When I was a boy the schoolyard was where bullies threw their weight around and kids like me received that bullying with minimal protest As we cowered in fear before our tormenters there was something even worse their taunts of ldquo Are you scared You rsquo re afraid of me aren rsquo t you There rsquo s no one here to protect you rdquo In fact most of those times I really was frightened mdash and with good cause Having been punched in the past I knew I didn rsquo t want to experience that again So what could I [... more]

Warren moved to a small town to pastor a church After his ministry had some initial success one of the locals took a dislike to him Concocting a story accusing Warren of horrendous acts the man took the story to the local newspaper and even printed his accusations on pamphlets to distribute to local residents by mail Warren and his wife started praying hard If the lie was believed their lives would be upended King David once experienced something similar He faced an attack of slander by an enemy ldquo All day long they twist my words rdquo he said [... more]