When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. (1 Corinthians 13:11)

The Bible teaches that there are two stages in life; childhood and adulthood. The notion of adolescence is a contemporary cultural creation. Adolescence is some homogenous, unknown period of time when a person is no longer understood as a child, and yet not recognized as an adult.

We reject this notion and opt for a more Biblical perspective. Around the time a child has reached puberty they are transitioning between childhood and adulthood. It’s at this time that we encourage parents to begin training their children to start thinking of themselves as adults. This also is why we encourage high-school students to join their parents in the adult Bible study as opposed to having another class for the adolescent age. The Scriptures teach the folly of wasting our youth on things that are of no value. We believe that adolescence is one of those philosophies of man that encourages just that.