National Geographic's Survey about the End of the World

With tsunamis, earthquakes, and financial concerns dominating headline news, National Geographic initiated a survey about what Americans' think about ...

How Aging Became a "Disease"—and a Huge Business

Trying to look younger and prevent aging has become an $511 billion a year business [as of 2022]. According to a book by Arlene Weintraub titled Selling ...

How to Be Prepared for an Anaconda Attack

According to pastor and author John Ortberg, a fictitious manual for Peace Corp volunteers headed for South America offers advice on how to handle a chance ...

Missionary's Short Life Makes Us Examine Our Lives

Author Randy Alcorn recalled a two-month missions trip that he and his family took some years ago that included a visit to Egypt. While in Egypt, Alcorn's ...

Woman Given 24–48 Hours to Live Learns Valuable Lessons

For 11 years, Mary Leonard of Louisville, Kentucky, has dealt with polymyositis, a rare inflammatory tissue disease that invades the muscles. There is ...

Our Mission Is to Complete the Mission

God alone, who has told us that this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a testimony unto all the nations, will know when that ...

Little Girl Helps Family Discover "The Power of Half"

While waiting at a traffic light with her parents in Atlanta, Georgia, Kevin and Joan Salwen's 14-year-old daughter, Hannah, saw a black Mercedes ...

Man Takes 14 Years to Chisel Hole Through Mountain

When a mountain is in your way what do you do? Just ask Ramchandra Das, 53, who lives in Bihar, India. In order to access nearby fields for food and work, ...

A Believer's End Is "Beyond the Grasp of Reason"

God destines us for an end beyond the grasp of reason.

—St. Thomas Aquinas, Italian Roman Catholic priest, philosopher, and theologian (c. 1225-1274) ...

A Believer's End Is "Beyond the Grasp of Reason"

God destines us for an end beyond the grasp of reason.