Are People Getting Happier?

An episode of the Arena 22 podcast, hosted by Tobin Crenshaw, titled "Are People Getting Happier?" was published on January 22, 2020 and runs 21 minutes.

January 22, 2020 ·21m · Arena 22

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Summary

A simple test from NASA about seeing the usefulness of common things; a forty year study across 25 countries to ask and answer the question, "Are people getting happier?" The answers, and what to do about it, are very profound (the results are not the same for men and women). Plus, W. Clement Stone on limiting your time with negative people (even family members); a woman shares the pain of never getting the approval of his parents; Gene Scott on taking "God’s book and finding a promise that fits your need and make it yours", Bill Bright on the love of God; statistics on Muslims becoming Christians; Ambrose (337-397 AD) and his poem to Jesus; Holman Hunt's famous "Shadow of Death" painting; Jesus leading a man away from the critics and into faith; and a husband's note to his wife after a car accident.

Episode Description

A simple test from NASA about seeing the usefulness of common things; a forty year study across 25 countries to ask and answer the question, "Are people getting happier?" The answers, and what to do about it, are very profound (the results are not the same for men and women). Plus, W. Clement Stone on limiting your time with negative people (even family members); a woman shares the pain of never getting the approval of his parents; Gene Scott on taking "God’s book and finding a promise that fits your need and make it yours", Bill Bright on the love of God; statistics on Muslims becoming Christians; Ambrose (337-397 AD) and his poem to Jesus; Holman Hunt's famous "Shadow of Death" painting; Jesus leading a man away from the critics and into faith; and a husband's note to his wife after a car accident.