There are some pretty amazing trends in our world today, and some of them really blow my mind. Often times, there is one way that makes an awful lot of sense, but everyone seems to want to move in the other direction. That is kind of what we're going to take a look at today. Like I wrote about on the blog this week, as Christians, we sometimes have to stand against culture.

1. Are We Defining Morality on a Sliding Scale? by Hugh Whelchel from the Institute for Faith, Work & Economics

2. With Learning, Take the Scenic Route! by Andrew McDiarmid from The Stream

3. Stanford Study: The Most Religious Kids Do Best In School by Erielle Davidson from The Federalist

4. Going Local by George Yancey from Patheos

5.The Mister Rogers-ification of Christianity by Grayson Quay from The Imaginative Conservative

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