http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/publisher_rss.aspxhttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=18194 <p>Recent interviews in Europe for the upcoming <i>Vision</i> video based on the series <i>Messiahs! Rulers and the Role of Religion</i> emphasized the disturbing truth that humanity has no sure protection against the rise of totalitarianism.</p> Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:05:23 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=15470 <p>History teaches some sad lessons about leaders who answer the self-perceived call of destiny, abetted by publics overwhelmed by social, economic and political disorder.</p> Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:24:42 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=13062 For the past decade, Vision has published in print and on the Web a wide range of material on the key issues of our time. Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:40:54 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=6808 <img title="Insight Fall 08" height="87" alt="Insight Fall 08" hspace="5" src="http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/uploadedImages/Home/From_the_Publisher/Articles/Insight Fall 08(1).bmp" width="72" align="left" vspace="2" border="0" />A recent article in the U.S. magazine Atlantic carried the headline “Is Pornography Adultery?” and noted that “it may be closer than you think.” Let’s be honest with ourselves and admit that pornography is not a necessary evil. It’s just plain wrong. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:42:55 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=5808 Many people believe that we can watch anything and everything to no ill effect. But is this true? Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:09:19 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=5718 <img title="Insight Spring 2008" height="73" alt="Insight Spring 2008" hspace="5" src="http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/uploadedImages/Home/From_the_Publisher/Articles/Insight Vision for Life.jpg" width="72" align="left" vspace="5" border="0" />Combining wisdom and overview in distant times, Solomon preserved the following proverb for posterity: "Where there is no vision, the people perish." Yet even in this apparently straightforward quote about vision, all is not as it seems on the surface. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:47:13 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=4158 <p><img title="Insight Fall 2007" height="85" alt="Insight Fall 2007" hspace="5" src="http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/uploadedImages/Home/From_the_Publisher/Articles/Insight.jpg" width="70" align="left" vspace="5" border="0" />In his recent book, <em>Jesus of Nazareth</em>, Pope Benedict XVI sets out to distill the understanding he has come to after a lifelong theological study of Christianity’s central figure. Is his understanding consistent with the biblical record?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p> Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:12:02 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=4122 <p>A British acquaintance formerly in government recently observed that the world is lacking the language of values. He commented further on the need in his current profession for a revival of the terms of ethical discourse. He has been shocked at the inability of leaders of various kinds to apply such language to serious social problems.</p> Mon, 26 May 2008 06:59:52 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=3688 <p><img title="Insight Summer 2007" height="85" alt="Insight Summer 2007" hspace="5" src="http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/uploadedImages/Home/From_the_Publisher/Articles/Picture-InsightSummer07.jpg" width="70" align="left" vspace="5" border="0" />How we come to know what we know is at the center of an often fierce battle being waged against religious belief. Several leading writers have recently authored books with the intent of showing that belief in God is irrational.</p> <p><br /><br /> </p> Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:48:43 GMThttp://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=2856 <p><a href="http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=2856" target="_blank"><img title="Moshe Dayan at al-Buraq Road sign" height="115" alt="Moshe Dayan at al-Buraq Road sign" hspace="5" src="http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/uploadedImages/Home/From_the_Publisher/Articles/al-buraq rd sign.jpg" width="77" align="left" vspace="5" border="0" /></a>Two stories from the 1967 Six-Day War illustrate the heart of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. They concern Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, and the former PLO president, Yasser Arafat in the first few days following the capture of Jersualem by the Israelis.</p> <p><br /> </p> <p></p> Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:31:28 GMT