What Has Cost Evangelicals Their Standing in Public Opinion?
Many of our “beliefs” are not aspects of Christian doctrine at all, but rather ideologies we have made into theologies.
Author: James Emery White
The Week After Easter: Post Easter Church Encouragement
When you lead a church, you cant help but dreamand dream big. I think thats one of the marks of a leader. But for most, its not long before the dream comes face to face with reality, especially in the week after Easter.
Teen Girls in Crisis
Nearly one in three high school girls have considered suicide, reflecting a 60% rise in the past decade. Nearly 15% have been forced to have sex. About six in 10 girls were so consistently sad or hopeless they stepped away from regular activities.
Parents, Major on the Majors
Forty percent of parents are saying they are extremely/very worried about their child struggling with anxiety or depression. Another 36% are somewhat concerned. That’s three out of every four parents with mental health on their parenting radar in relation to their child.
Defending Biblical Marriage
It takes courage to stand with Scripture in a culture hostile to its moral compass, especially when defending the biblical marriage definition against shifting societal norms. Sometimes it takes even more courage to stand up to your own religious peers when they are the ones capitulating to that culture.
Take 40 Days and Use Them for Your Resurrection
Have you set aside 40 days for new beginnings to be sure youre doing what God wants, to prepare yourself to do what God wants, or to address something in your life so that youre living the way God wants?
A Disease of the Human Heart
And there is only one cure. It is not another law, though new ones may be needed; it is not a change in policing, though changes may be needed. Those are band-aids—helpful, perhaps, but band-aids. They do not address the disease.
After the Tornado
Among young people ages 18-29, one in three say they go to church less than they did pre-pandemic. Before COVID, 30% of adults under the age of 30 did not attend religious services. By the Spring of 2022, that had risen to 43%.
Isolation: The Loss of Social Capital
Regardless of how people themselves may feel about their housing situation, the research has been deemed unequivocal: people aging alone experience worse physical and mental health outcomes and shorter life spans.
About Your New Website
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