Blogs
Another Anchor Story: "I am totally free of Satan's bondage"
Christ set him free from Satan's prison.
Later School Start Times Reduce Car Crashes, Improve Teen Safety
A new study has found that later school start times were associated with a significant drop in vehicle accidents involving teen drivers.
The Experience Economy
One of the shifts we are experiencing culturally is that experience is becoming the new spirituality of our day. In other words, we are becoming more “Eastern” in our ...
What's Hot? 02/21/20
A weekly listing of hot cultural items from the Internet, music, television, and movies.
10 Movies to Watch This Easter
While not the most expansive of holidays, Easter still has several terrific films to its name. Here are the top 10 movies for Christians to watch this week.
Teens Are Still Vaping Flavors, Thanks To New Disposable Vape Pens
Efforts to stem the tide of teen vaping seem to be a step behind the market. Many teens have moved on from products like Juul to newer, one-time-use disposable vape pr...
Sex Matters
In a stunning op-ed piece for the Wall Street Journal, Colin Wright, an evolutionary biologist at Penn State, and Emma Hilton, a developmental biologist at the Univers...
When Tragedy Strikes
Tragedy has been all around us the last few weeks. What do we do in the midst of our pain and suffering?
High Amounts of Screen Time Begin as Early as Infancy
Children's average daily time spent watching television or using a computer or mobile device increased from 53 minutes at age 12 months to more than 150 minutes at 3 y...
The Best Way to Put Meat on the Bones of Your Sermon
We preachers are going to have to decide whether we prefer a catchy outline that looks clever in print or something perhaps less clever that will feed our people.
One in Four Opioid ODs Involves Kids and Teens
More than a quarter of all opioid overdoses in the United States involve teenagers, and a full fifth of those cases were likely suicide attempts, new research shows.
Growing Through Relational Conflict
When I see sin or dysfunction, manipulative or hurtful behavior, something deep inside pricks as an impulse to act ignites. And while that emotion, that conviction-bas...
Overcoming 7 Myths Single Moms Have About Homeownership
7 Myths Single Moms have about Homeownership
Digital Dating Abuse: Many Teens, More Often Boys, Are Being Harassed Online By A Partner
New research from Florida Atlantic University is shedding light on yet another problem the internet has created for teenagers: digital dating abuse.
A Slowdown in the Rise of the Nones?
For some time in this blog I have chronicled the “rise of the nones,” meaning the rapid increase of the number of people who consider themselves religiously unaffiliat...
He Found Christ in a California Jail
The gospel is still the power of God for salvation!
What's Hot? 02/14/20
A weekly listing of hot cultural items from the Internet, music, television, and movies.
Light Activity May Lower Depression Risk in Young People
A new study suggests that active young adolescents are less likely to experience symptoms of depression by age 18, compared with their sedentary peers.
