Life & Family
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Court Restricts Girl’s Church Attendance Over Claims Of “Psychological Harm”
A troubling court ruling out of Maine should have Christians paying attention. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has upheld an order giving a father final authority to prevent his daughter from attending an evangelical church after arguments that the religious environment was psychologically harmful to…
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More Than Entertainment: Who You Support Matters
For most people, buying a concert ticket or streaming a favorite song doesn’t feel like a political act. You like the music, enjoy the artist and pay for the entertainment. End of story. Except increasingly, it isn’t. Pop superstar Olivia Rodrigo provided a striking example…
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Does The First Amendment Give You the Right To Disrupt A Church Service?
The First Amendment protects both freedom of speech and freedom of assembly, but those rights do not give activists carte blanche to invade a church and take over the service. Now, however, a group of activists who did just that has filed a motion to…
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God Had A Wife? When Pastors Trade Scripture For Mysticism And Fables
For years, conservative Christians have watched mainline denominations increasingly reinterpret Scripture through the lenses of modern sexuality, gender ideology, social justice and progressive politics. But another theological shift may be equally concerning, especially because it is beginning to appear in churches that still carry historically…
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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…
