“We all have direct experience with things that do or don't make us happy, we all have friends, therapists, cabdrivers, and talk-show hosts who tell us about things that will or won't make us happy, and yet, despite all this practice and all this coaching, our search for happiness often culminates in a stinky mess. We expect the next car, the next house, or the next promotion to make us happy even though the last ones didn't and even though others keep telling us that the next ones won't.” ShowsLastsHappinessNextHousePracticeCarDirectDespiteMessCoachingHostPromotionTherapistsTalk ShowsSearching For HappinessStinky Book:Stumbling on Happiness Source: Stumbling on Happiness
“The very admission of the need to harmonize is an admission that the burden of proof is on the narratives, not on those who doubt them. What harmonizing shows is that despite appearances, the texts still might be true.” NeedsStillsShowsMightReligionDoubtAtheismBurdenAppearanceProofDespiteBeing TrueNarrativeAdmissionBurden Of Proof Book:Beyond Born Again: Toward Evangelical Maturity Source: Beyond Born Again: Toward Evangelical Maturity