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"People with deep and lasting friendships may be introverts, extroverts, young, old, dull, intelligent, homely, good-looking, but the one characteristic they all have in common is openness." —Alan Loy McGinnis

As of March 2019, wikiHow now has instructions on how to find good friends as an adult, in 15 steps no less.

“It may seem bizarre, but in my opinion science offers a surer path to God than religion.” — Physicist Paul Davies, in this book God and the New Physics.

At the very beginning, God made all humans with two very important requirements, whether we like it or not.

Southwest of Colorado Springs is a hill simply known to many as “the Incline.”

Originally a railway track, the wooden ties form a rough-hewn stairway and a grueling climb that gains over 2,000 feet of elevation—topping at 8,600 feet above sea level—in under a mile. It has become a popular destination for Olympians, military cadets and fitness enthusiasts.

When we’re faced with pain or trouble, it can be easy to start wondering what kind of God we follow.

The Vision and The Vow tells of how distinguished art critic, Robert Cumming, made a revolutionary discovery while studying one of Italian Renaissance master Filippino Lippi’s paintings.

Losing a loved one can feel like a crushing blow, but as believers we must trust that God has important purposes behind death.

“I remember, 3 o’clock in the morning,” Ben Crandall related in a sermon on life and death, “on January the 18^th, our doorbell rang.

Even if God asks us to do something that seems small or dangerous or just plain strange, we will miss out on spectacular results if we fail to follow his call.

Most people are probably not familiar with Zerubbabel. He doesn’t typically feature in the Sunday school Bible lessons alongside Noah, Moses and Jesus.

Our God is deeply interested in integrity and justness, but being an agent of those virtues in the world as a believer can be a troubling task.

What do you think of when someone mentions “social justice”?

Is it affordable healthcare for everyone? Better education for students and higher salaries for teachers? Food for malnourished children? Access to clean water? Uncensored internet?

In the middle of a ‘me’ focused culture, we are called to center ourselves around God and live for the benefit of others.

America has a peculiar epidemic: about 80 percent of Americans are in debt.

“We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work” (1 Thessalonians 5:12-13 ESV).

World Challenge has started a new branch of ministry to reach out to the younger generation and offer answers to their questions about God, the Bible and much more.

In 1966, Anthony Wallace—a distinguished social anthropologist—stated, “Belief in supernatural powers is doomed to die out, all over the world, as a result of the increasing adequacy and diffusion of scientific knowledge.”