It never was a good idea to let children watch television without some parental input or supervision, but more and more, it’s becoming a downright bad one. The series Andi Mack in ...
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Christmas changed – a lot – when my husband and I had children. The first few years, we wanted to make sure our daughter (now almost 8) had the very best of ...
Read More »Reformed theologian, pastor R.C. Sproul dies
Robert Charles “R.C.” Sproul, the Reformed theologian, pastor, teacher, and lecturer who founded and chaired Ligonier Ministries and authored close to 100 books, including The Holiness of God, died Thursday. He was 78. Sproul ...
Read More »Give the Gift of Time: Priceless
Create family memories with your time. by Anita Widaman | Whether your kids are married, home from college, or home from elementary school, Christmas is the perfect holiday to spend extra ...
Read More »How to Shop for the Right Bible
Either for yourself or a gift, buying a bible is an important decision. The prospect of purchasing a Bible for oneself or as a gift, usually does not cause any anxiety in ...
Read More »How Marriage Lifts Families Out of Poverty
The organization behind National Marriage Week USA (in February) makes the case that marriage must be part of the current political debate about income inequality and how to reduce poverty. “Today 53 ...
Read More »U.K. remembers persecuted Christians
Parliament, churches light up red to raise awareness for martyred believers being persecuted around the world. (WNS)–On Nov. 22, the British Houses of Parliament and more than 30 churches and schools, mostly in ...
Read More »The Case for Thanksgiving
Perhaps no other custom reveals our nation’s original character as clearly as the celebration of Thanksgiving Day. Other countries have adopted similar observances, but America was the first to nationally recognize its ...
Read More »United in Christ is Aim of Kairos
Kairos International will gather believers from around the world Oct. 24 in show of unity. By the time he was 12, Bruno Ierullo was so notorious in the Canadian crime scene, ...
Read More »Grandparenting: 6 things to pass on!
Grandparenting. It’s a great thing. I’ve got two little grandkids of my own, and we are having a blast. I remember the moment that the first little one came home. It was ...
Read More »After assassination comments, senator seeks redemption
Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal seeks President Trump’s forgiveness and hopes to work with him By Dwight Widaman | Metrovoicenews.com On Thursday morning, August 17, Missouri State Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal (D-St. Louis County) awoke ...
Read More »King: “We must learn to live together.”
After violence erupted when white nationalists and Antifa rioters battled at a rally in support of Confederate statues in Charlottesville, Va., the nation was left reeling. In response, the niece of civil rights hero Dr. Martin Luther King ...
Read More »Tacket hopes to change minds with ‘Is Genesis History?’
Del Tackett knows he can’t convince everyone that the events described in Genesis are literally true. But he does hope that naysayers who watch his new documentary — Is Genesis History? — ...
Read More »Pray in Response to Charlottesville
Pentecostal Charismatic Churches of North America Call on Christians to Pray, Stand Together in Unity in Response to Charlottesville Rally The Pentecostal Charismatic Churches of North America, which represents thousands of churches ...
Read More »Time for Grandparent Power!
Sept. 23 conference highlights our times as defining moment for the influence found in a grandparent. By Dr. Ken Canfield | National Association for Grandparenting How important is it for us ...
Read More »Love, forgiveness and shoeboxes in Rwanda
Operation Christmas Child volunteers spread the love of Jesus in Africa with shoeboxes. By Allison Gibeson There are many moments from a recent Operation Christmas Child shoebox distribution trip to Rwanda that ...
Read More »Sharing Your Faith Made Easy
July 21st conference set to reinvigorate the Great Commission and give believers tools for sharing their faith. Many Christians struggle with the commandment to go out and evangelize the world, but they ...
Read More »Local National Day of Prayer Events Announced
National Day of Prayer will take place Thursday, May 4. This year’s theme is “For Your Great Name’s Sake! Hear us …Forgive us …Heal us!”, which is taken from Daniel 9:19. “We ...
Read More »Local Jewish writer on why she remembers the Holocaust
Last spring, in anticipation of the first annual March of Remembrance, I was given the honor of interviewing Sonia Warshawski, a Polish Holocaust survivor. Below is an abbreviated version of the interview ...
Read More »The Tabernacle Experience Returns to Kansas City
“Emotional” interaction brings many to tears seeing Moses’ Wilderness Tabernacle. By Dwight Widaman | Editor Building on the successful 2016 stop in the area, The Tabernacle Experience returns to Kansas City April ...
Read More »Christians unite to promote purity in a difficult culture
Catholics and Protestants come together to host purity conference in Kansas City. The 11th Men of Valor, Women of Virtue Conference, Living a Pure Life in an Impure World, brings in national ...
Read More »Secret Keeper Girl puts princess culture into perspective for tween girls
Is “princess culture” harming young girls? Research featured in The Washington Post in 2016 indicates it is. As the Post wrote, the princess culture “suggests that a girl’s most valuable asset is ...
Read More »Christians Unite to Promote Unity and Purity
Catholics, and Protestants come together to host conference on purity in Kansas City. The 11th Men of Valor, Women of Virtue Conference, Living a Pure Life in an Impure World, will bring in ...
Read More »You Visited Me In Prison
Faith groups partnering with states to help make released convicts productive citizens. Jesus’ words in Matthew 25:36 are among the most quoted from the New Testament: “I was in prison and ...
Read More »‘Silence’ speaks volumes about faith
Martin Scorsese is one of the great auteurists of our time. From Oscar winning films like Taxi Driver (1976) and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), no one questions Scorsese’s repertoire for ...
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