The whole planet is being assaulted by human beings and human activity, and environmental pollution is a serious concern.

In a world where we have many choices as to how we get our news, it’s worth pondering what the media we consume tell us about ourselves, and how they affect the things we come to believe and act on. 

How can we be certain that the Gospel accounts contained in the New Testament are both authentic and authoritative? Should other records of Jesus and His early followers have been included as well?

By the time we are parents, we understand that the consequences of a single bad choice can reverberate for years, so we want to help our children become competent decision makers. But what skills are required, and how do parents instill them?

Every culture, tribe and religion seems to have its own story about the origins of life and of the universe itself. Today scientists hope to bridge the divides with a unifying story of their own.

London has changed considerably since Dickens immortalized his view of it, but many still see cities in general as progenitors of social ill. Are the criticisms of the city Dickens knew still relevant, or are we well on our way to resolving the issues he wrote about so eloquently?  

The Third Industrial Revolution: How Lateral Power Is Transforming Energy, the Economy and the World by Jeremy Rifkin, The False Promise of Green Energy by Andrew P. Morriss, William T. Bogart, Roger E. Meiners and Andrew Dorchak., Elixir: A History of Water and Humankind by Brian Fagan.