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Regardless of the different parenting approaches I read in books and blogs, or the advice handed out to me in church or the grocery store, there is one simple principle I always return to: affection. Affection can be inserted into almost every...

Viewers of "The Congregation," recently broadcast nationwide on PBS, were promised an unprecedented look into the life of a mainstream Protestant congregation. While the view was certainly unprecedented, the picture was hardly mainstream. When...

Gilbert Meilander is one of the most intelligent and influential bioethicists of our age, and it is reassuring to know that he is a member of the President's Council on Bioethics. In a recent article entitled "Bioethics and the Character of Human...

Our nation's political rhetoric is filled with references to unity and national cohesiveness. Nevertheless, this unity is often more superficial than substantial, and talk of national unity wears thin when the culture appears to be ripping apart...

First, an admission--I am an unapologetic Anglophile. I love British history, celebrate our common roots, and would live in England if I could not live in America. Similarly, I am conservative enough to admit that I am sometimes given to romantic...

Our nation's political rhetoric is filled with references to unity and national cohesiveness. Nevertheless, this unity is often more superficial than substantial, and talk of national unity wears thin when the culture appears to be ripping apart...

Should Christian parents be concerned about their kids getting involved in Wicca and the occult? In response to a disturbing upswing in teens' fascination with Wicca, teen expert Steve Russo has written a guide for parents. Join us as he sheds...

We've turned on our Creator and rather than living for Him, we want to live on our own and turn against Him.

No matter what type of school your children attend – public, private, or home – you are their best teacher. As their parent, you can do more than anyone else to unlock their learning potential.

Recent sociological studies are revealing a growing scandal within American Christianity. Many of our churchgoing teens are not Christian or, perhaps, are marginal believers who profess religious ideas that represent an astonishing departure from...

Will the world soon experience a return of patriarchy? That is the question raised by Phillip Longman in the current issue of Foreign Policy. The magazine's cover features a rather stunning headline: "Why Men Rule--and Conservatives Will Inherit...

Last week Rev. Jane Adams Spahr was found not-guilty of ministerial misconduct, even after the openly lesbian Presbyterian minister had defied the teachings of her church by performing "marriages" for two lesbian couples. Given the current state...

If your teenagers are to develop an appreciation of honor, they first need to see it in you.

Fathering is at the heart of masculinity. Yet many men I talk to have feelings of inadequacy regarding their fathering abilities. As author Frank Pittmon says, "The guys who fear becoming fathers don’t understand that fathering is not something...

"In the beginning," Scripture says, "God created the heavens and the earth." That first biblical affirmation points to the priority of the doctrine of creation within the system of Christian doctrine. Nevertheless, even the doctrine of creation...

Even as Tolkien is celebrated as an author and literary figure, some of his most important messages were communicated by means of letters, and some of the most important letters were written to his sons.