Nearly 2/3 of Americans support legal abortion, This even includes religious Americans. The outliers are white evangelicals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Latter-day Saints and Hispanic Protestants.


Beyond offenders, research points to enabling conditions that make abuse easier to commit and hide.

We’ve mastered cynicism about marriage; it’s time to recover the drama of reconciliation.

Who is Clark Gilbert, the newest apostle called to join the Quorum of the Twelve of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?
Our daily rundown of the articles from around the web that we feel our readers would enjoy and appreciate. We hope to highlight the best of what’s around. Public Square Bulletin recommends: Dramatic story of Kyrgyz Christian swept up in China’s Uyghur repression gets very little ink Julia Duin – Get Religion While much has been said about the religious persecution of Uyghur Muslims in China, the same crackdown has swept up another religious minority group but with much less reporting. Is Jesus Worth Following at Any Cost John Piper – Crossway The chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary turns the modern conception of how Christianity can benefit the individual to focus on the deep costs of discipleship that Christ identified in this devotional piece. Towards A Theology of Encountering the World Ben Spackman Latter-day Saint Biblical scholar, Ben Spackman published an understanding how Latter-day Saints understand and interact with the broader world and culture. He writes a little bit about the paper in his blog. The Pulitzers still value opinion writing — and so do readers Rick Edmonds – Poynter If you read Public Square Magazine you probably appreciate editorial journalism. Media analyst, Rick Edmonds analyzes this week’s Pulitzer Prize announcement for the current state of opinion writing.

What does the Garden of Eden teach about gospel questions? It reveals a path of growth, not shame or failure.

Compared with adherence to specific rules alone, the proactive pursuit to align our lives with the higher truths of the gospel is far more soul-stretching and demanding. Maybe that’s why Jesus encouraged the latter while cautioning against the former.

The Christian Virtue approach emphasizes moral development and social relationships in overcoming challenges related to compulsive pornography use.
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