On the spiritual side of life there are many ideas with suspect origins.

Insight Video: What most 21st-century Christians believe and do differs greatly from what the early New Testament Church taught and practiced.

In trying to communicate with life beyond Earth, will we finally get the message that has always been available to us?

Our overheating planet is already showing evidence of climate breakdown. What can we still do about it?

Part One: What is capitalism, how did it develop, and why is it so widely admired and accepted?

David Hulme explores the question “What Makes Us Human?” from the generally overlooked perspective of the ancient Hebrew Scriptures.

Whenever times or circumstances change, people’s concept of truth changes with it. So what is truth?

The geography of Palestine and Israel provides a useful analogy for the ultimate solution to the world’s water problems.

Vision reviews Anne Applebaum’s Twilight of Democracy and John Keane’s The New Despotism. In the wake of the contentious 2020 US presidential election, their message is sobering.

Today’s consumer is increasingly persuaded to focus on materialistic pursuits, to acquire that next want that goes far beyond a genuine need.

Technology gives us access to the universe while at the same time creating risks to our continued existence. Does humankind’s best hope for long-term survival come down to leaving Earth behind?

The widespread misjudging of an entire generation has serious implications for our collective future.

Sigmund Freud’s theories have helped to shape the mental framework of just about everyone, whether they have read his works or not.

A startling archaeological find in Israel last summer is fueling debate about the historicity of the Bible.

Why does a crowd of witnesses so rarely intervene to help a person who is obviously in trouble? And what does it take to be the person who does?

The potential usefulness of embryonic stem cells in molecular medicine is huge, as are the ethical issues surrounding these tiny biological entities.

What are we to make of the human longing for utopia?

A look at two philosophies that gained prominence largely as a result of 20^th-century developments in science.