Perspectives

  • Are the End Times Upon Us?

    Billy Hallowell

    May 2, 2014

    Is mankind evolving into a more peaceful and prosperous people--or are we on a path toward ever-increasing moral depravity, social chaos and destruction?

  • China on Course to Become ‘World’s most Christian Nation’ within 15 years

    Tom Phillips

    April 19, 2014

    It is said to be China’s biggest church and on Easter Sunday thousands of worshippers will flock to this Asian mega-temple to pledge their allegiance--not to the Communist Party, but to the Cross.

  • The Future of Brain Implants

    By Gary Marcus and Christof Koch

    March 14, 2014

    What would you give for a retinal chip that let you see in the dark or for a next-generation cochlear implant that let you hear any conversation in a noisy restaurant, no matter how loud? Or for a memory chip, wired directly into your brain’s hippocampus, that gave you perfect recall of everything you read? Or for an implanted interface with the Internet that automatically translated a clearly articulated silent thought (“the French sun king”) into an online search that digested the relevant Wikipedia page and projected a summary directly into your brain?

  • Augustine’s World

    Robert D. Kaplan

    December 4, 2013

    The Pax Romana was a period of relative peace and stability throughout the Greater Mediterranean. But history is often a matter of convulsions. In 200 A.D., the Roman Empire still existed in the shadow of the recently deceased emperor Marcus Aurelius--at a time when, according to Princeton University historian Peter Brown, “a charmed circle of unquestioning conservatives” gave order to the world. Over the next 500 years, however, everything changed.

    Pope Francis: Christian Persecution, Prohibition of Worship Signs of the End Times

    Tyler O’Neil

    November 29, 2013

    Christian persecution and the cultural fear of public expressions of faith are signs of the end times, Pope Francis declared in a homily on Thursday.

  • Bible Translator Anticipates Reaching Every Tongue, Every Nation By 2025

    Jacob Stevens

    November 15, 2013

    Wycliffe Bible Translators USA announced on Thursday new statistics illustrating the continued dramatic progress in Bible translation efforts around the world. Today, 4.9 billion people can access the Bible in their first language. The Wycliffe Global Alliance reports that there are 2,167 translation projects in progress, while 1,919 languages are waiting for a translation project to begin.