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- Restoring Civility: Will You Take the Pledge? (September 17, 2009)
Even if you didn't watch Barack Obama's health care address last week, I'm sure you've heard how Rep. Joe Wilson interrupted it. - Jesus Never Existed! (November 24, 2009)
- Potter Mania: Should Christian Kids Read Harry Potter? (July 23, 2007)
The big question many parents have is: Should their kids be reading novels about wizards and witches and magic? - What is True Happiness? Our Kids Need to Know (October 12, 2007)
Instead of learning the basic tenets of their faith or developing a loving relationship with God, teens are simply absorbing a belief that if you try to be good all the time, you will be happy—and being happy is what life's all about. - The Victims of Pornography (November 17, 2007)
Countless individuals are hurt by pornography's influence. Yet, as surprising as it may seem, sexual addiction—like all addictions—represents a deep hunger for God. - Seven Years Later: Remembering 9/11 (September 11, 2008)
While architecture can honor the past, the only memorial worthy of that name are the lessons we learn that keep the past from ever being repeated again. - Teaching Kids to Think Christianly: God's World News (October 13, 2009)
One of the chief reasons God's World News exists—to help families and schools learn how to talk about God's ongoing activity in the world as both creator and sustainer. - Are Christians 'The Other' in Society? (October 19, 2009)
A recent Harpers' magazine article is what I would call a prime example of "othering"—of defining some individual or group as being different in some fundamental way and therefore not belonging. - Watershed Moment: A New Declaration of Dependence (July 1, 2009)
Indeed, God has blessed America. But all is not well in our land. - Faith and Fathers: Obvious, and Documented, Conclusions (October 24, 2007)
There's no serious doubt that fatherlessness is bad for our kids. So what makes men better dads? The answer is surprisingly simple: Faith. - As Wealth Increases, Happiness Doesn't (August 29, 2007)
Why doesn't increased prosperity and rising standards of living translate into more happiness? - Fashion Rebels: Modeling for Modesty (September 17, 2007)
Modesty. It's the latest form of rebellion—and as the father of three daughters, I can tell you I welcome this kind of rebellion. - Divorce: Harmful to Kids and the Environment? (January 4, 2008)
If Americans will not stay together for their children's sake, would they do it to save the planet? - Selling Morality Short: Goldman Sachs and the Sub-Prime Debacle (December 28, 2007)
The list of losers in the sub-prime loan crisis is long, but there are also winners. And one of them made a killing in a manner that reminds us that in business, as in the rest of life, there is no substitute for morality. - Rediscovering Sabbath Rest (June 1, 2008)
Rest was woven into the fabric of creation. And what we find as we take time off from the rhythms of work is—as the old Hebrew saying goes—not that we keep the Sabbath, but that the Sabbath keeps us. - How Far is Too Far in the Quest for Parenthood? (January 15, 2008)
If you haven't thought much lately about just how rapidly the very nature of the family is changing, consider this: It is now possible for a child to have five parents. - Searching for Our Greatest Need (August 22, 2008)
Day by day, Google and the Internet-at-large are convincing us that knowledge ought to be at our fingertips; whether it is a map, stock-price, article, quote, or video clip—we start to feel that typing it into a search-bar is all that it should take. - Sub-Prime Folly: No Substitute for Virtue (September 28, 2007)
The sub-prime mortgage crisis of recent months reveals that living for the moment to get whatever you can always leads to disaster. - Can't Buy Me Love: Are We Becoming Marital Consumers? (June 13, 2008)
Christians have always seen marriage as a covenant with God as a party to it. But the values of the marketplace, applied to marriage, teach a totally different message: that is, that we are entitled to a good "return on our investment." - Why Christian Women Marry Muslim Men (November 25, 2007)
While we should welcome opportunities to develop friendships and share our life and faith with people of differing religious backgrounds, marriage is altogether different.
