The United States is becoming a lonely place according to a new study on friends. Americans now report they have the fewest close friends since the early 1990s. While most demographics are ...
Read More »Poll: most believe religious freedom necessary to healthy American society
Contrary to media narratives that say faith is becoming less important in America, a new poll finds a majority say religious freedom is “very” important to a healthy American society. In a ...
Read More »Justin Bieber warns against celebrity ‘pastor worship’
Justin Bieber has become an unlikely teacher on fame and “pastor worship” for the modern church. In a lengthy front page feature article in the May issue of GQ, Bieber chronicles his own ...
Read More »Vatican: Church cannot bless same-sex unions
The Catholic Church is affirming that it doesn’t have the power to bless same-sex unions. “Does the church have the power to give the blessing to unions of persons of the same ...
Read More »Max Lucado apologizes for LGBT comments after National Cathedral invitation
Max Lucado has apologized for “hurtful” comments about the LGBT community but says his support of Biblical marriage remains steadfast. His statement is in response to backlash after the Washington National Cathedral was ...
Read More »Organization shares tips for celebrating National Marriage Week
National Marriage Week will be observed this week despite the ongoing pandemic. National Marriage Week USA has released a new COVID guide and called for organizations across the United States to provide online marriage-strengthening activities ...
Read More »U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops concerned with Biden and ‘liberty of the church’
Although President Joe Biden continues to tout his Catholic faith, U.S. bishops question his commitment to central church teachings. José H. Gomez, archbishop of Los Angeles and the president of the U.S. ...
Read More »Promises Keepers launches virtual men’s marriage conference
Promise Keepers wants to strengthen marriages with a new online marriage conference. The news comes as a Wall Street Journal article shed some light on the extreme pressures at work on marriages ...
Read More »Christian leader cautions viewers about gay-themed Hallmark movies
Several new Hallmark and other Christmas movies celebrate LGBT relationships, according to Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky. Hallmark’s movie “The Christmas House” and Hulu’s “Happiest Season” present challenges for Christian ...
Read More »U.S. divorce rate hits 50-year low, but marriage rates plummet
The U.S. divorce rate is the lowest it has been in a half century, according to data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. The new data show that 14.9 marriages per ...
Read More »‘The Iron Lady’ looks at public and personal struggles of Margaret Thatcher
The Soviet Union gave Margaret Thatcher her colorful nickname “almost lovingly,” we hear in The Iron Lady. And, as anyone who knew the woman—or even knew of her—it was apt. The daughter of ...
Read More »Baptist leaders respond to pope’s call for same-sex civil unions
Southern Baptist leaders have responded with scripture to Pope Francis’s call for same-sex civil unions. “Homosexuals have a right to be a part of the family,” the pope said in a documentary. ...
Read More »Justices Thomas and Alito criticize Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage
The opening day of the new Supreme Court session had a few fireworks. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito criticized the decision to turn down a case involving a county clerk who ...
Read More »Good news: COVID is not destroying marriages
The media is telling two different stories on marriages and how they’re coping with the stress of the COVID pandemic. Here’s what’s really going on. While some news stories say divorce from ...
Read More »Controversial author Jen Hatmaker files for divorce from husband of 27 years
Christian author and reality TV participant Jen Hatmaker has filed for divorce from her husband, Brandon. Hatmaker, who’s been married to Brandon since 1993, filed for divorce in Hays County 22nd District ...
Read More »Worldview of Americans correlates to biblical perspective, survey finds
Being a Christian has a profound impact on a person’s worldview, a new survey found. Ninety-eight percent of American adults who choose socialism over capitalism oppose a biblical worldview, according to the ...
Read More »Secret formula? World’s oldest married couple honored
Is there a secret to both long life and a long marriage? If so, it was discovered by a couple in Ecuador. The Guinness World Record for being the oldest couple in ...
Read More »Jerry Falwell Jr. releases letter revealing wife’s affair which led to his bad behavior
Jerry Falwell Jr. has released a letter explaining his highly criticized recent actions. The suspended president of Liberty University was recently the center of a string of embarrassing incidents and released a letter Sunday ...
Read More »When Black Lives Matter comes to town
All anyone needs to do is go to the Black Lives Matter website to find out what they believe and how dangerous they are, but to save you the trouble, here are ...
Read More »She’s 105. He’s 106. The world’s oldest living couple celebrates 80 years of marriage
The story of the world’s oldest living couple celebrates started in a zoology class in 1934. Students were seated alphabetically in the tiered lecture hall, so John Henderson, 21, sat directly behind ...
Read More »Providing young girls in India an alternative to prostitution
For 500 years, one tribal group in northern India has relied on the prostitution of its oldest daughters as a key source of income. This tribe, known as the Banchara, is part ...
Read More »Support of same-sex marriage surges among mainline pastors
Almost one-half of pastors of mainline Protestant churches say they support same-sex marriage, according to a new survey from LifeWay Research. However, support remains low among evangelical pastors. The poll of 1,000 ...
Read More »Bill in Missouri Legislature would redefine marriage as a civil union
A Missouri state representative is drawing fire from both sides of the political spectrum over his bill that would change the legal definition of marriage to that of a civil union. Supporters ...
Read More »Democrat legislators in Virginia walk out on black pastor’s prayer
Praying about abortion and traditional marriage didn’t sit well with Democrat members of the Virginia House of Delegates this week. Democrats, who won control of the legislature last November, walked off the ...
Read More »Longest Married Couple Project accepting nominations
Beginning on Valentine’s Day, nominations are being accepted for the 10th annual Longest Married Couple Project sponsored by the Worldwide Marriage Encounter. Nominations will continue through May 15, with state and national ...
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