Friends Without Benefits: What Teens Need to Know About a Great Sex Life - Softcover

Luce, Ron

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9780830747177: Friends Without Benefits: What Teens Need to Know About a Great Sex Life

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ISBN 10: 0830747176 ISBN 13: 9780830747177

Publisher: Baker Pub Group, 2010

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Teens today face a bombardment of the glorification of promiscuous sex from every side. From MTV images and music lyrics to television programs popular with teens, the message communicated is that everyone is doing it and those abstaining from sex are abnormal. Friends with benefits has become too common, almost expected. Seeking to stand up for teens and exhort them to speak for sexual purity is the youth organization, Teen Mania. In Friends Without Benefits, founder Ron Luce encourages teens to know the facts (physical and biblical) about sex and sexuality so they can make wise, informed choices rather than just follow the crowd. With their identities and self images at stake, teens need a clear, encouraging, hopeful message like this. Not what feels good, but what is right. Not what is tempting, but what is true. Designed for teens, here are honest stories and discussion of issues they need to hear before it is too late.

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One of the most common beliefs today is that sex between “friends” is harmless. It makes perfect sense! After all, nobody wants to settle down and get married at 16, but once that sex drive kicks in you’ve got to do something with all those hormones, right? Why not just relieve the tension without getting emotionally entangled? That’s what “friends with benefits” are for . . . all the fun without the commitment. Having and being an FWB may sound like a risk-free option, but the truth is that sleeping around, even with good friends, is hazardous to your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health. There are always consequences when we distort something that God has created. And because He’s the one who dreamed up sex in the first place, it’s a good idea to know what He intended when He invented it for us.This is a handbook for doing sex right, without risk of STDs, an unwanted pregnancy, a broken heart or the burden of emotional baggage. If you follow the plan laid out inside, you can avoid these consequences and have the best sex of your life, with your BFF . . . your husband or wife.

About the Author:

RON AND KATIE LUCE founded Teen Mania in 1986. Today Ron serves as president of the ministry, rallying teens who pack arenas and stadiums for events called Acquire the Fire. Teens also come to the 472-acre headquarters in Garden Valley, Texas for leadership internships and to attend the ministry’s academy. Ron holds a bachelor’s degree in theology and psychology and a master’s degree in counseling. He has written more than 30 books, including ReCreate: Building a Culture in Your Home Stronger that the Culture Deceiving Your Kids and Friends Without Benefits: What Teens Need to Know About a Great Sex Life. Ron and Katie have three teen and young-adult children.

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