By: Danica Kirka, Jill Lawless, & Nicole Winfield – abcnews.go.com – April 24, 2018  A British judge on Tuesday said the parents of a terminally ill toddler cannot take him to Italy for treatment, a course of action U.K. courts have said would be futile and wrong. Justice Anthony Hayden rejected what he said was a final legal appeal by...

By: Emily Belz – world.wng.org – March 15, 2018 Robin Prather, a retired children’s librarian in Oregon and a Christian, volunteers at a school library in the district where she used to work. A fellow librarian pointed out a title to her in an upcoming popular reading competition for third- through fifth-graders: George by Alex Gino. The story centers on...

By: Exodus Mandate – exodusmandate.org Developing a Biblical Philosophy of Education Many Christians have been educated through government schools or by teachers who were educated in government schools. As a result, many may need to rethink their ideas about education and the traditional models of education. To make sure parents view education biblically, they can compare what the Bible says...

By: CEF Dallas – cefdallas.org About Child Evangelism Fellowship Child Evangelism Fellowship was founded in 1937 by Rev. J. Irvin Overholtzer, a man with a God-given vision for boys and girls in need of the Savior. Today his vision lives on. CEF® is a Bible-centered, worldwide organization composed of born-again believers whose purpose is to evangelize children with the Gospel...

By Lee & Leslie Strobel – JesusCalling.com – Episode 36 Narrator: Hello! We’re so grateful that you’ve chosen to listen to the Jesus Calling podcast featuring Lee and Leslie Strobel today. If you are enjoying these personal stories of faith each week, will you take a moment to give us a review on iTunes? It takes just a second—and it...

By: Chuck Bentley – crown.org – April 2, 2018 I did not enjoy taking tests in school. There were some students that eagerly welcomed the opportunity to showcase their knowledge, but tests typically made me nervous. As a student, I saw a test as a way to prove to the teacher what I had learned. The number of correct and...

A third of 25-29 year-olds live with their parents or grandparents. In 1970, only 12% did the same. By: Dan Kopf – qz.com – April 10, 2018 BOOMERANG GENERATION Parents in the US cannot get rid of their kids. The share of young adults in their late 20s living with their parents is the highest it’s been in 75 years....

By: Matt Rinaldi – mattrinaldi.com – February 26, 2018 On Monday, Representative Matt Rinaldi (R-Irving) issued a letter to all Texas Catholic bishops asking them to rescind a recent Parish Advisory in which the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops (TCCB) urged Catholics to abstain from participating in activities with Texas’ oldest and largest pro-life organization. In his letter, Rinaldi, who...

By: Foster Friess – usatoday.com – March 9, 2018 If we are going to help avoid new generations of school violence like that unleashed in Parkland, Fla., last month, changing laws isn’t enough. We have to address the core of the problem: the shooter himself. Who was Nikolas Cruz? Like many other mass shooters, fatherless or a victim of divorce,...

By: Rachel del Guidice – dailysignal.com – March 19, 2018 A California law requiring pro-life pregnancy centers to promote abortion “affects us on a personal level too, so the ramifications are pretty far-reaching,” says Christine Vatuone, CEO at Informed Choices. Pictured, from left: Debbie Whittaker, registered nurse and nurse manager; Vatuone; Amanda McRoberts, administrative assistant; Kathleen Shaffer, office manager; and...