Deceptions, hoaxes and urban legends abound, mainly because so many people are so easily taken in by them. Here’s how you can avoid being one of them.

Here are some ways that we human beings deceive ourselves and each other, along with a few suggested remedies.

Popular references to our planet as Mother Earth, and to the natural forces that govern it as Mother Nature, bring to mind the ancient goddess Gaia.

How the universe came into existence continues to intrigue—and baffle—cosmologists. Can anyone ever know how it all really began?

Leadership expert Will Marré suggests that new approaches to modern lifestyles will improve personal effectiveness and interpersonal benefits.

Vision introduces its series on the Gospels as a full-length book in print and e-formats. What did Jesus mean when He talked about the kingdom of God?

Mark Twain’s novels are some of the best examples of American literature. Though known for his humor, Twain shows a bitter edge in his later works.

What does it take to achieve a long and prosperous life? In The Blue Zones, National Geographic writer and explorer Dan Buettner relates his attempt to find out.

May 20, 2010, may one day be known as another key marker, a hinge of history in terms of the human control of life. 

Despite the common wisdom that one should say something nice or nothing at all, silence may not be the best strategy for good family relationships.

Darwin seemed to understand that sometimes the more we know, the more we realize how little we know.

Why the long fascination with superheroes? Does it indicate a deep-seated hope people have that someone will save them from the current peril or crisis?

Save the World and Still Be Home for Dinner by Will Marré proposes a lifestyle that considers sustainability of resources as well as of relationships.

Before deciding how we give for humanitarian relief, and to whom we give, we need to be as sure as we can that we are giving wisely and effectively.

Even if one accepts the big-bang model on faith, obvious questions come to mind for most people: What came before the big bang?

A recent trip to Africa, visiting members of the Church of God around Lake Victoria, emphasized the subtle interplay between giving and receiving.

Fear of an impending apocalypse has been with us for thousands of years. Why do people tend to get so caught up in each new prediction?

In Clive Cussler’s sensational 2005 novel, the author imagined the end of the world as the result of a business transaction gone very wrong. 

What causes families to self-destruct, and how can the greater community help couples solve relationship problems and perhaps even prevent family violence?

How did Darwin’s theory of natural selection and survival of the fittest become today’s dominant worldview?