In The Prodigal God (Dutton, 2008) author Tim Keller takes the Bible’s most famous parable and presents it from a radically different perspective, challenging preconceived notions about what it means to be “lost.”

2009 was a hard year. The economy crashed. Overwhelming numbers of people lost their jobs. Wars took place in the Middle East. Natural disasters occurred around the world. There were floods in Asia, forest fires in California. And last but not least, swine flu caused a panic all over North America and the rest of the word…

Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons, and Christadelphians believe that the Holy Spirit is an impersonal power that comes from God but is not God himself. Their view is an incomplete one—just the tip of a colossal iceberg. It is a misconception that many Christians seem to possess. We shouldn’t be fooled by the visible tip of the iceberg, but rather look deeper into what lies beneath the surface.

By Teresa Dombach
He was standing right in front of me, the only other one in the room, but he wasn’t the one I wanted to see. I looked to the window, hoping to glimpse the person I was looking for, but he wasn’t there.
The one in front of me said, “I’m right here.” But I just furrowed my brow. He wasn’t the one I was looking for.
I looked around toward the door, wishing it, willing it to open. I wanted to see him walk through. But the door never opened.
“I’m …

By Elaine Tsui
Every year, one of the more popular fashion and beauty magazines parks a “makeover” trailer somewhere on the streets of Manhattan. They then proceed to grab gleeful young women off the sidewalk, whisking them into the trailer for an hour or two, where they then emerge fabulously gorgeous–complete with a new hairstyle, makeup, and spring fashion trend.
I admit that I was always envious of these lucky people and hoped that one day I’d accidentally walk into the vicinity of one of these “glam-mobiles” and be …