Dear Friends, There is a story of an ancient king of Babylon who came back to life and visited one of our modern cities. His host showed him the underside of the city: brothels, gambling and drug dens, taverns, and the like. The king was polite but bored. He said, “We had all these in [...]

Dear Friends, Christian Television personality Shelia Walsh writes; “Our paradigm of what a Christian life is supposed to be hugely affects whether we become bitter or not. So many of the people I work with are dealing with disappointment. Disappointment with themselves and I sure understand that disappointment with other people, and disappointment with God [...]

Dear Friends, Senator John McCain spent 5 ½ years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam in the 1960s. During that time, he was frequently tortured or held in solitary confinement. He reports that his lowest personal point came on Christmas Eve 1969. McCain was giving up hope of ever getting out of Vietnam alive. [...]