By Trillia Newbell We would like to invite you to walk through a new advent with us for the month of December. Each week we will post an excerpt from Counting the Days, Lighting the Candles by Elyse Fitzpatrick and Jessica Thompson. Here is a description of the devotional via Amazon: Of course we know...

by Steve Watters When I worked at Focus on the Family, I remember sitting in a meeting where the visiting leader of a ministry to young adults shared a shocking statistic. He claimed that 65% of Christian kids leave their faith as they become young adults. Having watched my twin brother become a prodigal after...

By Kyle Worley The last decade has seen a proliferation of the bromance comedy.  Movies like I Love You, Man, Superbad, The Hangover Trilogy along with television shows like the Jersey Shore have helped to build the foundation of what has become a culturally pervasive phenomenon: bromance. What is bromance? John Elder, writing over at “The Age,”...

By Trillia Newbell Paula Hendricks has been learning what it means to be needy for God rather than needy for the attention of boys. In this Q&A learn how God helped her fight her boy-craziness and about her new book, Confessions of a Boy-Crazy Girl: On Her Journey from Neediness to Freedom. Why did you...

By Kyle Worley I sure hope you did not miss the opportunity to enter our 2nd book giveaway. If you did, do not fear, there are more book giveaways coming up.This giveaway was sponsored by the incredibly generous B&H Publishers. If you haven’t had a chance, go and visit their website to view some of...

The Story: “The Town FEMA Turned Down,” by Jonathan V. Last writing for WeeklyStandard.com. The Lead: For a while, that was enough to placate the forces of modernity. But the sun has now set on that armistice. Both the left and the government—distinctions between the two are perhaps redundant these days—believe that the free exercise...