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To those who insist Scripture knows nothing about pastor search committees–or any other kind of committee for that matter–we respond, “Scripture was never intended to ...

Today's teens are a much tamer lot, with the fewest rates of high school students turning to sex or drugs since 1991, according to researchers from the U.S. Centers of...

My wife and I were in a restaurant having lunch with one of our sons and couldn’t help but notice a nearby family: a mom, a dad, two sons and a daughter. The daughter ...

I am empty, and I need a fresh filling of my Savior.

A new study shows that over-controlling parenting, or “helicopter parenting,” can harm a child’s ability to manage his or her emotions and behavior.

We are blessed to be a blessing. When we don't have anything, we can't give anything. It takes money to move the Kingdom forward. The "why" is important.

We talk about grandkids, brownies, Chicago, China and Oregon.

It’s easy for me to jam my schedule full of all kinds of wonderful things. Very good, kingdom building things. Things that, if not done in obedience to Christ, leave m...

Young teens who slept less than seven hours a night tended to have more body fat, elevated blood pressure and less healthy cholesterol levels -- all bad for the heart,...

The recent spate of suicides by the rich and famous is a symptom of our growing sense of gloom.

After briefly leveling off, the U.S. obesity rate may be climbing again, according to a preliminary study which estimates that half of all U.S. teenagers will be overw...

In Ross Douthat’s book "Bad Religion," the New York Times columnist offers a synopsis of the core beliefs of America’s wave of “spiritual but not religious” teachers s...

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One in four U.S. high school seniors would try marijuana or use it more often if it was legal, and that rate, the highest in the 43-year history of the Monitoring the ...

The idea is that we are the light of the world, and as that light is brought together through the church it gains intensity the way focused light becomes a laser beam....

Love your dad. Appreciate what he got right. Forgive him where he didn’t.

Next year, people around the world will spend more time online than they do watching TV, according to new data from measurement company Zenith.