Do children need endless structured activities in order to be fulfilled and to ensure a competitive edge as they grow up?

Are we willing to make spending time with our children a top priority?

Is the tradition of the family meal doomed? When family members are constantly on the go, one of the first casualties is the family meal.

Evidence now exists that from birth, boys and girls have differently wired brains. So the individual nurturing of children is important from a very early age.

As the central figure in Islam, Muhammad was, according to biographer Maxime Rodinson, “one of the rare men who have turned the world upside down.”

One of the intellectual  giants of the 20^th century, Bertrand Russell earned the acclaim of a Nobel Prize and the reprimand of two prison sentences.

Despite mountains of evidence about the harmful effects of cigarette smoking, the death toll continues to rise.

The benefits of quitting smoking.

Blindness comes in different forms. It can be physical or spiritual. Jesus demonstrates the loving nature of His leadership as He heals a blind man, commissions 70 more to help Him proclaim the gospel, and teaches His disciples to pray.

How soon the world oil supply will run out is debatable. But underlying that question is another, more serious issue.

In this issue of Vision we review some of the developing environmental and social threats and show the hope that lies beyond today’s bad news.

If war starts in the minds of men, can the same be said for peace? Book review of The Invention of Peace by Michael Howard.

Throughout our lives, cells continually duplicate as some die and some are replaced in a process of cell division, or mitosis. Can cells become immortal?

Religion has its intellectual critics, but there is much more to be skeptical about in the smorgasbord of other philosophies available today.

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

Looking at his early life, no one could have known the impact Friedrich Nietzsche would have on society. But in his final years he was not at peace.

Whether He was instructing His disciples or facing His enemies, Jesus conveyed the essential qualities of godly behavior.

Twenty-five years after his death, Elvis Presley, the king of rock and roll, is still the object of reverence and adulation. Why?

A new genre of television programming is reminiscent of an ancient manifestation of human nature’s dark side.

What is truth? Can we really know for sure? In this issue we explore the subject of truth from several angles.