Teaching Kids the Value of Human Life
I recently read some survey data that caused me to pause and ponder a couple of lessons we need to teach our kids about human dignity and friendship. The survey looked specifically about what we American’s think about our pet…
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Teaching Kids Right from Wrong
How should we go about teaching our children right from wrong? Are there timeless moral standards which we are called to know, follow, and teach to our children and teens? As Christians, we know that we are called to teach…
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Episode 147: “What Is Social Media Doing To Us and Our Kids?” with Chris Martin
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Being Performative
In his play “As You Like It”, William Shakespeare has his character Jacques utter these now-famous words: “All the world’s a stage, and all men and women are merely players.” If those words were true when first written way back…
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No More Bullpen
Last month, as baseball’s world series was unfolding, the folks at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals announced a campaign to change the long-standing name of baseball’s bull-pen to the arm-pen. They’re reasoning, the name bull-pen is insensitive to…
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Episode 137: “Sexual Attitudes and Practices of Evangelical Young Adults” with David Ayers
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Morality as a Matter of Taste
One of the most astute cultural critics I’ve come to know and follow is Dr. Carl Trueman, a professor of biblical and religious studies at Grove City College. In a recent article in First Things magazine, Carl makes this observation:…
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Kids and Sinful Choices
One shift that’s taken place in youth culture over the years is the way that kids live out their friendships with their peers. In year’s past, kids were more prone to intervene and warn their friends if they saw their…
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Teen Styles and Morality
When generational styles collide, we tend to turn personal taste and style issues into moral issues in an effort to keep our kids from altering their appearance in a way that we either find embarrassing or wrong. Like it or…
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Billie Eilish and our Kids
Our kids are growing up in a day and age where it is seen as normal and right to determine your own borders and boundaries for what you believe is ethically right, and what you believe is ethically wrong. The…
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Episode 130: “Keeping and Handing Down The Faith” with Christian Smith
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Episode 128: “What Should We Know About Artificial Intelligence?” with Jason Thacker
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