Youth

True Love Waits, a Christian abstinence initiative, is promoting purity this month. As the movement marks its 19th year as a division of LifeWay Christian Resources, it's still working hard to make "saying no" sexy during the month of love.

February is traditionally a strong month for TLW because there is a natural tie-in with Valentine's Day, Bob Bunn, content editor with LifeWay's Student Ministry Publishing, told The Christian Post.

He said many youth in the church are already thinking about love and sex, so youth leaders see it as a good time to look at those issues from a biblical perspective. Plus, the culture is "certainly sharing its message" so it's important for the church to share its own, he said. more >>

My son Art posted the Millennial infographic you see below on his website. One of the stats in the infographic states Millennials are "the least religious generation in American history." This was not surprising. My son, Jess, and I found the same result when we conducted the research for our book The Millennials.

On first glance, one might be discouraged by this statistic. However, I would like to note that there is a hope to be found in the Millennials. While I would not suggest the present-day Millennial Generation is preparing for another experience of Pentecost, I do see some parallels worth noting.

First, the Millennial Christians are relatively few in number. Again, I am reticent to estimate with any claim of precision, but I have suggested that the number of Christians in this generation is 15 percent of their total. In round numbers, let's just say there are twelve million Millennial Christians. more >>

The Virginia House Education Committee has passed the "Tim Tebow Bill," which would allow home-schooled children to play varsity sports for public schools, in a 14-8 vote Wednesday.

Bill HB 947, named for the Denver Broncos quarterback who was also home-schooled, looks to amend the Code of Virginia that prohibits "participation in public school interscholastic programs by nonpublic school students."

Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell has presented the bill as part of his education package. HB 947 is expected to pass the House floor, where Republicans hold two-thirds of the seats. more >>

A large majority of Americans consider it appropriate for public schools to be allowed to rent to churches and other community groups, according to a new study by LifeWay Research.

While those opposed to churches having access to schools willing to rent their space say doing so would violate a part of the Constitution addressing separation of church and state, 65 percent of those polled by the research group think differently.

LifeWay Research released the study as the deadline for banning use of New York City schools by churches is scheduled for Feb. 12. Up to 160 congregations that have used school buildings for worship services in the last year will be directly affected by the ban, which can be reversed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The mayor has not taken any action. more >>

An Iowa woman gave birth to one of the biggest babies a hospital had ever seen Jan. 26. At nearly 14 pounds and 23-and-a-half inches, newborn Asher Stewardson is one big baby.

And he was born completely naturally: no painkillers, no cesarean section.

The parents of the infant, Kendall and Joshua Stewardson, say they've been blessed to have not one, but two children born completely healthy, and very, very big. Their other son, Judah, was born at a whopping 12 pounds. more >>

Acquire The Fire kicked off its 2012 tour in Houston earlier this month and will be stopping at 25 cities in hopes of inspiring young people to go above and beyond the status quo for American teenagers.

"Normal's Not Enough," the theme of this year's tour, emphasizes the idea that young people were created to live their lives for God – not for sports, video games or other distractions – and that their lives should look radically different from the lives of non-Christians.

"So our hope is to provoke curiosity in young people that there's something better than normal that they can aspire to," Ron Luce, founder of Teen Mania Ministries and ATF, told The Christian Post. more >>