Canadian euthanasia doctor says housing concerns could justify assisted death
A Canadian physician who has reportedly performed hundreds of assisted deaths has argued that poor housing conditions should be a legitimate reason to seek euthanasia.
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The future of Christianity as a worldwide movement lies with today's children
While Christianity has declined recently in the West, the Church continues to grow in new contexts. Even so, 3.42 billion people remain outside our faith. The most open among them are the children. These precious ones are the present and future hope of the global Church. We do well to help the little children come to Jesus.
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A message for young men: you are not meant to figure life out alone
A minister with four decades of experience speaks directly to young men navigating adulthood in an era marked by isolation and institutional decline. Rather than scolding or pathologizing them, here is a candid and compassionate message: no one becomes a grounded, healthy man without mentorship, community, and support.
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Every child belongs in a family: why the Church must rethink orphanage support
James 1:27 calls us to look after orphans and widows in their distress. It is a very clear and direct command repeated across scripture. But what if the way we have been expressing that love, however well-intentioned, has sometimes caused harm? The World Evangelical Alliance has released a statement on this matter for International Children's Day (June 1).
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Mothers thrive when a church shows up in loving community
Moms need to know they’re cared for. They need relationships they can trust, and advice they can use. When moms thrive, children thrive—and the church thrives. Churches as healthy growing communities represent the Body of Christ's most ancient mission: life together, in love.
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Global fertility rates continue long-term decline, Pew report shows
By CDI StaffFertility rates are falling across every world region, with most now below the level needed to maintain population size, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of United Nations and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development data published earlier this month.
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Initiative seeks to ban tattoos and body piercings for minors in Nuevo León, Mexico
By Ommar AyalaIn the Mexican state of Nuevo León, local congresswoman Paola Linares of the Citizens' Movement party presented a bill in the state Congress to prohibit minors from getting tattoos, receiving micropigmentation, or body piercings—even with parental or guardian consent.
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Women face increased risk of depression, hospitalization for mental health after abortion: study
Last month, the Journal of Psychiatric Research published a study by researchers with the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre, University of Sherbrooke and McGill University, titled “Induced abortion and implications for long-term mental health: a cohort study of 1.2 million pregnancies.”
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Korea Child Evangelism Fellowship expands Good News Clubs as youth evangelization rate stagnates at 4%
By CDI StaffWith youth evangelization in Korea estimated at just 4% and Sunday schools in steady decline, the Korea Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) is intensifying outreach through its Good News Club program.
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Churches must lead with grace, disciple families, and prepare children to face pornography with honesty and hope, says recovery expert Sam Black (Part 3)
By CDI StaffChurches that want to respond faithfully to the hidden crisis of pornography must not only offer immediate support but also cultivate long-term healing communities marked by grace and discipleship, according to Sam Black, Director of Life Change Education at Covenant Eyes and author of The Healing Church: What Churches Get Wrong about Pornography and How to Fix It.
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James Dobson, Focus on the Family founder and Christian broadcaster, dies at 89
By CDI StaffDr. James C. Dobson, the influential conservative Christian psychologist, author and broadcaster who founded Focus on the Family and became one of the most prominent evangelical voices in American culture, died Aug. 21 at the age of 89.
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A judge called them cockroaches. India’s Gen Z took it as a compliment.
They arrived waving Indian flags and clutching schoolbooks. Many wore cockroach masks. The placards were satirical; the anger was not. On June 6, crowds gathered at Jantar Mantar as what many commentators are calling India’s first Gen Z political uprising moved from smartphone screens onto a street. Jantan Mantar is New Delhi’s designated public protest zone, historically the gathering point for the country’s largest anti-corruption and farmers’ demonstrations.
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