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According to Pew Research Center, 71 percent of Americans identify as being Christian, which indicates that our culture is doing a heck of a lot of pandering to appease a small percentage of easily-offended people.

Egypt is a primarily Muslim nation. Yet, government officials cleared the way for 127 Christian churches to be legally recognized, and that number could rise to 3,000.

What a novel approach to being "the church" -- go out into the community, fix up a home and donate it to someone who selflessly served his country.

Grand Rapids First Church in Wyoming, Mich., bought more than $1.8 million in medical debt for less than a penny on the dollar. Once acquired, the debt was forgiven. It sounded fishy to me, but then I saw how brilliantly it was designed.

For 25 years, church members have served meals to hungry people on Sandwich Saturdays. Then, last year, one of their members who works as a nurse practitioner started bringing a medical trailer to aid people who came for food.

But churches that refuse to change and wind up stuck in the mindset of "that's how we've always done it," are going to find that the rest of the world passes them by.

On June 20, 17-year-old Chloe Robinson was enjoying a game of croquet with her father, Scott, under a large tree when an immense flash and clap of thunder as loud as a sonic boom changed both their lives.

For centuries, nearly all marriages took place in houses of worship, in ceremonies honoring both the bride and groom and their creator. That tradition has eroded dramatically in just a few decades.

Not even triple-digit temperatures can stop Braden and Camryn Palacios from selling lemonade outside. The siblings heard family members talking about the boy with leukemia, and got the idea of starting a lemonade stand to raise $500 by the end of summer.

Ignoring the fact that some "seriously defective" fetuses emerge into the world as perfectly formed children, many parents of children with severe needs will admit the kids bring them a lot of joy in the midst of challenges.