By Dr. Charlie W. Starr Last month I wrote about fairy tales and myth as sources of truth. This month let’s consider the ways fairy tales don’t show us a true picture of reality. The Possibilities Let’s get one false view out of the way up front—that fairy tales are happy stories and […]
By Dan Lentz 1. Take turns answering the following three questions: • What type of house did you live in when you were in elementary school? • Describe the first place you lived when you first left your parent’s home. • At what time in your life did you first feel at home with […]
By Christy Barritt Ministers Are Hurting In a national survey of Protestant ministers conducted by LifeWay Research, more than half of the ministers who responded said they felt discouraged. Other facts discovered during the survey were focused on loneliness. Fifty-five percent of ministers said they were lonely. Those ministers more likely to be lonely […]
By David Faust In the midst of his troubles, Job had three friends who came to “sympathize with him and comfort him” (Job 2:11). Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar cried with Job and sat on the ground with him for a full week without saying anything (2:12, 13). They listened as Job tried to find an […]
By Gary D. Robinson Dr. Robert Oppenheimer, who helped build the first atomic bomb, was holding a press conference when someone asked him whether there was any defense against this awesome weapon. “Certainly,” Oppenheimer replied. Everyone leaned forward in anticipation. “Peace,” he said. I’m sure Oppenheimer spoke with a trace of irony. A smart […]
