Signs of the Times

November 2006 Issue | Vol 121 No 11

Articles in This Issue:

Death at the Oscars

When you have a false foundation, you are bound to build a askew

The Case for Personal Integrity Online

Internet Insider with Mark Kellner

It's frightening how your whole world can come crashing down in one short phone call. For Steve and Marion Penny, one phone conversation set in motion what was to become the most challenging yet refining season of their lives.

Plant foods keep the pressure down

Plant foods protect against increases in blood pressure while red meats stimulate blood pressure to rise in young adults, according to new research published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Representing God

Representing God is a big ask, so it's little wonder the church lets God down so often. But, says Graeme Loftus, it's still the church's most important task.

A Tale of Depression

It took almost 20 years before I was diagnosed with an underactive thyroid gland and treated for hypothyroidism.

Life in a Nutshell

Is it possible that the meaning of life could be this simple? David Edgren looks at a new-old way of experiencing life-and God.

The Search for Meaning

Whether you are Homer of Iliad and Odyssey fame, or Homer of Simpson fame, you will, it seems, ask the same question, "What is the meaning of life?" Bruce Manners leads us on the hero's quest for answers.

The Mystery of Death

Can the dead communicate with the living? What does the Bible say?

Betting on God

Odds, are you should. When the deck is stacked, the outcome is inevitable. Derek McCutcheon explores the development of probability theory and the eternal implications.