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Divorce hurts. Children bear a deep burden when their parents divorce. They are torn between two worlds. How do we help our children cope?

Dr. Seuss once told the story of a "young man from Zoad, who came to two signs in the fork of the road." Forced to choose between two directions, the indecisive Zoad simply decided to go both directions at once. As Dr. Seuss explained, "that's...

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America had been eagerly awaiting the release of a report by its Task Force for Sexuality. But the document itself is likely to please no one. Rather than settling the issue one way or the other, this report is a...

An issue came up last week as two of our staff counselors encountered a "cutter." In this article, we will highlight who cutters are, what precipitates cutting, signs of cutting, and what to do about cutting. We will also mention a few things that...

Well, it's happened again. On Monday, San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Richard Kramer ruled that withholding marriage licenses from same-sex couples violates California's constitution. His decision, which is on stay pending appeal,...

The question is often asked, "don't Christians need the insights of psychology to find peace and happiness in their lives, particularly if they are to solve the really deep problems of the psyche (Greek-"soul")?"...Another question arises: "is...

Your husband left you, and the marriage you'd thought was for a lifetime ended all too soon and cruelly. God grieves alongside you as you mourn the death of your marriage. But the end of that dream, as painful as it is, doesn't have to prevent you...

The conservative movement in America is actually a coalition of different movements--including moral conservatives, social traditionalists, neo-conservative transformationists, and libertarians. It was inevitable that these disparate groups would...

The American Psychological Association cast aside millennia of moral wisdom last week when it adopted a resolution supporting same-sex marriage and another affirming the right for homosexuals to adopt children. It was a clean sweep for homosexual...

The history of ideas is not a matter of concern only to philosophers. Anyone interested in understanding the American mind must come to terms with pragmatism, and with the minds that framed this worldview. Pragmatism reigns as the dominant...

A miracle 11 years ago sparked a wonderful move of the Holy Spirit among the Koya tribal community in central India. Today more than 200 people have received Jesus as Lord. Another 60 show genuine interest in the Gospel.

Nicholas Kristof just can't help himself. An op-ed columnist for The New York Times, Kristof is writing about Christianity once again. Once again, his article reveals far more about himself than his subject.

Religious pluralists gathered for a major conference in England last month. They called for believers to surrender absolute truth claims and get with the program of doctrinal compromise. Of course, that would require the dismantling of...

Religious pluralists gathered for a major conference in England last month. They called for believers to surrender absolute truth claims and get with the program of doctrinal compromise. Of course, that would require the dismantling of...

Religious pluralists gathered for a major conference in England last month. They called for believers to surrender absolute truth claims and get with the program of doctrinal compromise. Of course, that would require the dismantling of...

Not much impetus is required to spur conversation in regard to what is wrong with evangelicalism today. Solutions, for some, are perhaps more elusive. However, in an interview conducted by Dr. Mark Dever and Mr. Matt Schmucker of the Center for...