Adrian Rogers   Teenagers are more affected by friends than
almost anything else. They are sometimes more affected by
friends than by parents and pastor combined. Teenagers want
friends. In fact, the deepest need of all of us, whether we're
young or old, is for enduring friendships. A true friend is a
great treasure, but the wrong kind of friend is the greatest
danger that a teenager can possibly have.  There are two
categories of friends: casual and intimate. Now, casual friends
are not the kind of friends I'm talking about when I say a
friend can either help or hurt you. We are to have casual
friends that we minister to, but this does not mean that casual
friends are to become intimate friends. The Bible says, "He that
walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools
shall be destroyed" (Proverbs 13:20).  A true friend is somebody
who is faithful, who encourages you and makes you better. One of
the marks of a true friend, a godly friend, is whether you are a
better person for having been with h