Survey: People are impacted by their mom’s faith
A recent survey conducted by the American Bible Society (ABS) found that 63% of Americans state that their current faith is the same as their mother’s faith when they were 10 years old.
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US Christian schools are being overrun with applications
CBN reports that with all the controversies engulfing public schools in the US, Christian schools are seeing a marked increase in applications. Since Cornerstone Chapel’s Senior Pastor Gary Hamrick announced the church would be setting up a private Christian school in the fall of 2023, it has received over 2,500 applications for its 500 elementary and middle school positions. The church, based in Leesburg, Virginia, is located in Loudon County which has become the battleground over parental rights in public schools. However, the problems don’t seem to be isolated to Loudon County, as the school has also received applications from 27 other states. As well, over 450 teachers have already applied for jobs. CBN writes: The multimillion-dollar project is Hamrick’s response to what’s playing out in public school systems across the country. Loudoun is considered the face of the nation’s culture war, for more than a year, parents have railed against everything from sexual assault on campus to critical race theory and transgender policies. Teacher Tanner Cross’s dismissal for refusing to call students by preferred pronouns …
Kirk Cameron encourages parents to start homeschooling kids
In a soon to be released documentary called, “The Homeschool Awakening”, former Hollywood actor, Kirk Cameron is encouraging parents to get their kids out of public schools and start homeschooling them.
Study: High social media usage may cause mental health issues for teens?
According to a study conducted by Cambridge University’s Digital Mental Health program, social media may be causing mental issues in teens, particularly as they enter puberty. The study, reported by The Verge, noted that it came to this conclusion from studying the results of seven surveys of 72,000 individuals between 2011 and 2018 and a survey of 17,000 between the ages of 10 to 21. The study found that higher social media usage resulted in teens having ‘low’ self-esteem and ‘poor’ body image, which showed up when they entered puberty, and also at the time they were ready to leave home. The Verge reports: “Narrowing in on adolescents, the team found that for people in the 16- to 21-year-old age range, both very low and very high social media use were both linked with lower life satisfaction. In 10- to 15-year-olds, there wasn’tmuch difference in life satisfaction between kids reporting low and high social media use. But in that group, girls with high social media use had lower life satisfaction than boys.” READ: Social media …
Report: Inflation costing Americans an additional $300 a month
Have you been finding money tight recently? Fox News reports that a recent analysis of inflation, conducted by Moody’s Analytics, has concluded that an average American family is spending an additional $295.45 per month for the same goods it purchased in 2019.
Poll reveals that most Gen Z and Millennials oppose abortion after a heartbeat detected
Though a slim majority, I was pleased that a recent poll revealed that the majority of Gen Z (born between 1999 and 2015) and Millennials (1981-1998) opposed abortion after a baby’s heartbeat was detected. The Christian Post reports that a pro-life organization, Students for Life, surveyed 853 individuals between the ages of 18-34 in early January. In the survey, the group was provided information that a baby’s heartbeat can be detected at 21 weeks and then asked if they supported abortion after this point. The poll found that 52% stated that abortions should be banned after 21 weeks, compared to 48% who said that abortions should still be allowed. In the same poll, the students were asked about their feelings on Roe vs Wade, the 1973 Supreme court case that legalized abortions across the US. Initially, 60% stated that they ‘very strongly’, ‘strongly’ or ‘somewhat’ supported Roe vs Wade. However, attitudes changed slightly after the pollsters provided the group with more information on the infamous court case. Overall support for Roe vs Wade dropped to …
Study: Divorce bad for men’s health
The Daily Mail reports that a study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health concluded that divorced men, and those who live alone longer than seven years, face serious health consequences that can include an earlier death.
Cory Brooks: The problem of fatherless children in America
With Chicago becoming the most dangerous city in America, Cory Brooks, the pastor of New Beginnings Church, started a 100 day and night vigil on a rooftop in Woodlawn in an effort to raise money for a new community center to help fight the rising violence in the city. Each night, Brooks releases an episode related to the violence affecting his community.
Chicago school board decrees that boys can use girls’ washrooms
Parents were stunned by a recent announcement by the Chicago Public School District (CPS), that there will no longer be separate washrooms for boys and girls in their schools.
Nearly half of Americans state inflation is causing financial hardship
According to a Gallup poll conducted in Nov 2021, 45% of Americans stated that the country’s inflation rate is causing ‘financial hardship.’ The Blaze noted that 10% of those surveyed said that inflation is having a ‘severe’ impact, meaning that they are struggling to maintain their current living standard. The survey also found that those on the lower end of the pay scale were the hardest hit, with 71% of those earning less than $40,000 annually reporting that inflation is becoming a problem, compared to only 29% for those earning over $100,000. The Blaze added that in October 2021, prices for consumer goods had increased by 6.2% compared to Oct 2020 and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization stated that in November, ‘commonly traded food commodities’ were 27.3% higher than in November 2020. READ: Nearly half of Americans say inflation has caused them ‘financial hardship’: Gallup A report this week also said that the country’s surging gas prices are having a significant impact on the poor. READ: Report: Surging Fuel Prices Hurt Poorer Americans the …
Governments to blame for higher prices
The Blaze is reporting that General Mills recently announced it will be increasing prices on hundreds of products in the New Year, with some going up by as much as 20%.
Survey: 63% believe parents have final say on what schools teach kids
A survey conduced by Becket Fund for Religious Liberty found that 63% of Americans believe parents should have the final say in what their children are taught at school.
Study finds that the heart beats of older couples sync when they are together
Researchers at the University of Illinois discovered that heart beats of couples who have been together for several years will suddenly sync when they are close together.
‘Parent’s Bill of Rights’: They have a right to know what is going on in classrooms
CBN is reporting that Republicans in the US House of Representatives will be introducing a bill, entitled a “Parent’s Bill of Rights,” that would require schools to inform parents what their kids are being taught in schools.
Virginia election was about parents vs the state
There was a massive political explosion in Virginia on Tuesday, when Republican Glenn Youngkin defeated former Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe in a race on who would govern the traditionally blue state.
You could use teachers, call the police ‘OR’ call in the ‘DADS’
After several fights broke out at Southwood High School in Louisiana in September, resulting in 23 students being arrested, the school was failing to stop the violence. It only stopped when the dads decided to show up.
George Barna’s ‘four Ms’ for Christian parents
George Barna, who founded the Barna Group, one of America’s best known media research organizations, provided some vital information to Christian parents on how they can limit media’s influence on their children.
Dem lawmaker calls for men to receive vasectomies after 3 children
According to Faithwire, a Democrat lawmaker in Pennsylvania has introduced a bill in the state legislature that would force men who have had either three children or are above the age of 40 (which ever comes first) to have a vasectomy. The bill introduced by Rep Chris Rabb (D), that refers to men as inseminators, requires them to have a vasectomy within six weeks of the birth of a third child. It would also give women who get pregnant the right to sue any man in violation of the above restrictions and also offers a $10,000 reward to any person who exposes a man in violation of the law. The proposed legislation was a mocking response to a bill recently passed in Texas prohibiting abortions after the baby has its first heart beat that typically takes place around the sixth week. Missing in all of this is any serious discussion on when life begins in the womb. READ: Dem Lawmaker Calls for Mandatory Vasectomies After Limited Number of Children RELATED: ‘You’ve got to be really …
A call to end ‘family privilege’?
It was inevitable. The next thing on the agenda for the cultural marxists is ending the family unit as we know it.
Poll: 1 in 8 state they won’t give Christmas presents due to arguments over COVID
One thing that COVID has done is divide people. According to a recent poll by CoinStar, one in eight people stated that they will not be buying Christmas presents to friends and even family who disagree with their position on COVID.
Study: Selective abortions targeting girls is destroying the gender balance
According to a study published in Global Health, a medical journal, researchers from Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah University have concluded that an in-balance of girls due to selective abortions will result in a shortage of women in several countries.
Children: COVID trauma vs COVID reality
We have bike paths near our home that I ride regularly. We are outdoors and don’t need to wear masks, and nobody wears them riding or walking the paths. Well almost nobody. The only ones I have seen wearing masks are children. Absolutely ridiculous. If you read the stats, children with no underlying health issues have nothing to fear of COVID. We have had 26,000 COVID deaths in Canada as of June 25, 2021, but only 13 of them were under the age of 19. Breakdown of COVID deaths by age group in Canada as of June 25, 2021: Those over 80 account for 65% of COVID deaths Those over 70 account for 85% of COVID deaths Those over 60 account for 94% of COVID deaths. Those over 50 account for 98% of COVID deaths Those under 50 account for 2% of COVID deaths So why are children so terrified of COVID? I am just guessing here, but I don’t think children are watching the late night news, so I suspect their fear of COVID …
Knowing God as a Forgiving Father
by Dr. Michael L. Brown As many of you know, before I came to faith in Jesus in late 1971 as a 16-year-old, Jewish, hippie rock drummer, I was a heavy drug user, even boasting about my drug use. I also broke into a couple of houses with my friends, as well as a doctor’s office. (The primary motivation was just to do something crazy.) Even more shamefully, I stole money from my father on several occasions when some of my friends needed a few bucks. This was the most despicable act of all. A few weeks after coming to the Lord, I was sitting in the kitchen one night talking with my dad, who was the senior lawyer in the New York Supreme Court. As we sat there alone, he asked me a direct question: “Michael, did you steal that money from me a few months back?” Not only had I stolen the money, but I had cut through the screen door in the back of the house to make it look as if …
Bible reunited with Oklahoma family
Terry Ward from Nicoma Park, Oklahoma was out mowing his lawn after a rain when he found a Bible, screws and bullets in his flower bed. The old Bible wasn’t wet, suggesting it was recently dumped. Going through the Bible, Terry discovered that it was dated to 1946 and belonged to a woman named Pearl Williams. However, after Ward contacted the city office, they had no record of a Pearl Williams in the town. But after later finding a Del City address in the Bible, Ward contacted the Del City police, who discovered that Pearl’s son was actually living at the address. The family was grateful for the return of the family Bible that belonged to their mother, who had died in October 2020. Inside the pages of the Bible were several mementos, including a clipping announcing the marriage of Pearl and the family’s father. However, the police are now investigating as the discovery suggested Pearl’s home had been broken into sometime after her death. READ: Family Is Reunited with Late Mother’s Bible after an …
Forced Dysfunction
For those who are parents or for those who grew up in some type of family, you know that a family needs certain things to survive. Daily routines require someone to take charge and in normal families the one in charge takes into account what is necessary for the entire family. For example, if one child likes donuts for supper, it is unlikely that every supper will consist of only donuts. Surrendering the entire family to the needs of one of the children makes no sense. Yet this happens often. I know a few families with several kids but the one that shows promise in sports or academics gets the bulk of if not all the attention. The other children feel less then when compared to that child. I have also seen cases in which the dad or the mom puts their career or their needs first and the rest of the family has to adjust to their schedule or their desires. In these cases, families don’t work well. There is division and strife, …
Teens who spend over an hour a day on video games score poorly in school, study
According to a study by researchers from Rutgers University-New Brunswick (New Jersey, USA), young teens who spend more than an hour each day playing video games or using the internet and social media have significantly lower school grades than those who don’t. They also found that boys were more negatively impacted by higher usage than girls.
Common denominator of mass shooters, missing dads
In his book, “The Boy Crisis,” author Warren Farrell noticed a common denominator among mass shooters. He said that most did not have a father figure in the home.
John Piper responds to Ben’s porn addiction
In a recent article, Pastor John Piper responded to Ben, a young man struggling to break his addiction to porn. Porn is only a click away and the young man, Ben, had started watching it when he was just 10 years old. Ben has been struggling with it since then with some victories and wondered if it would affect his upcoming marriage.
Britain wants to recruit children to spy on parents
According to a recent report in the British newspaper, The Telegraph, the British government of Boris Johnson wants to give state agencies the authority to recruit 16 and 17-year-old children to spy on their parents. If passed, the children will even be allowed to break the law when doing so.
Video: Denzel Washington tells the truth about race
Conservative commentator Larry Elder reports on Denzel Washington’s perspective on how we can fix our modern culture and race relations. Denzel says it starts with fathers.
Child temper tantrums lead to financial problems later in life, study
A study that followed 1,000 New Zealanders until they reached the age of 45 discovered that those who regularly threw temper-tantrums as a child tended to have financial difficulties later in life. The researchers believed this was because they had not learned self-control early as a child.
Divorce more mentally stressful than previously thought
A study by Danish researchers concluded that divorce may have a worse negative impact on a person’s mental well-being than previously thought. Denmark allows divorce within five days of application allowing researchers to focus on the immediate consequence of divorce, not muddied by a prolonged separation.
Oregon Gov. calls for Thanksgiving snitches
With the American thanksgiving a few days away, the Democrat Governor of Oregon, Kate Brown, is calling on citizens to snitch on their friends, family, neighbours and enemies if they are violating the state’s COVID-1984 restrictions that limit household gathering to a maximum of six people.
Divorces up because of lockdowns?
It has becoming clear that there has been a social cost to the lockdowns. It is a bit anecdotal, but one Toronto-based law firm says the number of people seeking divorce is up 20%, and they believe it is related to COVID and the lockdown. With the province of Ontario entering its second lockdown, the firm is seeing a spike of new cases.
Learning Womenese
It pays to be bi-lingual. I was born into a family that spoke both German and English. However, I was only taught to speak English. However, as a man, I think and speak Manian. And believe it or not, I also think and speak Womenese, the international language of women. I can think like a woman, if I have to, and I can understand their language and customs enough to get by and have even translated for other men on several occasions. This is not to say that women are better than men or that men are better than women. This is (political incorrectness warning) to say that men and women are different. We look different, we feel different, we think different, and we even talk different. That is how God made us. This difference is a wonderful thing that human pride and the forces of darkness have exploited and turned into conflict. And this is why we need people who at least understand both the conceptual language of women and the literal language of …
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