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Iowa’s Caitlin Clark Stays Grounded in Faith: Her ‘Gifts’ Are ‘From God,’ Coach Says

Iowa’s Caitlin Clark Stays Grounded in Faith: Her ‘Gifts’ Are ‘From God,’ Coach Says

The Iowa women’s basketball sensation who is smashing records and grabbing headlines “takes seriously her call to be” a role model and realizes that her gifts are from God, say those who are close to her and her family.

10 Warnings in the Bible We Don't Take Seriously Enough

10 Warnings in the Bible We Don't Take Seriously Enough

Although the Bible warns us of attitudes and activities to stay away from, how seriously do most Christians follow biblical counsel?

God’s cautions are for our good, and ignoring His guidance and commands opens us up to being misled. To help us keep our feet on the path that leads to life, below are 10 biblical warnings Christ’s followers should take more seriously. 

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Your Christian Faith Is Personal, but It's Not Private

Your Christian Faith Is Personal, but It's Not Private

While Christianity is personal, it is not private. It makes claims about all of reality, most notably that Christ is Lord of all. Christianity cannot be reduced to some therapeutic or pragmatic formula. It is to be lived, publicly.

Evidence of God's Movement in Chaotic Current Events

Evidence of God's Movement in Chaotic Current Events

The world and the reality of daily events are there to be read with the mind and heart of God.

Holding the Pain of the World Accountable to Our Faith

Holding the Pain of the World Accountable to Our Faith

As Lewis wrote elsewhere, “God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.”  

Strongly Rooted Faith Can Discern Truth in Trying Times

Strongly Rooted Faith Can Discern Truth in Trying Times

A leaked Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) training video instructs staff to confirm that men can get pregnant and encourages them to refer to a pre-born baby as an “embryo” or “fetus,” to a “fetal heartbeat” as “embryonic or fetal cardiac activity,” and to a “mother” as a “veteran” or “person.”

When I saw the story, I then checked some other taxpayer-funded agencies for similar language. I found this statement on the National Institutes of Health website: “The term chestfeeding or bodyfeeding can be used alongside breastfeeding to be more inclusive” for “nonbinary or trans people.” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website similarly includes COVID-19-related information for “pregnant and recently pregnant people” (not “women”). The website later refers to “people who are pregnant,” presumably in deference to pregnant biological women who do not identify as women.

The VA training video correctly states, “Language has a profound impact on what people hear and learn.” Therein lies my point today.

The Late Great Planet Church

The Late Great Planet Church
It’s not exactly news, but there are fewer people attending church now than before the pandemic. What we’re finding out now is just how big of a drop it was. According to a survey by the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University, the percentage of people ages 39 to 57 who attended a worship service during the week, either in person or online, fell to 28% in 2023. That is down from 41% in 2020.
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