By Christy Barritt Census May Change Some Questions After pushback from the public, the U.S. Census Bureau is considering dropping some questions from its household survey of Americans. The questions were on the topics of plumbing, commuting, income, and disability. Some examples of the questions are: Does your house have a flush toilet? What […]
By Christy Barritt College Students with Involved Fathers More Likely to Graduate College students with fathers who are involved in their lives are 98 percent more likely to graduate than students with uninvolved fathers. This was the finding of W. Bradford Wilcox, an associate professor of sociology at the University of Virginia. He presented […]
By Bev and Phil Haas My daughter married into a family with money and has decided that she no longer needs me (or the rest of her family). I’ve tried everything I know to do. We did everything for her as a child, but she won’t even respond to my texts or calls. My […]
By Sam E. Stone Paul’s first letter to the church in Corinth was prompted by a letter from them. They evidently asked Paul’s advice on several issues. Last week we considered one such topic, sexual laxity (chapter 6). Today’s text focuses on another question: Is it permissible for Christians to eat meat that has […]
By Michael C. Mack 1. What personal freedom is most vital to you? Read 1 Corinthians 8. 2. Who was Paul speaking to—the mature Christians who knew (or thought they knew) the truth or the less mature Christians who were struggling with this issue? What was the issue at hand? 3. […]
