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Recent interviews in Europe for the upcoming Vision video based on the series Messiahs! Rulers and the Role of Religion emphasized the disturbing truth that humanity has no sure protection against the rise of totalitarianism.

It’s generally thought that the various New Testament writers were anything but united in what they believed and taught. Do their writings bear this out?  

Our planet shows increasing signs of succumbing to the assault we and our technologies have launched. Although there’s no shortage of far-out ideas on how technology can also help fix the problem, including finding a new planet in case we break this one, the real solution lies close to home. 

The idea that world peace can be achieved through world government has a long history. Though all previous efforts in that direction have failed, some are hoping that globalization—regulated by the emerging European style of governance—will lead humanity to its elusive goal.

The apostle Peter wrote a second letter to the early Church just before his death. And like other New Testament writings, its message is timeless.

Aging and death are an inevitable part of life—or are they? Science is now telling us that it may soon be possible to extend life and health indefinitely. But is that what we really want?  

In his semi-retirement from a long career that focused (literally) on other planets, scientist Robert Nathan has turned his attention back to Earth and to how we humans can extend our stay here.  

The old tradition that the apostle Peter lived and died in Rome took on a life of its own in the second and third centuries, driven by the efforts of one of Christianity’s many early branches to establish preeminence. Vision traces the story of this legendary Peter’s rise to power.