By the time a child is in first grade, experts now can predict with 75 percent accuracy whether he or she will drop out of high school.It might seem to be science fiction—akin to Tom Cruise's movie Minori...

"World of Warcraft" has lost 600,000 players in three months—a huge drop for what is still the most popular massively multiplayer online game. Since the beginning of 2013, 2 million people have dropped ou...

Many people on social networks know the feeling: They hop on Facebook for a few minutes, start looking at a friends' vacation pictures and start scrolling through their newsfeed; before they know it, more than ...

A child's development is dependent on more than what he or she does while awake: Sleep habits are, according to new research, just as important.According to researchers at University College London, 3-year-olds...

The United States continues to grow ever more secular, according to a new study from the Pew Research Religion & Public Life Project. Nearly one in five of all adults in America are unaffiliated with any re...

YWJ: When people haven't heard of Jon Acuff, what do you think they get after hearing or reading your stuff?Acuff: I'd guess they get some unexpected insight and humor. Chris Rock said there are some topics peo...

About eight years ago, I packed seven suitcases, two children and my wife and emigrated from England to Texas. Invited by a pastor, who was leading an alternative model of church, my mission was to repurpo...

I can't tell you how many movies I've watched through the years in my quest to listen to and better understand the emerging generations. There are a few timeless films that have impacted me so much that I've ma...

The final worship song was reaching its climax. Our worship leader had experimented with displaying Bible verses in the middle of the instrumental bridge of the song, and you could feel God's presence moving in...

One of the biggest success stories in the world of mobile apps may surprise you: the YouVersion Bible app, which recently announced its 100 millionth download.The app is downloaded every 1.3 seconds; at any giv...