1 A Biblical Perspective of Fear Captive to Fear A number of years ago, one of the richest men in the world died of fear. He was a Texan named Howard Hughes. He was born into a family of high achievers who afforded him unlimited privilege and opportunity. His father was a noted industrialist and inventor whose creative DNA passed on to his son. By nature and nurture, Howard was inquisitive and inventive from his boyhood and was especially good in math. He became an engineer and was particularly drawn to aviation. He soon became a pioneer in the growing aerospace industry and founded the Hughes Aircraft Company. One of his most famous planes was the Hercules “Spruce Goose” eight-engine prototype, the largest seaplane ever built. It was one of a kind and was never duplicated. Hughes set multiple world air speed records and broke the world record for a flight around the globe in one of his planes. In his young career, he survived a number of near-fatal plane crashes that left him in chronic pain, which he later self-medicated through injections of morphine. As a business magnate, Hughes earned billions of dollars through his business genius and various entrepreneurial en-
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