What do teenagers fear most? It's not global warming. A newly-released survey from New America Media suggests that American teenagers see the breakdown of the family as the most severe threat to their generation.
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.” (Alvin Toffler, quoted at JollyBlogger).
New Exercise Regimen: Pontius Pilates.
In “No Accounting for Chaste,” Dawn Eden responds to news reports on a study showing that abstinence-only sex education apparently hasn’t changed teen sexual behavior.
“Its unique sound, dense and almost eerily spiritual, contains unusually melodic harmonies, and can be described as Gregorian chant meets bluegrass.” That’s what the New York Times had to say about Sacred Harp music (also called “shaped notes” singing).
Find a top-ten list of books about the Holy Trinity here.
Bruce Ware gave three lectures at the Resurgence Conference: Session 1 was entitled, “Uncertain Hands of God and Men: Providence in Process Thought and Open Theism.” Session Two was called “Independent Hands of God and Men: Providence in Classic Arminianism.” And Session Three was called, “Coordinated Hands of God and Men: Providence in the Reformed Tradition.”
“Prediction #2: The American . . . will live fifty years instead of thirty-five as at present.” Predictions of the Year 2000 from The Ladies Home Journal of December 1900 (HT: Evangelical Outpost).
The universe has a designer, speakers say.
Jeffrey Overstreet covers the recent conference at Biola University regarding the new Hollywood interest in the “Christian market” for films.
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