Summer 2000

Vision explores several facets of life's complexities. The biblical perspective informs these articles, since the Bible could not be more concerned with life.

Life in today’s world is increasingly complex. But despite increasing anxiety and stress, we can enjoy that seemingly rare peace of mind.

Millions of people the world over believe they will go to heaven when they die. But is there a utopian existence outside of the human imagination?

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

Perhaps the greatest mark any single generation can leave on the next generation is its values. What kind of values are we passing on to our children?

Recently an Anglican bishop advanced the idea of godless morality. Is such a concept realistic?

The basis for ethics must be morals, not the other way around.

Following the silencing of John the Baptist, Christ’s ministry commences with a private disclosure of who He is. For the first time Jesus openly said who He was. Yet He did not tell it to His own people but to a Samaritan woman.

Vision reviews three books on the field of genetics which is in the process of delivering what amounts to the greatest revolution in the history of the world.

The declining character of society today was foreseen long ago and recorded in a place where few think to look. What are society’s shortcomings? How can we cope?

The life of Benjamin Spock, who was instrumental in a child-rearing revolution, is a story of public success that hid private family dysfunction.

After hundreds of attempts, scientists in Edinburgh, Scotland, have successfully cloned a sheep.