In the fifth Chronicle of Narnia, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Edmund, Lucy, and their spoiled cousin Eustace are summoned to help on a quest in the Eastern Sea. Along the way, Eustace is tempted by enchanted treasure and turned into a dragon. The desperate dragon accepts the help of the great lion Aslan, king of Narnia. But Eustace can only be freed by allowing Aslan’s claws to painfully tear off the dragon’s flesh. Grateful for his deliverance, Eustace chooses to become a better boy. . . .
A 2006 Baylor Religion Survey found that Americans have very different opinions about whether God is inclined to be angry.
According to the Baylor study:
● 23 percent believe in a God of goodwill who shows up in our lives and is not inclined to be angry.
● 31.4 percent believe in an authoritarian God who is very involved in our lives and apt to be . . .