reflected in his immediate choices, words, or patterns of behavior—is what he really wants. But most teens do not see where their choices lead. They do not live with an “eschatological perspective”—the big picture of how their decisions impact their future and God’s purposes for them. They are here-and-now people, just as Proverbs assumes them to be. What did John want so badly that it made him willing to dig in his heels, and at great personal cost, refuse to do anything his parents and teachers