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International researchers found that screen use among teenagers rose to 7.7 hours a day during the pandemic as compared to an average of 3.8 hours pre-pandemic. The study found that multiple-player gaming, single-player gaming, texting, social media, video chatting, internet browsing, and steaming movies…

A review of several studies published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal confirms what many parents feared about the potentially harmful impact of social media. The reviews stated the teenagers who spend less time socializing in person and have easy access to online information about suicide…

A majority of 11-year-olds and 20% 8-year-olds of have a Smartphone. Jenny Anderson, senior reporter for Quartz commented on the rising trend by writing, “My daughter just turned 11. A friend with older kids recently offered this advice: ‘Hold off on giving her a phone as long as possible. Once she gets…

In a survey by the American Culture and Faith Institute (ACFI) evaluating the world view held by Americans it was discovered that only 10% of American adults have a Biblical worldview. The same survey among theologically conservative Protestant pastors using the same measurement criteria had a massively…

“Ghost apps” allow users to conceal photos, video, and information in plain view on their phone. While they appear to function like other smartphone apps, when users enter a password, they reveal hidden photos, emails, messages, and other items. Frequently minors use these to hide their activity from…

Michael Irvin, NFL Hall of Fame wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys had a turbulent career. Sometimes his off field activities overshadowed his on field abilities. During his 2007 induction speech into the Hall of Fame, he had his two sons, ages 10 and 8 at the time, stand and he said, “God, I have…

According to a recent study in Britain, 66% of British Schoolchildren could correctly answer questions about soccer star David Beckham and singer Cheryl Cole (Both frequent topics in the UK's tabloids.) Media had a part in the history would too. 20% of the schoolchildren identified Buzz Lightyear the…

Since the late 1990s, Florida has worked hard to improve the scores of students in the state’s schools. Many of the approaches involve testing, and fears have risen that teachers spend too much time preparing students for standardized tests, instead of actually teaching. Other legislative moves have…

Fifty percent of Americans cannot pass a test of simple questions regarding religion such as “name of the first book of the Bible.” Americans are religiously illiterate, said Stephen Prothereo after the results of a new study by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. We have raised a couple of generations…

What it took to get an 8th grade education in 1895... Remember when parents, grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. Could any of us have passed the 8th grade in 1895? This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina , Kansas…

The motto of every Christian, whether preacher, printer, or schoolmaster, ought to be "Devoted for Life." — Adoniram Judson As a young man, film director Robert Flaherty spent many months in the far north looking for iron, ore, and cod. He found none, but he did shoot 70,000 feet of film in his travels.…

FAMILY In Ten Minutes from Normal, Karen Hughes, former counselor to President George W. Bush writes, “I do believe that life is a series of small choices through which we sometimes communicate big things. . . you can have a family and a career and meet your responsibilities to both; you’ll have to make…

Steady, Steady, Steady 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.…

Every morning, Stephen and Brooksyne Weber offer encouragement to nearly 3,000 strangers. Though they may never meet these people, everyone benefits for the Weber’s Internet ministry. Years ago, when Stephen was a pastor, he preached a sermon about encouragement based on the passage in Deuteronomy 6.…

A young man was to be sentenced to the penitentiary. The judge had known him from childhood, for he was well acquainted with his father—a famous legal scholar and the author of an exhaustive study entitled, The Law of Trusts. "Do you remember your father?" asked the magistrate. "I remember him well,…

Kitam Hamm lives in a gang-infested community in Southern California. In the last four years, he has seen nine friends die because of gang violence. Playing football, even being a football star is not enough to keep young men from being involved in gang violence. Hamm has excelled both on the football…

PARENTING A survey by a British Magazine for teenagers suggests teens may not be as rebellious as most people think. Bliss magazine asked 5,000 young people, with an average age of 15, to take part in a study examining social and political attitudes of teenagers across the country. The survey found the…

EXAMPLE Gerald Simon, Fire Chief of Oakland California says his department was prepared for problems if the Oakland Raiders had won Superbowl 37. The department was surprised at the community’s response after the team’s lopsided defeat at the hands of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Following the big game,…

A Christian Guide to Passover (PESCH) Below is a compilation of several contemporary Seder services that are used today. Because of the passage of time and that Passover was intended to be a family tradition, it is not possible to reconstruct with certainty the type of Passover meal or celebration that…