A recent study stated that today’s teens struggle with spiritual commitment. Kendra Casey Dean is a minister in the United Methodist Church, a professor at Princeton Theological Seminary, and the author of, Almost Christian. She proposes that teens are living out a “watered down” faith by serving a God whose ...
Read More »Why The Law Became Obsolete
“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people.” ...
Read More »Teen Suicide: Who Can Rescue Them?
Headlines today have too many stories of teens committing suicide or attempting to. Just this week I read another story about Bobbi Kristina Brown, Whitney Houston’s daughter, being found unconscious, face down in a bath tub. Authorities in the case have stated that it was due to a drug overdose and now she is ...
Read More »God as Guide: the Perfect GPS
Our GPS is an excellent guide; she and I just don’t get along. It’s not her fault. We’re often out of sync with one another–or more accurately, I am out of sync with her. She gives an order, and I obey—too soon and end up on a wrong road. Or ...
Read More »J.O.Y. – Even Athletes Get It
The Super Bowl is now just a day away. Most of us are finalizing our shopping and prepping our dips, snacks, and other entertainment for the ‘Big Game.’ The players starring in the Super Bowl, however, are taking these last few days addressing the media. Amongst the many players who ...
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