by David Timms We all like a good story. In the United States alone, box office movies grossed over $11 billion in 2010 (about $30 for every man, woman, and child in the country). The local theater attracts us like bees to honey. Some of those films—for example, Avatar—appealed to our fascination with computer graphics […]
by Darin S. Harris “You are that man!” Those four words don’t seem so powerful by themselves, but on the tongue of a good storyteller they were dynamite. Nathan the prophet spoke those words to King David at the end of a simple story. A rich man owned many sheep. His neighbor had only one […]
by Gary D. Robinson The first time I stood up before a congregation to preach, I was 15. I was one of four young men our youth minister had recruited to talk for five minutes each on the subject of stewardship. I batted cleanup. Afterward everybody said, “You oughta be a preacher!” But I didn’t […]
by Victor Parachin After Josh and Becky (pseudonyms) were married, they continued working at their respective jobs. Even though their combined income was substantial, they began to assume debt. “Initially, it was small,” Josh explains. “We used credit cards for clothing purchases, for vacations, for holiday gifts, then to pay for some classes Becky needed. […]
by Pat Ennis The events on Wall Street in the fall of 2008 reminded us that no investment in this world is truly secure. Regardless of the safeguards and supposed guarantees, the economic climate can change in an instant. Like the falling autumn leaves that characterized the season, financial portfolios dropped significantly in 2008 leaving […]
