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What's Hot? 07/30/21
A weekly listing of hot cultural items from the Internet, music, television, and movies.
American Elementary School Students Fell 4 to 5 Months Behind During Pandemic
Elementary school students in the United States fell behind five months in mathematics and four months in reading by the end of the 2020–21 school year, according to a...
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in… My First Church (2021)
My “first” church was a county-seat Baptist congregation in a small town near the school where I went to seminary. It was a big church by student standards, 300 or so...
The Sanctity of Marriage
Are divorce and the term sanctity of marriage mutually exclusive? I don't think so.
Back-to-School Shopping Spree: Parents Spending $843 Per Child to Prep for In-Person Learning This Year
A new survey shows that parents are sparing no expense for back-to-school shopping, spending an average of $843 on each child.
Worldwide Increases in Adolescent Loneliness
A new study finds that the psychological well-being of adolescents around the world began to decline after 2012, in conjunction with the rise of smartphone access and...
When Christ Doesn't Meet Our Expectations
Years ago, in the middle of what felt like a crisis, God challenged me to consider how deep my loyalties lay. Really, to consider who He truly was to me. Would I treat...
Netflix Plans Push Into Video Games
Netflix announced that it’s hired a Facebook executive to lead games development — apparently signaling its intention to leap into publishing video games.
A Fractured Shibboleth (2021)
It stretched 548 feet across the vast, open space of Turbine Hall at the Tate Modern in London, the national gallery of international modern and contemporary art....
What's Hot? 07/23/21
A weekly listing of hot cultural items from the Internet, music, television, and movies.
Teens with a History of Self-Harm Have a Significantly Higher Threshold for Pain
New research has found that teenagers who have self-harmed five or more times in their life have a significantly higher threshold for pain compared to adolescents that...
The Church's Oxygen (2021)
It was startling to me how sensitive the human body is to a lack of oxygen in the air we breathe. I have been equally startled by how sensitive the church body is to a...
Is Your Marriage Difficult or Destructive?
There's a vast difference between a difficult marriage and a destructive marriage.
Remote Learning Hurt High School Students Academically, Emotionally
There were academic, social, and emotional consequences for U.S. high school students who attended classes remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, new research shows.
When Fear Suffocates You
Fear immobilizes, subtracts, and suffocates. How we battle fear becomes key to future freedom.
Teens with Secure Family Relationships "Pay It Forward" with Empathy for Friends
A new study finds that 14-year-old teens with supportive family relationships predict their empathetic support of close friends.
Trusting God When He Calls Us Out of Hiding
Daughter. Can you sense the tenderness in that word? She went from being “the woman who suffered from the issue of blood,” to hearing Christ call her daughter—the only...
