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The "back to school" season is now a familiar part of family life and an important marker in the business cycle. But, even as the new academic year begins, the edifice of American public education is showing its cracks all over again.

Responsibility is a self-esteem steroid. When we give someone a responsibility, whether that person is a child, coworker, friend, or spouse, we’re communicating trust in that person. And trust is a major catalyst in moving people toward...

Can we live without loyalty? James Q. Wilson argues that the decline of marriage and loyalty now threatens to undermine our social cohesiveness and to produce a generation that cares little about loyalty and prizes freedom over character.

Despite years of instruction on how to make good moral choices, many kids still end up making unhealthy decisions. That’s because what they’ve learned has only reached their minds, when it needs to go deeper into the place that motivates them –...

Over the past thirty years, the homosexual movement has coalesced into a powerful force for cultural change. In fact, momentum for the normalization of homosexual behavior and relationships is now recognized in large segments of the society as a...

When should the church exercise church discipline? In one sense, a form of redemptive church discipline is exercised whenever the Bible is taught and the truth of God's Word is applied to the lives of believers. Nevertheless, a more personal and...

A typical legalist insists that others must follow his list of convictions because they are “right.” He believes that everything is decidedly either right or wrong. A libertarian insists that it doesn’t really matter, because no specific standards...

Will the family survive in postmodern America? That question presses upon us as forces in our society seem bent on undermining the family at every turn. Here are some steps toward recovery.

Will the family survive in postmodern America? That question presses upon us as forces in our society seem bent on undermining the family at every turn. Here are some steps toward recovery.

Terri Schiavo has won a stay in the death sentence ordered by her husband. Emergency action by the Florida legislature and Governor Jeb Bush means that Terri's feeding tube is now restored. The case may soon land again in the courts. Will this...

How does Esther's story from pre-Islamic Persia apply to us today? Hidden among the secrets of palace protocol is an encoded portrayal of Bible purpose - access to God's presence.

What do men want most out of marriage? Each man is a unique person with unique desires, but there are some things they have in common that wives should be aware of...

People face multi-colored difficulties in this psychologized culture in which we find ourselves. The difficulties lie not so much in the so-called psychological problems plaguing individuals but in the problems foisted upon individuals as the...

If someone had warned Samson during his teen years that a beautiful woman named Delilah would someday entice him, then betray him and finally derail God’s best plans for him, I wonder if he would have made the same choices that led to his tragic...

Solomon intimately understood how powerful sexual temptation can be for a man. It was with him in mind that he wrote the fifth chapter of Proverbs. "My son, give attention to my wisdom, incline your ear to my understanding .... For the lips of an...

Today Kim and her husband, Adam, are the proud parents of twins -- one a boy, one a girl -- born through a unique process known as embryo adoption. Sam and Katie Lewis were once frozen embryos -- destined no doubt for scientific research, at least...

Modesty. Most parents recognize the need to address it, but many are at a loss as to how to do this. At the end of many arguments, complacency quietly announces in the back of their mind, "It'll be OK. It's just fashion."

International intervention to halt the persecution of Christians in Kosovo is a "complete failure," according to a former diplomat and other political analysts who briefed Capitol Hill staff late last week, pointing to the destruction of 150...