Young people have a great capacity for vision. God gives them the ability to hope and dream with great energy and excitement. Their future is based on the dreams and visions God has planned into their hearts and imaginations. But these dreams can become lost or confused without understanding God’s design of male-female relationships and how relationships with the opposite sex fit into God’s plan for their lives. In Dating, Intimacy, and the Teenage Years , Karl Duff Examines God’s plan for human sexuality - Notes the differences in the dreams of young men and women - Explains the distinctions between God’s design of males and females - Warns of the lies that threaten to destroy guys and girls - Details the consequences of ignoring God’s plan - Establishes the connection between God’s plan leading to marriage and the gospel of Jesus Christ This book’s short chapters make it an ideal choice for individual and group study by families and youth groups. Discussion questions are offered to help young people digest the information. The dreams and visions of young hearts are part of God's plan for our lives -- including our dreams of the perfect mate. In Dating, Intimacy and the Teenage Years, Karl Duff explains God's design for the sexes and warns of the ways it can be distorted and ruined. The short chapters in this book make it ideal for individual and group study by families and youth groups. Karl Duff has published numerous articles and five books, including Restoration of Men, resulting from his broad background and ministry to men and youth. He is active politically, having served as his county's Republican Party Chairman and as an elected Freeholder. He is a retired Navy Captain with a Doctor of Science degree from M.I.T. and extensive experience in applying research and design to solving practical problems. Karl and his wife, Gretchen, have two children, Suzanne and Kenneth, and four grandchildren. Every young girl has a great vision for her future. This vision usually includes marriage to a man who will be everything she desires and a happy home that is blessed with children. Unfortunately, some girls never obtain this goal because things mess up their hopes. This book is for every girl who dreams of a happy future. I hope all who read it will learn how to safeguard their fondest hopes and dreams from getting messed up. Nearly always, it is a boy who destroys a girl's hopes. This boy may be a boyfriend, a brother, or even a father who never grew up. Usually a girl's hopes are shattered by a boyfriend when she gets involved with him in the wrong way as she tries to help her dreams come true. Although some girls may never discuss their dreams with their fathers, mothers, or girlfriends, most girls dream of the same thing. Each longs for a boy who will love her so much that he is willing to do anything to win her love and protect her. She thinks in terms of a knight in shining armor who will rescue her from a castle or slay the dragon that imprisons her. Even though this dream may sound like a fairy tale, much like "Snow White" or "Beauty and the Beast," it is not foolish because it comes straight from the heart of God. This picture is His vision for all girls! We all love stories of heroes who rescue their sweethearts, girls whom they will cherish for life. These are the stories that become classics. Although some of these stories have been made popular by Walt Disney, the tales they tell are not new. Instead, they reflect what is already true. The stories did not come first. The truth given by God as a vision for each girl's heart came first! The stories merely describe the truth and the vision God planned for men and women. God intends for each girl to have a man who is willing to die to win her love and happiness. He is the source of the dreams that fill young girls' hearts. There are problems, though, in seeing this vision come true. What God intends is not always what happens. Foolishness is at work in the hearts of all the boys every young girl meets. Foolishness is also at work in the heart of every young girl. How can boys and girls, young men and young women, work together with God to avoid the pitfalls of this foolishness