Parents, Teens, and Cheating
In a recent article on high school students and cheating, Dr. Carl Pickhardt reminds parents of our need to teach our kids that cheating is essentially lying, and that it is always wrong. You see, the data tells us that…
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Declaring Things Right or Wrong
In Proverbs 14:12 we read these words of wisdom and truth: There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death. Whenever I read this verse I am reminded of my need…
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Jesus as Lord
In Ephesians 4:14, the Apostle Paul tells us that we are no longer to be like children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning. In essence, Paul is warning…
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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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