May God bless and keep you as you worship him and serve him this weekend.

Today’s Kindle deals include the usual batch of Saturday classics.

(Yesterday on the blog: New and Notable Christian Books for April 2021)

Keeping the Faith

Christian Smith spent two decades studying the religious and spiritual lives of American adolescents and emerging adults, then turned to religious parenting. He provides a few interesting observations in this article. “So, what can committed, religious parents do to increase their chances of raising children who, as young adults, believe and practice some version of their religion? The first answer is simply to be themselves: ­believe and practice their own religion ­genuinely and faithfully.”

10 Facts from New Pew Data on Social Media Usage

Chris Martin looks at some of the data from the new Pew report on social media usage.

The Sheikh’s Spells

“You know,” I said to my friend, “someday one of us believers might need to challenge The Sheikh, and tell him that his most powerful spells can’t affect a faithful believer who’s got the Holy Spirit living inside of them. Now that would be an interesting contest. And when his curse failed, then


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