5+ hour, 28+ min ago  (238+ words) This is Episode 216 of Christian Research Journal Reads." This is an audio version of the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL article, "The Death of Credentials: How Social Media Influencers Dumbed Us Down and Made Everything Worse" by Douglas Groothuis. This was also…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (375+ words) If you're judging by their Instagram account alone, the Saratoga Springs 12th Samoan Ward seems to be having fun all the time. This joyful ward uses social media to bring its members closer to Jesus Christ while creating a feeling of…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (605+ words) U. S. " In a landmark decision sure to send shockwaves across the social media influencing sphere, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the death penalty is OK for people who post "BREAKING" and a red siren emoji before every…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (543+ words) In an era where digital communication shapes the way people are informed, express themselves, and interact, Metropolitan Gabriel of Nea Ionia is highlighting a new, dynamic role for the Church in public discourse by systematically utilising social media. Believing that…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago  (614+ words) The fetish is called "bimbofication," and it's only one of the 1, 001 perversions unleashed by the sexual revolution. Civilization is built on self-control. The sexual revolution is based on self-indulgence. Weirdness is no obstacle. Rumor has it that the former homeland…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (1476+ words) A dad putting his young son to bed offhandedly points to a box of porn in the corner of the child's bedroom, asking him not to look at it during the night " "even the really weird stuff that could scar…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (1133+ words) When most people think of happiness " or the lack thereof " it's things like relationships, leisure, entertainment and money that occupy their ruminations. We miss too often some of the deeper drivers of happiness, according to Arthur Brooks, whose new book,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (602+ words) For years, social media companies have profited from targeting children while concealing their addictive and dangerous design features," said attorney Joseph Van Zandt. That could change soon, added Van Zandt, a deacon of the University Church of Christ in Montgomery,…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (904+ words) Last year, I was sitting at a conference with folks I had "known" for a while online but had just met for the first time in person. In a sense, we were already acquainted'I read their writing, they read mine'and…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (542+ words) Last week we posted about the cultural influence of the Lutheran doctrine of vocation on the Scandinavian view of work. We noted how it has been said "that to see the cultural influence of Lutheranism, you need to look not…...