Sharon Brightwell is still shaken up by a call she received from a familiar number with the unmistakable sound of her daughter’s voice—even the sobs. The panicked voice told her that she’d struck a heavily pregnant woman while texting and driving, and the police had taken her phone. Then a man claiming to be her […]
Did you know that many popular alternative health therapies are based on the first lies Satan told Eve in the Garden of Eden? Specifically, therapies that claim to balance your inner life force or realign your body and mind with universal energy fields? How did something as innocent as the practice of healing get mixed […]
“It is now 89 seconds to midnight—the closest it has ever been to catastrophe.”1 So declared the most recent Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists about the metaphorical doomsday clock that is set every January to show how close the human race is to annihilating itself. “Our fervent hope,” the scientists pled, “is that leaders will […]
When you think of progress made during the 20th century, what images come to your mind? Automobiles, airplanes, telephones, televisions, and the internet? Or images of tanks, machine guns, stealth bombers, and nuclear missiles? Despite its technological advances, the 20th century was the deadliest in human history—a century when the radical self-interest of despots led […]
Have you ever had to stand before a judge in a court of law? Perhaps it was for something relatively minor like a traffic violation. Or perhaps for something more serious like a custody case or civil lawsuit. Whether you were innocent or not, there is something inherently unnerving about it. The Bible says we […]
DNA is found in every living organism, from bacteria and plants to humans. Here are some fun facts about your DNA from a geneticist: “Each human cell has around 6 feet of tightly-compacted DNA. Let’s say each human has around 10 trillion cells. (This is actually a low estimate.) This would mean that each person […]
Plant geneticist Dr. John Sanford began working as a research scientist at Cornell University in 1980. He coinvented the “gene gun” approach to genetic engineering. Dr. Sanford was an evolutionist but changed his mind. “I was totally sold on evolution. It was my religion; it defined how I saw everything; it was my value system […]
In Georgia, it’s still illegal to carry ice cream in a cone in your back pocket. Apparently, some ingenious 19th-century thieves used this trick to lure horses so they could claim, “I didn’t steal your horse; it just followed me home!”1 In Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, whispering in a church—or within 300 feet of a church—is […]
When God created marriage and told Adam and Eve to be fruitful and multiply, He set up a stream of blessings for parents, children, and the communities they would build. Only in the last few decades have researchers fully comprehended just how important the institution of marriage is in raising emotionally healthy, productive, and resilient […]
Transgender people are no longer rare: from President Biden’s assistant secretary for health, Rachel Levine, to prime TV interviews, movies, documentaries, sporting events, and glossy magazine covers. (Remember when Bruce “became” Caitlyn Jenner?) The media has presented the faces of “successful” gender transitioners—people who look fitting and right with their new opposite-gender appearance. High-paid entertainers […]