My purpose today is not to relitigate LGBTQ morality or the postmodern relativism of our day, issues I have addressed often in the past. Rather, it is to ask the question: How can Christians live and raise our families in a culture that is forcing its norms on us in unprecedented ways?
Stripping morals from education—or, more accurately, attempting to strip morals from education—is a dangerous idea with dangerous consequences. Chuck Colson repeatedly highlighted this, especially in light of the financial scandals of the late 1980s and early 2000s. He spoke often of “a crisis of character” and the “inescapable consequence of neglecting moral training.”
A third-party investigation at Menlo Church, one of Northern California’s most prominent megachurches, ended this week with a report that found no evidence the pastor’s adult child had acted on his confessed attraction to minors.
According to researcher George Barna, movies, television, music and other types of media have a larger impact on a child's worldview than school does.
"Climate anxiety" is persuading more and more people to refrain from having kids.
Scientific advances are based on self-correction, criticism, and dissent. This is vital for fixing bad theories and identifying mistaken assumptions. On the transgender issue, more than any other right now, dissenting voices are silenced. Though such scientific malpractice is reversible, it is not so for those whose identities, lives, and very bodies are now being experimented on. For them, much of the damage will be permanent.
During a Virginia gubernatorial debate on Tuesday, candidate Terry McAuliffe defended his decision to veto a 2016 bill giving parents a warning about sexually explicit material, saying in a debate he doesn't believe parents "should be telling schools" what to teach.
A Virginia mother recently criticized the Fairfax County Public Schools Board for including sexually explicit books in the high school library.
China has slashed the amount of time children 18 and under are allowed to play video games. I have significant disagreements with this latest move. Their government—and ours—shouldn’t be playing nanny. However, the concerns they’ve raised about the impact of extended video gameplay on children are valid and worth exploring.
On Wednesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law that critics say forces insurance companies to conceal from parents the medical services their children are receiving, including when it involves such controversial ones as abortion, puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones.
