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What do happy teenagers do? Perhaps the easiest way to answer that question is to ID what they don't do!
Date posted: 2018-10-28
Sexual abuse in the church is not just a Catholic problem. I'll tell you about a very sobering report from WORLD magazine.
Date posted: 2018-10-23
Male and Female God created us. That means He created masculinity and femininity as well. Lose one or the other, and bad things happen.
Date posted: 2018-09-12
Male and Female God created us. That means He created masculinity and femininity as well. Lose one or the other, and bad things happen.
Date posted: 2018-09-12
You've been asked to save the whales, the elephants, and the redwoods, but how about the persecuted Christians?
Date posted: 2018-06-17
Do you feel lonely? Join the crowd. Loneliness has reached pandemic levels - but there is hope.
Date posted: 2018-06-17
In the 1930s and 40s, six million Jews perished at the hands of the Nazis. But amazingly, this would be news to many among us.
Date posted: 2018-05-20
The gender imbalance in China and Asia is wreaking social chaos. And the Washington Post's worldview won't let it admit the real cause of the problem.
Date posted: 2018-05-19
It's a sign of the times when a major magazine can tell its readers it's okay to ignore the Bible.
Date posted: 2018-05-05
Believers and non-believers, the right and the left, can agree on this: Men and women who've done their time deserve a second chance.
Date posted: 2018-04-21
So how's the pro-life movement doing these days? Gauging by the hysteria of one pro-abortion group, I'd say pretty well.
Date posted: 2018-02-26
Ideas have consequences. Bad ideas have victims. More proof that euthanasia is a bad idea.
Date posted: 2018-02-26
To paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of the rift between science and Christianity have been greatly exaggerated.
Date posted: 2018-02-10
When someone states that he or she was "born this way," maybe the most biblical response is, "me too."
Date posted: 2018-01-28
If a transgender person asks you to use a pronoun or name in line with his or her preferred gender, what do you do? It's no longer a hypothetical question.
Date posted: 2017-12-24
2017 is a year of milestone anniversaries for events that shaped our world: the Reformation, the Russian Revolution, and one horrible Supreme Court decision.
Date posted: 2017-11-19
What would you do to enhance your baby's mental and emotional well-being?
Date posted: 2017-11-19
The words we use affect the way we think. And the proponents of gender-neutral language know it.
Date posted: 2017-11-19
There's a battle raging right now over sex education, and our kids are in the line of fire.
Date posted: 2017-11-19
Sometimes, holding on to faith in God can be hard. But then again, so can holding on to faith in no God.
Date posted: 2017-09-30
If you think North Korea's dictators are bad for the world, just imagine what it's like to be a Christian there.
Date posted: 2017-09-27
It's been a summer of rough news for America. Racism, riots, and political violence. Is the world a better place today?
Date posted: 2017-09-26
"What gives human life value? How we answer that question will determine who lives and who dies.
Date posted: 2017-09-23
We're called to speak the good news into every area of human life, including the dark corners of racism.
Date posted: 2017-09-17
Imagine the best memories of your youth. Now imagine all of them replaced by a screen. Unless we can outsmart phones, this will be reality for a generation.
Date posted: 2017-09-17
European leaders are begging their fellow citizens to have children. But it seems like a "Do as we say, not as we do," kind of message.
Date posted: 2017-08-15
What happens when a civilization forgets - or rejects - its roots? We're seeing it right now.
Date posted: 2017-08-12
Ever hear the old saw that religious people are on the wrong side of history? It isn't true. Turns out, we're on the right side of the future as well.
Date posted: 2017-07-07
An Australian company has brought back the idea in a frankly bizarre and repulsive way: They are turning fertilized human embryos - that is, children at the embryonic stage - into jewelry.
Date posted: 2017-07-05
One of the great men of French history had a daughter with a disability. His faith saw him - and her - through.
Date posted: 2017-06-02
A funny thing happened on the way to our supposed brave new world of assisted suicide.
Date posted: 2017-06-01
When we save just one life from abortion, we're saving the future. I'll explain with a beautiful story.
Date posted: 2017-03-30
They say Rome wasn't built in a day, but you can do something to help rebuild marriage in just one week!
Date posted: 2017-03-30
The statistics are frightening. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, every day in the United States, an average of 78 people die of an opiate overdose, including 29 from heroin. Every year, the CDC reports, opiate overdoses kill more than 28,000 people, and heroin kills more than 10,500. That's more than all those killed on U.S. highways.
Date posted: 2017-01-03
Demographers and economists say American men are facing an epidemic of epic proportions: joblessness.
Date posted: 2016-11-17
From Colorado to the District of Columbia, death is on the march. But many African Americans are ready to resist.
Date posted: 2016-11-16
Why is China trying to rein in democracy in Hong Kong? Maybe Hong Kong being a hotbed of Christianity has something to do with it.
Date posted: 2016-11-15
Sexual progressives claim to be ushering in a "brave new world" of freedom. But their "new" morality is as old as the hills.
Date posted: 2016-10-13
So, it's OK to warn people about the dangers of drinking too much soda, but not about risky sexual behavior? Welcome to the strange world of cultural Marxism.
Date posted: 2016-10-13
The scientific community needs to get a grip on its bias. Thankfully, the Creator gave them wonderfully-designed hands.
Date posted: 2016-04-30
Every year, the American Library Association "receives reports from libraries, schools, and the media on attempts to ban books in communities across the country." The Association says it then will "compile lists[s] of challenged books in order to inform the public about censorship efforts that affect libraries and schools."
Date posted: 2016-04-27
How can anyone defend Planned Parenthood after the sickening video that came to light this week? I'll tell you how.
Date posted: 2015-08-01
Adding tyranny to injustice, an Oregon official not only fined Christian bakers for refusing to bake a cake for a gay wedding, he has ordered them not to speak about it.
Date posted: 2015-08-01
Was marriage "equality" the real goal of the gay marriage movement? Or was it something else?
Date posted: 2015-08-01
ISIS must be stopped. And author Johnnie Moore wants the Western Church to wake up before it's too late.
Date posted: 2015-06-03
Do you think that it's impossible to reverse an abortion? Well, praise God, think again
Date posted: 2015-05-31
As we age, we slow down mentally and have trouble keeping up with younger minds, right? Well, new research suggests it's time we retire this understanding of the aging brain.
Date posted: 2015-05-31
It starts under the pretense of alleviating suffering, but it ends up killing the most vulnerable among us. I'm talking about physician-assisted suicide.
Date posted: 2015-05-27
To get to the truth of a matter, you need to hear both sides of the story. And that's especially true with abortion.
Date posted: 2015-02-28
Must Christians choose between pursuing social justice and promoting moral clarity? Only if we want to undermine the radical claims of the Gospel.
Date posted: 2015-02-28
What happens when an entire generation grows up believing that they're so special they deserve nothing but the best in life? Well, disappointment. And worse.
Date posted: 2015-02-28
On this dark anniversary of Roe v. Wade we'll hear from some of the voices that abortion could not silence
Date posted: 2015-02-28
Gay-rights activists have mocked the idea that gay marriage threatens religious liberty. But what they mean by religious liberty is no such thing.
Date posted: 2015-02-28
One of my favorite scripture verses is Luke 12:48: "To whom much is given, of them much is required." And one of the people I admire most has lived that verse to the fullest.
Date posted: 2014-12-24
One evangelical leader has called for a revitalized Christian outreach to homosexuals.
Date posted: 2014-12-24
News flash: Assisted suicide in the Netherlands is not as bad as the critics had feared. Actually, it's worse.
Date posted: 2014-10-26
Sometimes actions speak louder than words. And when it comes to gay marriage and the Supreme Court, so does inaction.
Date posted: 2014-10-26
It's easy to forget that every human being is made in God's image -- even those behind bars.
Date posted: 2014-10-08
Martin Luther said, "To go against conscience is neither right nor safe."
Date posted: 2014-10-08
It's easy to forget that every human being is made in God's image - even those behind bars.
Date posted: 2014-09-23
We should applaud the newest memorial in Germany. And maybe we need one of our own.
Date posted: 2014-09-23
We evangelicals are so silent on this crucial topic, we might as well call it the "D-word."
Date posted: 2014-09-23
Do you take your parental responsibilities seriously enough to stand out in a crowd?
Date posted: 2014-09-23
If we treat soybeans, microchips, and human beings all the same -- that is, as products to bring to market -- then we've lost our humanity
Date posted: 2014-09-23
Recent revelations about the abuse of disabled workers has me thinking: Do we fear God?
Date posted: 2014-03-22
Some things are better left untried. Like trying to create children with three genetic parents.
Date posted: 2014-03-22
Name a root cause of poverty in the developing world. Corruption? Poor education? There's something else you probably haven't thought of.
Date posted: 2014-03-22
Getting marital advice from a 19th century English fiction writer would be a "novel" idea, but it might be a good one.
Date posted: 2014-02-23
The Spanish government wants to enact new restrictions on abortion. Why should we care?
Date posted: 2014-02-19
Might the latest scientific breakthrough end the controversy over embryonic stem cells?
Date posted: 2014-02-13
Increasingly, infertile couples are turning to surrogate pregnancy. And it's become a big business -- with winners and losers.
Date posted: 2014-02-11
The Christian sun is rising in the east. Eastern Europe, that is. And the Western media just doesn't get it.
Date posted: 2014-01-29
One of the best ways you and your church can fight poverty is to work for healthy marriages.
Date posted: 2014-01-24
Emotional, angry outbursts have become the acceptable parlance of public discourse. One case in point, and why it's so dangerous.
Date posted: 2014-01-17
The last thing we need to be doing is monkeying around with the legal concept of personhood.
Date posted: 2013-12-22
Why would a state ban parents from getting help for their child with an unwanted same-sex attraction? It's a question of ideology.
Date posted: 2013-12-04
The development of a baby in the womb is a miracle. And as a newly unveiled series of sculptures show, good art can portray the miracle powerfully.
Date posted: 2013-10-20
A new medical discovery might pose ethical challenges we've never faced before.
Date posted: 2013-10-08
For decades, even centuries, we've been warned that overpopulation will lead to mass starvation. But the cataclysm has yet to come. Why is that?
Date posted: 2013-10-08
Too often, opinions about how the Church should respond to homosexuality fall into two diametrically opposed camps: one side urges us to cast aside, or at least downplay, what the scriptures and the Church have taught for two thousand years in the hope of "saving the brand."
Date posted: 2013-09-21
While God did bring good out of this horrific evil, the events of September 15th left its scars on survivors like Carolyn Maull. But God brought good from the evil that visited her as well.
Date posted: 2013-09-19
So, how has the sexual revolution worked out for women? Just ask one who was urged to sign an abortion contract. That's right, an abortion contract.
Date posted: 2013-09-08
It seems so logical: live together, see if it works, and then get married. Except things just don't work out that way.
Date posted: 2013-09-08
One Fourth of July ad would have you believe that the Founding Fathers sought to shield our nation's government from Christianity. Clever, but not true.
Date posted: 2013-09-08
Improve the human race by eliminating the weak. That's a key tenet of eugenics - a philosophy that is alive and well right here in the good ol' U.S. of A.
Date posted: 2013-09-08
Jesus cared passionately about prisoners. Throw in what he said about little ones and millstones, and we'd better care about juvenile offenders.
Date posted: 2013-07-13
Okay, you've seen the news, you've listened to the talking heads: But what exactly did the Supreme Court's rulings mean for marriage?
Date posted: 2013-07-07
Marriage rates are heading downhill, and they'll continue to do so until we Christians can show others the value of marriage.
Date posted: 2013-07-07
You've heard it over and over: Gay "marriage" is inevitable. Well, at least that's what its supporters want you to believe.
Date posted: 2013-07-06
Last week, the President threw America's parents and their daughters under a bus. And I'm hopping mad about it - and not just because I have a young daughter of my own.
Date posted: 2013-07-06
Have you ever asked a young atheist why he or she doesn't believe? Well, one researcher did. And the answers may surprise you.
Date posted: 2013-07-06
An article in the latest issue of the Atlantic Monthly describes how churches affiliated with Unitarian/Universalist and Episcopal denominations have embraced same-sex relationships.
Date posted: 2013-06-22
The secular powers that be are putting pressure on pastors to limit their practice of the Christian faith to just the four walls of the local church.
Date posted: 2013-06-22
Cultural views on homosexuality are changing so rapidly, it's hard to keep track of what is or isn't homophobic anymore.
Date posted: 2013-06-22
The Supreme Court is deciding whether or not to redefine marriage - and we're hearing a lot of claims about how well children do when they're reared by homosexual couples. Sad to say, some of those claims are being made to the Supremes - and they are completely false.
Date posted: 2013-06-22
If I say the word "culture" to you, what other words come to mind? Art? Morals? Perhaps politics in its broadest sense? Here's a word that probably doesn't come to mind: babies. Yet, as the recipient of the 2013 Wilberforce Award, Archbishop Timothy Cardinal Dolan of New York, argued, it's probably the first word that should come to mind.
Date posted: 2013-05-18
Do you remember the great movie "Amazing Grace," about William Wilberforce, the Christian Parliamentarian who led the charge to abolish the British slave trade? One scene sticks in my mind right now, especially given all the horrors being revealed in the murder trial of abortionist Kermit Gosnell in Philadelphia.
Date posted: 2013-05-18
The testimony coming out of the trial of abortionist Kermit Gosnell paints an indelible picture of human depravity. Gosnell is charged with killing a 41-year-old woman patient as well as seven babies who'd been born alive after their abortions failed.
Date posted: 2013-05-05