Surprising Sudden Conversions

There is not a "type" for sudden conversion. The Bible tells us that all of us have this opportunity. Consider these classic cases:

Here is C.S. ...

Third-Wave Family Structure

Futurologist Alvin Toffler has written an insightful book titled The Third Wave. Toffler suggests there are three eras, three periods of history, three ...

No Worlds to Conquer?

The twin aims that have animated mankind since the dawn of history are the conquest of nature and the conquest of drudgery. Now they seem in a fair way ...

Prayer as a Convenience

Prayer times have been slipped into the local church calendar week almost like fillers. We pray for one minute here and four minutes there. The pastor ...

The Tough Part

It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.

The Motion Picture Production Code

For 35 years, the Motion Picture Production Code served as a moral guideline for American filmmakers. The code, to which filmmakers were required to adhere, ...

Creating a New World

The Bible doesn't necessarily want to simply address the modern world; it wants to create a whole new world that cannot be seen without conversion. ...

When Lives Don't Change

What a deal there is of going to meetings and getting blessed, and then going away and living just the same, until sometimes we, who are constantly engaged ...

Beginning to Lose God

Listen to a secular thinker Peggy Noonan, one of the brightest journalistic minds around. She says this in an article entitled "You'd Cry Too ...

How to Effect Change

It's hard to effect change unless people feel a compelling need to change.