Fatherlessness. . . It’s Costly. . .
I’ve been working for the last couple of days on some presentations where people have asked me to provides statistical updates on the current state of the family in America. Twenty-four years ago, I was introduced to the amazing work…
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“Thank You” Day. . .
Today is a day to say “Thank You.” Tonight, several hundred of our CPYU donors and friends will gather together to celebrate another year of God’s faithfulness to CPYU. Twenty-six years now. Hard to believe. It’s a time for me,…
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Battling Pornography. . .
Over the course of the last couple of weeks I’ve had several people ask me this question: “What do think is the biggest challenge facing children and teens today?” That’s a tough question to answer. Without a doubt, today’s “biggest…
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Amazing Grace. . . Disease, Suffering, Persecution, and Isis. . .
Sleep has not come easy the last few nights. The thoughts racing through my head in the midst of the horizontal darkness have been triggered by a series of difficult realities that have landed front and center in my mind throughout…
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Russell Brand on Pornography. . .
Common grace. . . general revelation. . . all truth is God’s truth. We talked alot about these things in theology class, didn’t we? Yes, even those who might not actively and consciously pursue a life under the way and will…
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“Boyhood” Thoughts. . . A Post-Oscar Pause. . .
Like most awards shows, the Academy Awards are worth the time of culture watchers. Filmmakers are the philosophers and dispensers of ideas. In addition, their work mirrors the values and attitudes that have taken root and grown in our culture.…
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Technology and Loneliness. . .
Here’s a powerful little short animated film that’s worth five minutes of your time. . . and then additional time pondering/discussing. Show it to parents. Show it to kids. Talk about it. I watched this powerful little piece of social…
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Fifty Shades Today. . . A Plea To Christian Parents & Youth Workers. . .
And so it arrives. It’s already proclaimed a blockbuster and judging from the predictions of those who seem to know about these things, it will most likely bring in about $90 million over its first three days, an opening which…
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Katy Perry And Her Word From God. . . .
I have no idea what’s going on with Katy Perry. But I do know that over the course of the last couple of days, news of Katy Perry’s Super Bowl “word from God” prior to her halftime performance has spread…
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Stuff That Should Matter. . . A Grammy-Prompted Thought. . .
Which do you think is more dangerous? A complete, total, and blatantly obvious lie? Or a lie that draws us in because it is veiled in a partial truth? Samuel P. Huntington famously said, “Partial truths or half-truths are often…
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Fifty Shades of Grey. . . Almost Here. . .
Some of the most frightening words in the Bible are these words from the Apostle Paul to the Corinthians: “Flee from sexual immorality” (I Corinthians 6:18). I remember talking to a room full of curious middle school students in the…
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The Super Bowl, NFL, and Culture. . . Insights Into Who We Are. . .
Culture is a map and a mirror. It is both directive and reflective. As a map, it tells us what to believe and how to behave. As a mirror, it tells us what we already believe and how those beliefs…
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