California’s birthrate dropped to its lowest level ever in 2016, according to data released by the state’s Department of Finance. Source: California’s birthrate falls to its lowest level on record – LA Times
ISIS Lists U.S. Churches To Attack During The Holidays Source: Exclusive: ISIS Puts Out Holiday Attack List Of U.S. Churches – Vocativ
Babies made from two women and one man win approval from the UK’s fertility regulator. Source: Babies made from three people approved in UK – BBC News
A Pew Research Center survey of 151 countries found wide gaps in education among major religions, including among Christians and minority faiths in the United States. Source: Christians in U.S. Are Less Educated Than Religious Minorities, Report Says – The New York Times
Here’s what a Bible worth $1 million looks like. Source: 9 Amazing Rare Bibles in a Collection Worth $7.3 Million | PJ Media
In post-2016 election takes, one factor has largely been overlooked: the family factor. At first glance, 2016 looks no different than previous presidential elections. The Republican party presidential nominee usually does better with married voters and in counties with more two-parent families. This was certainly true for Donald Trump.The 2016 CNN Exit Poll found, for instance, that Trump won among married […]
Remember when the Solicitor General of the United States suggested that the federal government might be obliged to take away theologically conservative religious institutions’ tax exemption? Evangelical voters did. Source: The Supreme Court oral argument that cost Democrats the presidency – The Washington Post
In this time of such highly polarized politics, along with threats both at home and abroad, you and I need a little Advent. Source: We Need a Little Advent | The Stream
It will be replaced with a permanent cross when the St. Nicholas National Shrine, in Lower Manhattan, opens in the first half of 2018. Source: Cross Takes Its Place, Temporarily, Atop Shrine at World Trade Center – The New York Times
Buzzfeed’s story about Chip and Joanna Gaines’s gay-marriage beliefs is willfully ignorant. Source: Buzzfeed’s Chip & Joanna Gaines Gay Marriage Beliefs Story Is Willfully Ignorant | National Review
