A Catholic Teen's Guide to Tough Stuff


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This book addresses a broad range of issues that confront youth today, including relationship with self, relationships with peers, and relationships with parents and other adults. Each topic is treated with gentle wisdom and humour, with a common thread of Catholic faith as the source of strength and guidance.




100 Things Every Catholic Teen Should Know


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100 Things Every Catholic Teen Should Know-Mark Hart & Todd Lemiux (Equipp Conference Only)




Life Strategies for Catholic Teens


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This book invites the reader to look inward at the core person and outward at the path to adulthood within the framework of Catholic faith. Doing so involves deciding what's really important, putting those things first in concrete situations and living by them, and this book is offered with the hope that it will be of help for young Catholics journeying towards adulthood.




Pure Faith


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Authentic prayer begins when we realize that we do not know how to pray. But what do we do after this realization? Pure Faith is a hardcover devotional written to help people deepen their interior life so that they can encounter God on a daily basis. It contains prayers for every occasion, prayers before and after Mass and Confession, prayers to various saints, and a wealth of advice on how to develop a rich prayer life.




Tough Stuff


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You are young! You are smart! You are full of potential! You are going to do great things in your life! You have a lot of great qualities! You believe in God! You are saved! And you live in this world full of temptations and struggles. Now what? Sometimes being saved and young is easy! Sometimes it can be tough! There is tough stuff all around you! Sometimes adults forget how challenging it can be as a saved young person. You may have school pressure, peer pressure, parent pressure, and self-pressure to do the right things while you also struggle with temptations to do wrong things. This book is to help you remember God’s Word when you are living your life! It’s a cheat code to help you remember to stay saved and young when you face tough stuff! Being saved doesn’t have to be boring! So enjoy being young, but remember to make decisions that will make our Heavenly Father proud! You can keep this book in your pencil pouch, locker, purse, car, or even download it! Tough Stuff will give young people the opportunity to check and apply God’s Word about tough and taboo topics as they navigate their life in a successful, saved, and satisfying way!




Ten Tough Things


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Teenagers are smart. Insightful. Eager to embrace truth. And when they're challenged with the hard words of Jesus, they don't run away...they thrive. These 10 engaging sessions draw kids deep into God's Word - and deeper into their faith. Deeper into Jesus. Video recommendations, experiences, great conversations, and group explorations engage teens in topics that matter while tapping into their curiosity and sense of adventure. Designed so that an adult or teenager can lead a group--or several people can guide different portions of the expedition. Low prep Studies Include: Tough Thing #1 Get Off the Sidelines Tough Thing #2 Deny Yourself Tough Thing #3 Passionately Pursue Tough Thing #4 Become a Disciple (Part 1) Tough Thing #5 Become a Disciple (Part 2) Tough Thing #6 Defend Your Faith Tough Thing #7 Share Your Faith Tough Thing #8 Act Shrewdly Tough Thing #9 Love Your Enemies Tough Thing #10 Do Justice "Teenagers are tired of the mission-less life they've been handed, and they're hungering for something more--something hard-but-good. I love that, and it's why I created these studies. They're the "tough things" of the Christian life that are actually the joys of the Christian life. I've led all of these sessions in a variety of settings--small groups, retreats, Sunday school, and larger gatherings." --Rick Lawrence, Executive Editor Group Magazine




Handbook for Today's Catholic Teen


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This invaluable resource for Catholic teenagers covers traditional topics like Catholic doctrine, practices, and prayers, then tackles serious contemporary issues like violence, media, sex, substance abuse, and matters of conscience. Teens will appreciate the "Handbook's" honest, friendly tone; their parents and teachers will appreciate the conversations it starts. Used alone or with the "Handbook for Today's Catholic Teen Activity Notebook," it's the perfect guide on the journey to Catholic Christian adulthood. "Paperback" View sample pages. The material in this book is compliant with The Roman Missal, third edition, with the exception of pages 46, 47, and 82. To bring this book into compliance, we have revised, updated, and reprinted these pages. Click here for the revised pages.




The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth


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This reference is an understandable and down-to-earth guide to all things Catholic. The resource is appropriate for brushing up on specific Catholic terms and concepts or learning them for the first time. (Catholic)




Bible Basics for Catholics


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John Bergsma’s popular Bible Basics for Catholics, which has sold more than 60,000 copies, offers readers an accessible vision of salvation history as it unfolds in the Bible, showing readers how the Bible points us to the saving life and work of Jesus. This new edition includes an additional chapter on covenant fulfillment in the Book of Revelation. Bergsma brings to his theology a combination of academic expertise, pastoral wisdom, and unique playfulness. Bible Basics for Catholics is based on Bergsma’s popular Introduction to Theology course at Steubenville. As a teacher, Bergsma has an uncanny ability to make complex ideas understandable and faith-inspiring while staying true to both Catholic teaching and biblical scholarship. Readers will begin to see the Christian understanding of salvation by walking through the Old Testament, going through the great stories of Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham, Moses, the great kings and prophets of Israel, and culminating in the person and work of Jesus Christ.




How to Destroy Western Civilization and Other Topics


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Peter Kreeft presents a series of brilliant essays about many of the problems that undermine our Western civilization, along with ways to address them. "These essays are not new proposals or solutions to today's problems," he says. "They are old. They have been tried, and have worked. They have made people happy and good. That is what makes them so radical and so unusual today." In his witty, readable style, Kreeft implores us to gather wisdom and preserve it, as the monks did in the Middle Ages. He offers relevant philosophical precepts, divided into various categories, that can be collected and remembered in order to guide us and future generations in the days ahead. Kreeft emphasizes that the most necessary thing to save our civilization is to have children. If we don't have children, our civilization will cease to exist. The "unmentionable elephant in the room", he tells us, is sex, properly understood. Religious liberty is being attacked in the name of "sexual liberty", in other words, abortion. Kreeft encourages us to fight back—with joy and confidence—with the one weapon that will win the future: children.