It was only recently that two young people sponsored by the Lawn Tennis Association were effectively cut off from LTA finance because they had posted pictures on their blogs which showed them involved in nocturnal antics.
I listened to a radio phone-in the following day (while driving) where the majority verdict was that these two young people had been very harshly treated. After all, that was how all teenagers lived — it’s all part of growing up. It was expected that teenagers would indulge and be seen in party mode, preferably drunk.
‘You must have fun’
Our young people are growing up in a world which insists that fun must be had. Against this backdrop it is hard to convince them that they should ‘Flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness’ (1 Timothy 6.11).
