Life & Family
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The Body Wasn’t The Problem: Changing Children Physically Won’t Heal Them
For years, one of the most powerful arguments for medically transitioning children has been that these treatments are necessary for their mental health. Puberty blockers and hormones, Americans were told, could relieve the intense psychological suffering experienced by young people struggling with their gender. Critics…
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From Scripture To Queer Tarot-The United Methodist Church’s Theological Collapse
There was a time when the controversy inside the United Methodist Church centered primarily on homosexuality, same-sex marriage and the ordination of practicing LGBTQ clergy. Those battles were serious enough to fracture one of America’s largest Protestant denominations. But what is happening at one United…
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The Coming Education Crisis: Welcome To The Age Of Artificial Education
School has just started–or is about to start–in many parts of America, and over the next several months we may discover just how deeply artificial intelligence has changed the next generation of students. By virtually every early warning sign, the news is not encouraging. For…
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Girl Scouts Takes Another Left Turn-This Time Toward Islam
For decades, the Girl Scouts was regarded as one of America’s most wholesome institutions–a place where girls learned responsibility, service, leadership and practical skills. That image, however, is becoming increasingly difficult to reconcile with the organization many Christian parents see today. What once focused primarily…
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AI Was Supposed To Help Us Work – Now We’re Asking It How To Live
For years, Americans have been told that the artificial intelligence revolution would transform the workplace. AI would write reports, analyze spreadsheets, generate computer code, automate customer service and potentially eliminate millions of jobs. All of that may still happen. But something quieter–and potentially far more…
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4 Pieces Of Back-To-School Advice For Parents
The backpacks are full, the lunches are packed, and moms and dads everywhere are breathing a sigh of relief that life is returning to back-to-school normal. But the beginning of classes isn’t just about getting kids ready for a new year, it’s about making sure…
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Why Do More Progressive Pastors Keep Running For Office?
Something unusual is happening in American politics. Pastors, ministers and seminarians associated with progressive Christianity are increasingly running for political office — and they are not hiding their religious identities. Quite the opposite. Many are explicitly presenting their progressive political agendas as expressions of their…
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Sharia And The Constitution: The Question Abdul El-Sayed Needs To Answer
Abdul El-Sayed has attracted national attention after invoking Jesus Christ while defending political ideas critics describe as radical. “Jesus, peace and blessings be upon him, was considered radical in his time too,” the Democratic nominee for Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat recently said. But whether a…
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When Affirmation Replaces Transformation: The New Theology Of Mainline Churches
Something profound has happened inside portions of American Christianity. The church was once understood as a place where sinners came to encounter a Savior who loved them enough to change them. Increasingly, however, some mainline denominations appear to be embracing a very different message: come…
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Gov’t Education: Parents Are ‘Oppressors’ And Children Must Be ‘Liberated’
In the ongoing war for the hearts and minds of America’s children, the left has unveiled its newest and most brazen weapon yet: Parents are the “oppressors” and children must be “liberated” from the “oppression.” Under the banner of “ethnic studies” and the new buzzword…
