
Religious Experiences Are Common. Which Ones Should We Trust?
Reports of divine encounters aren’t always legitimate, but they shouldn’t be lightly dismissed.

Reports of divine encounters aren’t always legitimate, but they shouldn’t be lightly dismissed.

The architect of a foiled 19th-century slave revolt justified violence in terms he hoped Americans would understand.

It was almost 17 years ago when we went on our first date as college students at Union University in Jackson, Tenn. Between dinner and a movie with friends, we decided to make a stop for coffee. Brandt was driving his old Camry and began to make a turn down…

As with elsewhere in Florida, snowbirds are a regular sight here. But intermixed with the more stereotypical visitors to Sarasota, a city and county on the Gulf of Mexico coast in southwest Florida, is a large community of Amish.

Christian author Sonya Hunter remembers the day in May 2006 when the life that she knew ended. Her 6-year-old son and her husband were killed in a car accident and her 19-month-old son was hospitalized with severe spinal cord injuries that have impacted him to this day. But through her faith in Christ, she has pushed through to survive what she considers unsurvivable.

One of our biggest spiritual problems is this: we want God to do something new while we keep doing the same old thing. We want God to change our

WORLD is a news organization producing biblically sound, daily coverage of global, national, and cultural current events.

WORLD is a news organization producing biblically sound, daily coverage of global, national, and cultural current events.

Dating—in person, online or blind—is prized in our culture, and most of us think of dating as an important part of any meaningful, romantic relationship.

If you spent anytime online this week, you may have seen a lot of fury over a federal government plan to spend millions of dollars on pipes for smoking