Is Love A Feeling Or A Decision?
My teenage self couldn’t grasp or even imagine what my Dad told me over and over again. At the time, my attraction to the opposite sex was marked by overwhelming feelings. My dad, in the spirit of “ruining everything” 😉 made…
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Lewis on Marriage and Sexuality. . .
“The Christian idea of marriage is based on Christ’s words that a man and wife are to be regarded as a single organism – for that is what the words ‘one flesh’ would be in modern English. . . The…
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New Forms Of Body Dysmorphia and Disordered Eating. . .
Perhaps the best way for me to state it is like this: If my grandmothers were ugly, they didn’t know it. I know that the statement sounds a bit crude and harsh, but I don’t remember either of them being…
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Wisdom Or Foolishness? . . . Reflections On A Condo Collapse. . .
It’s been just a couple days over a month since the Champlain Condo that sat beachside in Surfside, Florida crumbled to the ground in just a matter of seconds. When I heard and then saw the news early on the…
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Youth Sports. . . Fostering Or Limiting Spiritual Growth? . . .
When I read the Bible, I sometimes find myself shaking my head in disbelief as I ponder stories that reveal the absolute stupidity of God’s people. For example, this morning I was reading in the Old Testament book of Judges…
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A Short Word on Kids and Transgender. . .
God’s ordained gender binary. . . His good and grand creational design. . . continues to be challenged. It’s a very sensitive and important issue that involves real human beings. . . all of them divine-image bearers full of value,…
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Teaching Kids To Navigate Culture. . . A New Resource From CPYU. . .
It’s the shortest book I’ve ever written, but perhaps the most important. Youth workers and parents alike realize that the cultural narrative which shapes kids’ understanding of what to believe and how to live is pervasive, attractive, convincing, and compelling.…
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Is Olivia Rodrigo’s Influence “good 4 u”? . . .
I don’t think I can remember anything like this in the world of popular music. Olivia Rodrigo, an 18-year-old actress, singer, and songwriter pre-released her first single off her debut album back in January. . . just a little over…
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A Prayer For The Fatherless. . .
A prayer for those who find this day difficult. . . Heavenly Father, on this day when our culture focuses on celebrating our fathers, we recognize that for millions upon millions in our world, mention of the word father brings sadness and…
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The Week In Youth Culture. . . Did You Miss This? . . .
Today’s a great day to catch up on what you may have missed if you didn’t take a minute each day this past week to listen to our 1-minute daily Youth Culture Today podcast! What did we hit this week?…
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Children, TV, and Transgender. . .
If you blink this weekend, you will most likely miss it. But that won’t diminish the significance of what’s happening on the Nickelodeon kids’ television network this Saturday, June 19th. It’s a day when another ingredient will be added to …
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Parenting Is For The Birds. . .
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tells the crowd to “Look at the birds of the air. . . ” Around us all the time, they are so familiar that in the course of our daily comings and goings…
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