A nice little video: … [Read more...] about 40+ Years of Ligonier Ministries
The Kids Are Not Really Alright
Bradford Wilcox wrote an excellent article for Slate last year on how the children of single parents fare. An excerpt: Take two contemporary social problems: teenage pregnancy and the incarceration of young males. Research by Sara McLanahan at Princeton University suggests that boys are significantly more likely to end up in jail or prison by the time they turn 30 if they are raised by a single mother. Specifically, McLanahan and a colleague found that boys raised in a single-parent household were more than twice as likely to be incarcerated, compared with boys raised in an intact, married … [Read more...] about The Kids Are Not Really Alright
Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay members
The story is breaking: The ban on openly gay members was removed today by a popular vote of 61%. The ban on gay leaders remains in effect. We'll have to see what impact this has on membership. … [Read more...] about Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay members
John Piper Answers: Was Chris Broussard right?
Tony Reinke asks John Piper if Chris Broussard was right with regard to Jason Collins' public announcement that he was both a practicing homosexual and a Christian. You can listen below or at the Desiring God site. HT: Denny Burk … [Read more...] about John Piper Answers: Was Chris Broussard right?
Almost Christian – Kenda Creasy Dean
The Center for Youth Ministry Training has a lengthy, informative review of Kenda Creasy Dean's provocative book, Almost Chrsitian: What the Faith of Our Teenagers Is Telling the American Church. Here's an excerpt: Four characteristics tend to accompany consequential faith in teenagers Dean names four characteristics (or cultural tools) that occur with regularity in those whom the NSYR found to be highly devoted. First, teens with consequential faith tend to have "a creed to believe" and were able to articulate their beliefs about a God who was both personal and powerful (71). Second, … [Read more...] about Almost Christian – Kenda Creasy Dean
German Homeschoolers Denied Asylum in U.S.
Bad news from Krista Kapralos, writing for Religious News Service: A German family seeking asylum in the U.S. so they can home-school their children lost their appeal in federal court on Tuesday (May 14), but their lawyers say they’re prepared to petition the U.S. Supreme Court to take the case. This decision came from the Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. For more on the history and what comes next for this case , see Karpralos' article. HT: Sarah Stanley … [Read more...] about German Homeschoolers Denied Asylum in U.S.