We've all heard that texting while driving is dangerous, but many people—especially teens—do it anyway. Now a company is selling a device that'll forcibly keep drivers' in line. The TextBuster, from...

A high school sophomore has been expelled from her Texas high school for refusing to wear an ID badge containing a tracking chip. She's now taking the district to court.  San Antonio's Northside Independen...

In an effort to keep its students from getting so stressed during finals, Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, has instituted what it calls a puppy room. Technically, the room doesn't have any puppies. All ...

Television is considered a passive form media—in other words, something people sit down and watch without doing much else (except, perhaps, eating potato chips). Twitter and other forms of social media ar...

The record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ (Matthew 1:1).The Book of Matthew begins most inauspiciously—with a genealogy, a list of names. The list, though scarcely read by most, serves as an i...

The Nineties: Joss Whedon"Note to self: religion freaky." This statement from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997-2003) could in fact sum up the religious approach of series creator Joss Whedon in all of his telev...

People with no religious affiliation ("nones") are dramatically changing the nature of campus life. According to Kimberly Winston of Religion News Service, an organization of student nonbelievers is to receive ...

Transitioning from one year to the next gives us a great opportunity to step back and evaluate where we've been and where we may be going. In the first of two year-end youth group devos, our Bible guru helps yo...

Dennis Rainey and Lawrence KimbroughFamilyLife Publishing, 2012, 82 pp., $9.99Dad's, I have a gift for you; and it's not even Father's Day. Dennis Rainey's Interviewing Your Daughter's Date gives you a 30-...

In a popular sitcom "How I Met Your Mother," a group of friends moves from one sexual partner to the next in an open pursuit of a good time. It is made abundantly clear that two of the characters have zero desi...