Just months after the COVID-19 virus was detected and entered into our vocabulary, a successful vaccine has now been developed. As of late last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provided emergency authorization for the Pfizer vaccine against the coronavirus. This is an unprecedented event in medical history. In terms of technology, it hearkens back to the Apollo moon...

To what extent would you say that the material aspects of Christmas factor into your celebration? in 2017, Americans spent between $906 and $983 on Christmas gifts, up from an average of somewhere between $752 and $929 the year before, depending on the survey. Source: Maintaining a Biblical View on Material Things This Christmas | The Stream

Started in 2019 by Drew Anderson and Tom Nelson, the GAP Program is 9-months of life-leadership training to holistically prepare and equip young adults for TRUE SUCCESS in college, career, family, and life. This program specifically targets graduating high school seniors, and serves as an alternative to heading straight to college or career from high school. Source: GAP: God’s Alternative...

Americans who identify as Christian are redefining Christianity, ignoring the historical distinctives of the churches to which they belong, according to the latest results from the American Worldview Inventory 2020—the seminal national research project undertaken by the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University. Source: STUDY: 44% of Christians believe Bible ‘ambiguous’ on abortion; Over a third believe it’s …

The results of the presidential election were not a surprise to Dr. George Barna. The writing, the longtime professor, bestselling author and cultural researcher, says, was on the wall. Or, more specifically, in the results of the American Worldview Inventory —the groundbreaking research project conducted earlier this year by Barna and the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University to determine where...

What would happen if a new Clapham-style movement weren’t limited to an influential area near London, but a worldwide movement of faith-driven entrepreneurs — all tackling the unique problems and injustices that they’ve been called to? Source: Can the coronavirus inspire another Clapham Movement? – The Christian Post

Here are 31 things a church can do to address domestic violence, from simple to fairly ambitious, from spreading awareness to active involvement. Source: Things A Church Can Do to Address Domestic Violence | Ananias Foundation

Article by: John Piper Founder & Teacher, desiringGod.org This article is probably as close as you will get to an answer on how I will vote in the upcoming presidential election. Probably? Right. Only God knows what may happen in the next days. Source: Policies, Persons, and Paths to Ruin | Desiring God

Samuel Johnson once quipped that when a man knows he is going to face the gallows, “it concentrates his mind wonderfully.” The same concentration of mind often comes with the final days of an election. This election cycle is no exception. The campaigns now move into their final strategies and the candidates make whatever closing pitches can be made. In...

I’ve been a Christian for most of my life, the son of a pastor in fact. My whole life I’ve dealt with some social anxiety, never feeling quite comfortable or settled in social situations even with people I genuinely enjoy. But before the Coronavirus, I never really dealt with panic attacks. Source: I’m a Christian author, and I keep having...