. He reflects on a couple studies that have shown that teenagers with deeper biblical and doctrinal understandings of their faith are more likely to live lives set apart from the patterns of the world:

http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/TasteAndSee/ByDate/2007/2312_Good_Doctrine_Makes_Better_Teenage_Saints/

He concludes:

"Yes. [We should] Pray for sure. And work our heinies off teaching and preaching and modeling the Truth. And resist an entertainment model for youth ministry. And cultivate a joyfully blood-earnest atmosphere for worship. And call for our youth and our retirees to go risk their lives somewhere for the risen King Jesus. This is where serious truth-driven ministry takes us."