Lassitude: Lockdown fatigue is hard to break out of
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“At some point after post-lockdown onset, I noticed that the less I saw people, the less I wanted to see people. I just got comfortable like a hobbit.” - WORLD
From the Archives: On Being Generous
This article is an add-in to the series of posts on Tipping, Tithing, and Grace Giving. As I have continued to study what the Scriptures say about grace giving, I have seen an emphasis on generosity through both the Old and New Testaments. Grace giving is by definition generous.
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In Consideration of Our Gendered Selves
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“Almost thirty years since its first printing, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus is still a top seller. There are also many other popular books like it. There is a reason for this…” - Scott Sauls
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A Few Good Reasons for Christians to Back COVID Vaccination
Though reluctance toward COVID vaccination seems to be on the decline, Pew Research found that evangelicals are among the most hesitant in the U.S.
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“everybody is at least a little bit right and a little bit wrong”
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“More than 30 years ago now John MacArthur published The Gospel According to Jesus, arguing against ‘easy believism,’ … . I’d like to suggest that the views are both a little bit right, and they’re both a little bit wrong.” - Olinger
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State Court Rules Christian-College Professors Are Not Ministers
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“The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ruled that while Gordon College is a religious college, an associate professor of social work at the school is “not a ministerial employee.” - TGC
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Study: Religion mitigates feelings of depression by providing a sense of meaning
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“A new study published in Trends in Psychology has provided empirical evidence for this claim by examining the relationship between religiosity and depression symptoms among 279 respondents to an online survey (72% female).” - PsyPost
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Crimes and punishments
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“As Russia silences political dissidents, religious minorities—including evangelicals—find ways to grow during a chill” - WORLD
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Study: Helicopter parenting will turn your kid into a brat
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“[Too] much direct engagement can come at a cost to kids’ abilities to control their own attention, behavior and emotions.” - NY Post
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“Biblical critical thinking skills provide a practical toolset for combatting the culture’s lies.”
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“…a biblical worldview— not a secular one—provides the foundation for logic, making critical thinking possible. We can think critically because God is the source of absolutes. He created a logical universe and gave us faculties for reasoning.” - AiG
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