It is no secret that the impact of painful events upon a life can change everything - priorities, relationships, attitudes, behaviors - at least for a while. But after the pain is gone, the debris is cleared away, and the fear has subsided, human beings inevitably attempt to renegotiate the desperation-based promises made to God in exchange for his divine intervention. Why does it take a potentially deadly illness or catastrophic event to get our attention? Why do we tend to disregard God's plan to use such circumstances to teach us valuable lessons? Why do we invariably forget the lessons,...

There are over 195,289 registered charities in the UK spending about 80 billion of our money a year. Charities claim that almost ninety pence in every pound we give is spent on 'charitable activities'. But with many of our best-known charities, the real figure is less than fifty pence in every pound. But does Britain really need so many charities? And do our charities spend enough of our money on good causes? The Great Charity Scandal exposes the truth about Britain's massive charity industry and recommends how we need to change things so more of our money goes where we expect.