College Leader Tells Skeptic, 'Watch Me'

As an under-graduate, theologian/author D.A. Carson co-led an evangelistic Bible study. He confessed that whenever he felt out of his depths, he would ...

Stradivari Taught Others through "Elbow Learning"

In the late 1600s and early 1700s a half-literate Italian craftsman named Antonio Stradivari designed and made a series of beautiful musical instruments. ...

Father 'Replaces God' with His Hobby

At the age of 47, the writer William Giraldi's father died tragically in a motorcycle accident. Giraldi's father was a decent husband and father, ...

People Accept New Ideas after Seven 'Touches'

Why do some changes happen quickly while other changes occur slowly? Writer and surgeon Dr. Atul Gawande argues that we tend to rely heavily on technology, ...

The Man behind the Designated Driver Campaign

In the 1980s, Jay Winsten, a professor at Harvard, had learned about a program in Scandinavian countries called the "designated driver." At ...

Boys Need Mentors More than Ever

In 2002, the U.S. Secret Service completed the Safe School Initiative, a study of school shootings and other school-based attacks. The study examined ...

Film Critic Can no Longer Tolerate Violent Films

In the 1990s Rod Dreher was working as a professional film critic who reviewed numerous films with graphic violence. But just before the birth of his ...

Act of Kindness Opens the Door for Ministry

In 1967 Doug Nicols was doing missions work in India when he contracted tuberculosis and was committed to a sanitarium for several months. In the TB sanitarium, ...

The Man Who Made the Greatest Impact on Poverty

According to Richard Stearns, president of World Vision, the person who has had the single greatest impact on addressing global poverty is a largely-unknown ...

A Giant Redwood Falls

On March 24, 1991, one of the oldest and largest Redwoods in California crashed to the ground.

People call the tree the Dyerville Giant, and it lies where ...