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How to Be a Successful Teenager: 18 Secrets Every Teen Must Know to Succeed

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It has been my privilege to work with teenagers since 1971, which adds up to 34 years, if my calculations don't fail me! During this time, I have endeavoured, by the grace of God, to lead these youngsters to experience real peace, happiness and success in life! Many of them are today still on the road of peace, etc by the same grace of God!

I only wish I could have had Rick Jones's book right from the start! Maybe then I could have prevented the suicide of a very good friend of mine in grade 10, as well as quite a few others!! I know, just as Rick Jones does, that thousands of our precious teens commit suicide every year, and Rick succeeds in reaching many who would otherwise have been among them!!

Yes, Rick DOES talk about HELL; so does the Word of God!! See Scriptures like Matthew 10:28 and 2 Peter 2:4! I am eternally grateful to Rick for sounding the alarm for our young people! Many teens will undoubtedly be saved from hell because of this book!

Rick also addresses the CAUSE of going to hell, which is SIN!! Once again, the Word of God spells it out, like Mr Jones does: Romans 3:23: "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God;..." This author is hitting the nail on the head; something our teens MUST know!

I am privileged to be the friend of a high-ranking police officer
in South Africa who for many years investigated occult-related crimes. He mentioned quite a few cases of teens who either committed suicide, or tried to, because of "voices in their heads"! I have SEEN some of the photo's of the bodies...! Once again, Rick Jones is spot-on with this magnificent book! The "voices" Rick Jones mentions, DO exist!

Indeed: What DOES Mr Jones want for MY child!? READ this book and you will undoubtedly agree, that he has a burning love for young people, and cares much more for them than many parents do for their own kids! Love your child enough to give him or her "How to be a Successful Teenager"; it might just save him or her from "a fate" litterally "worse than death"!! Give your child a chance in life!!

This book is full of LIES. Outright, blatant LIES over which I am surprised that no one pursued litigation against Mr. Jones. One laughable example is where the author stated that Hustler magazine ran an article that gave detailed instructions on how to mutilate children; another lie was that the HIV virus can pass through a condom; and there was yet another ludicrous allegation that John Lennon was a servant of Satan. The book also states that homosexuals can be cured, and that listening to Ozzy Osbourne's music and playing Dungeons and Dragons invites demons into one's body.
I think that making a teenager read a book filled with this kind of disinformation borders on child abuse.

It's so refreshing to see that there are still people out there who haven't totally bought into all the political correctness idiocy out there. Here is a book where someone just tells the truth. And tells it like it is. And the author meticulously sites all his sources for example the one about "AIDS being able to pass even thru microscopic holes in condoms". Or his claim about the fact that when "800 sexologists were asked at a conference if they'd trust condoms to protect them from AIDS, not a single one raised their hand."
The fact that some people find the truths in this book offensive is very telling and very dangerous. Just ask all the homosexual men dying in hospitals right now because no one had the guts to tell them the truth.

Oh boy, where to start?

Parents - do you love your children? Do you want what is right for them? Do you want them to grow up in a world where people are tolerant, compassionate, trusting?

Don't buy them this book.

Christian parents who merely glance at the cover will think they are buying an easy going guide to teenagers written by a christian author. You're not.

Glance down the contents: Hell, Sin, Suicide, Voices in Your Head.

Take a moment to consider how useful a book is that tells your children that if they are homosexuals, they can either change into heterosexuals or go to hell.

A book that tells them that Roman Catholics are going to hell, that the only way to act is with intolerance and petty arguments.

That the voices in their head are demons. Aargh! The 'internal voice' is a natural part of the thinking process! You're not automatically 'possessed by demons' or even schitzophrenic!...

Consider all these things, and then ask yourself this: What does Mr. Jones want for my child?

I'm inclined to agree with the fellow reviewer. Simply put, Rick Jones has consistently proven to be a self-righteous, literalist pigdog stark-raving lunatic in every publication he's ever produced. This one is no exception.

For the sake of the continued sanity of society, should you ever see this book in a bookstore, you should probably run.
Fast.