Another Revision of Marriage: Utah Decriminalizes Polygamy
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“When same-sex marriage was legalized, many observers said that the door would be open to still more redefinitions of marriage. Ironically, the next step has been taken in a state known for opposing same-sex marriage: Utah has decriminalized polygamy.” - Gene Veith
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Biblical Principles for Social Media
It is no revelation that social media are dominant forms of communication in this digital age, but the stats are breathtaking. A remarkable 78% of 18-24 year olds in the U.S. use Snapchat, and 94% of that age demographic are regular YouTube users, while 71% use Instagram. More than two-thirds (68%) of all U.S. adults use Facebook, and 75% of those users are daily users.
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Kevin Bauder on the future of fundamentalist education
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“By every indicator, historic, mainstream fundamentalism is a shrinking movement. Churches are shrinking. Fellowships are shrinking. Mission agencies are shrinking. Schools have closed and those that remain are scrambling for students.
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Christian, Please Wear a Face Mask: Part 1
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“ ‘Wearing a mask is for smug liberals. Refusing to is for reckless Republicans.’ If only things were that simple; if only we could laugh off the debate as hyperbolic virtue signaling from both sides. Most likely by the time you read this, though, we will have tragically raced past the 100,000 mark in this country’s fatality count.” - John Ellis
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Amid the Stresses and Strains of Higher Education, Christian Study Centers Are Thriving
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“Charles Cotherman’s new book, To Think Christianly, is the first comprehensive history of the Christian study center movement and its many roots in postwar evangelicalism.” - CT
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“The U.S. birthrate has fallen to the lowest level since the federal government began compiling statistics in 1909”
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“In 2019, the U.S. saw a rate of 58.2 births per 1,000 women ages 15–44, according to statistics from CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. The number of births in 2019 was about 3.75 million, the lowest number of total births in 35 years.” - NR
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The Origins of Social Distancing
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“That the ‘grand social experiment’ of social distancing and government lockdown derived from a 14-year-old girl’s science project by no means implies that these are bad ideas. I say, give the girl, who would be in her twenties by now, the Nobel Prize for Medicine!” - Gene Veith
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From the Archives – Please Don't Believe This Post
From 2011.
I’m dead serious about the title of this little essay. I’ll explain later. The focus of this piece is the need for more and better critical thinking (some of you probably already see the connection to the title).
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