A guide for Christian teens presents facts on such topics as abstinence, sexual urges, biblical definitions, self-respect, and risks, inviting young adults to make choices from an informed perspective. Original.
Provides medical facts and statistics about the consequences of sexual activity outside of marriage, biblical teachings about sexual behavior, and practical techniques for practicing abstinence.
If I only had known what could happen, I would have made a different choice!
After a decade in a crisis pregnancy center, as well as counseling both Christian and non-Christian teens and speaking to millions of students through the years, Pam Stenzel has heard this statement many times. From girls and guys like you. And yes, sex is glorious. Sex is God-given. But sex outside of Gods boundary has far-reaching consequencesa price tag of incalculable costs.
Sex Has a Price Tag is frank but also sympathetic. Inside are searing personal testimonies, medical stats, and practical solutions; encouragement in the form of Biblical examples; support and networking options, alternatives to dating situations, and advice about abstinence, urges, the physical and emotional effects of sex, as well as where to go for help and dealing with friends, parents, and your own self-respect.
In Sex Has a Price Tag, authors Pam Stenzel and Crystal Kirgiss present a frank and honest look at sex, written for Christian girls and guys.
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Chapter One Things You'll Never Know |
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Chapter Two I Do, I Don't |
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Chapter Three There's No Gun Pointed at Your Head |
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Chapter Four There's No Such Thing As A Free Lunch |
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Chapter Five Physical Consequences--Pregnancy |
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Chapter Six Physical Consequences--STDs |
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Chapter Seven Emotional Consequences--Deep Hurt |
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Chapter Eight Spiritual Consequences--Soul Trouble |
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Chapter Nine Choosing a Personal "Financial Advisor" |
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Chapter Ten Some Strategies on Saving for the Future |
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| Letters To Pam: Real letters by real kids from real life |
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Pam Stenzel is an internationally respected expert on sex, love, and relationships. With an M.A. in counseling psychology, she possesses an in-depth understanding of the perils that young people face as they make adult choices. Pam is an in-demand communicator who has appeared on numerous national television and radio programs, including the Hannity and Colmes Show, the Sean Hannity show, The Dr. Laura Show, The 700 Club, and Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher. The founder of Enlighten Communications, Inc., she is the award-winning creator of a number of videos on the subjects of sex, abstinence, and relational issues for teens. Her books include the recent Sex Has a Price Tag. Pam travels nationally and internationally, speaking to over 500,000 teens annually. She lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Crystal Kirgiss teaches writing at Purdue University and is the author or co-author of more than ten books, including Whats Up With Boys?, Sex Has A Pricetag, Girls, Guys, and A Teenagers Daily Prayer Book. Shes been married to Mark, a Young Life area director, for 25 years and they have three college-aged sons. Crystal also writes the monthly Guys and Girls columns for YouthWalk magazine.
