Many Americans lack a general understanding of artificial intelligence and how people already are using AI in their daily lives, new research from Barna Group finds. “As AI becomes a more common ...
Read More »Every year, adults and students take part in ‘Bring Your Bible Day’
Every year on the first Thursday of October, students all around the country participate in “Bring Your Bible Day,” a nationwide celebration encouraging Christians to publicly practice their faith. Participants are encouraged ...
Read More »This theology is driving young Christians away from Israel
Young Christians in the United States are abandoning support for Israel as they increasingly move toward the theology of amillennial and postmillennial eschatology. Support for Israel among this group has dropped by ...
Read More »More young adults say Bible transformed their lives
Despite the well-documented rise of religious “nones,” new research found that the share of young adults who believe the Bible has had a transformative effect on their lives has increased. “Our youngest ...
Read More »The Beauty of Adult Adoption
Fourteen years ago, one day before Thanksgiving Day, I became Bill Dillon’s daughter with the banging of a gavel. As my dad smiled and gave his eighteen-year-old daughter a side hug, a ...
Read More »Decline in church attendance tied to lack of healthy marriages, fathers in home
The decline in healthy marriages and the role of fathers is leading directly to fewer people in church, according to a new survey by Communio, a nonprofit organization. The survey found that ...
Read More »Research and the Bible agree: Generosity is good for you
Generosity, a fundamental virtue of all cultures, finds profound expression in the Bible as benefitting the giver and receiver. New research supports those beliefs. In addition to offering moral instruction, scriptures highlight ...
Read More »Psychiatrist says church is cure for loneliness epidemic
Americans, even many Christians, are experiencing an epidemic of loneliness. The U.S. Surgeon General calls loneliness a public health threat on par with smoking or obesity. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy said ...
Read More »Helping ourselves and children shine God’s light on ‘doubt’
A child’s greatest enemy, doubt can become a best friend. The secret is to help him or her bring those doubts out into the open…to take them to God. Looking at the ...
Read More »In a high-tech world, adults prefer printed Bibles
Although the popularity of online Bibles has grown in the digital age, most adults still prefer the old-fashioned paper version. A report by the American Bible Society found that nearly two-thirds of Bible users ...
Read More »Survey: Generosity more common among church-going Christians
Christians who attend church regularly are more likely to be taught and experience generosity in their own lives than non-Christians, according to a new Barna survey. The poll conducted of 2,016 adults ...
Read More »Yes, young adult, you can fly the American flag and be proud
Many young people say they are not patriotic. It’s an important issue as we celebrate Flag Day on June 14. I want to say to these young adults: patriotism does not mean you condone ...
Read More »10 more minutes of exercise could extend your life
A new study finds that if Americans were active just 10 more minutes per day, it could save lives. The estimated number of saved lives is 110,000 if those between 40 and ...
Read More »Faith in top three New Year’s resolutions
Faith, along with health and finances, is one of the top three topics of American New Year’s resolutions, a Lifeway Research survey found. Forty-four percent of U.S. adults say they have made ...
Read More »Trust in media continues to drop in latest Gallup poll
Americans’ trust in the media to report the news fully, accurately and fairly has edged down four percentage points since last year to 36 percent, according to a new Gallup poll. A ...
Read More »“People need to be outraged”: trafficking now rising across United States
Human trafficking continues to be a silent epidemic across the nation, said Kevin Malone, president and co-founder of the United States Institute Against Human Trafficking, whose organization runs the nation’s sole accredited ...
Read More »Half of American adults believe Jesus was only a great teacher
Fifty-two percent of American adults believe that Jesus was a great teacher and nothing more. Ligonier Ministries’ biennial State of Theology survey provides key findings on what Americans think about God, truth, ...
Read More »Special House session today will address rising crime rate in Missouri
The Missouri House will meet today in a special legislative session called by Gov. Mike Parson to address the state’s rising crime rate. Unlike the state Senate, the House has broken proposed ...
Read More »Reading more in 2020 offers wide-ranging benefits
A popular New Year’s resolution is to watch less television and read more books. Reading offers a number of benefits according to a story on Beliefnet. Reading is fun. One of the ...
Read More »‘Home Alone’ and ‘Diehard’ compete for most Googled Christmas movies
Forget about Christmas carols, Santa Claus and sleigh rides. When choosing Christmas movies, many Americans prefer to watch a film about a kid defending his home against burglars or a terrorist attack ...
Read More »Opponents of proposed Kansas City conversion therapy ban plan to testify before City Council
Just a week after a federal judge overturned a similar ban put in place by the city of Tampa, Fla., the Kansas City Council is considering a ban on conversion reparative therapy ...
Read More »Lawrence School Board votes to inhibit apprehension of illegal immigrants
The Lawrence, Kansas Public School Board has voted to obstruct Federal law enforcement with a resolution targeting Immigration and Customs Enforcement efforts to apprehend individuals who are in the country illegally. The ...
Read More »June streaming includes two kinds of superheroes
Superheroes are ultra-popular movie themes these days, but they’re also often ultra-violent and, sometimes, profane. They’re also loved by young children, even if the kids never have watched one and even though ...
Read More »Must-see video: Elderly cheerleaders excite crowd; dancing couple in their 90s can really cut a rug
Dancing is one of those things that we have to give up as we age, right? Not so fast. Groups of older adults have stepped up to show us that cutting a ...
Read More »Why healthy adults shouldn’t fear the flu
Worried about the flu? Is your concern media driven or legitimate? Each year people get nervous about the flu and do their due-diligence with the hand sanitizer. Building up a strong immune system ...
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