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A shareholder revolt in 2017 made it impossible for Uber founder Travis Kalanick to remain the leader of his company. The loss of support from those leading the company was followed by an investigation into the practices of the ride-sharing business. Kalanick’s removal from leadership allowed people to realize the extent of the problems within...

U.S. basketball teams dominated in international competitions—until the 1988 Olympic Games, when the men’s team mustered only a bronze medal instead of the expected gold. But unlike every other country, the American team was comprised of amateur players rather than professionals. The following year the rule was changed, and for the 1992 Olympic...

After a judging scandal in women’s figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics, an investigation was launched into the sport’s judging practices. Independent research found bias in most judges’ judgment, especially toward skaters from their own country. Though instructed to adjudicate the performances of all athletes impartially, judges routinely...

After an experience of healing in his life, Augustine wrote: “At that time you [God] tortured me with a toothache, and when it had grown so severe that I could not speak, the thought entered my heart that I should urge all my own people who were there to pray for me to you, the God of every kind of healing. . . . The moment we knelt down and...

The inspirational poem “Footprints” recounts a person’s conversation with God about his sojourn through life. After noticing that the two sets of footprints that the traveler and the Lord make dwindle to one set at a time of trouble, the traveler asks the Lord why He apparently departed at the sojourner’s hour of greatest need.

On October 25, 1964, the Minnesota Viking’s defensive end Jim Marshall made one of the most infamous plays in NFL history. When San Francisco 49ers quarterback, Billy Kilmer, fumbled the football, Marshall picked up the loose ball and ran for the end zone untouched. But he didn’t score a touchdown: Marshall, becoming disoriented on the field...

Why did God allow evil in the world? Why didn’t He create a universe where everything was good? Question and Answer After each day of creation, God declared that what He created is good. But God didn’t create good. It is God Himself who is Good and Righteous. And God is eternal, existing from before creation. God Himself is the standard.

A daily devotional from Moody Bible Institute: In the first century, it was illegal for family members to retrieve the crucified bodies of their loved ones.

A daily devotional from Moody Bible Institute: Leadership begins and ends with trust. Followers must be able to trust their leaders, and leaders must be able to trust their followers.

A daily devotional from Moody Bible Institute: The Library of Congress recently digitized the Giant Bible of Mainz (Germany). Its pages measure 22.6 inches by 15.9 inches.