by Dr. Michael Ferguson | Jul 12, 2019 | Guest Blogs, Latest, Science, Reason & Faith, Soul
As a neuroscientist conducting research at an Ivy League-affiliated hospital, some might assume that I have an irredeemably hostile regard for historical paradigms on human nature. After all, there is an unfortunate tendency for contemporary scientists to disregard,...
by Guest Writer | Apr 2, 2019 | Guest Blogs, Latest, Soul
Everyone will be salted with fire. Salt is good, but if salt becomes insipid, with what will you restore its flavor? Keep salt in yourselves and you will have peace with one another (Mark 9:49-50). Let’s begin with a few observations about salt in Jesus’ time....
by Michelle Miller | Dec 21, 2018 | God and Suffering, Latest, Soul, Transcendental Desires
Biographers of Walker Percy often begin their work with the distressing tale of how Percy’s grandfather, father and mother committed suicide. With suicide as a major factor in his childhood, Walker sought a way to define himself as a Percy without falling to the...
by Justina Miller | Nov 2, 2018 | Human Intelligence vs. Artificial and Animal Intelligence, Latest, Science, Reason & Faith, Soul
What set the human race apart from other species, and even our own early ancestors? Between 60,000 to 70,000 years ago, human beings developed a capacity for abstract, syntactical, and universal communication that no other species – not even our most proximate...
by Michelle Miller | Sep 24, 2018 | Near Death Experiences, Science, Reason & Faith, Soul
If we believe that a transphysical component of a person exists and has an experience that is similar to actual death during an NDE (near death experience), then we may use those experiences to extract information about the afterlife. Here are some common descriptions...
by Justina Miller | Sep 17, 2018 | Latest, Near Death Experiences, Science, Reason & Faith, Soul
These near death experience stories have been deemed credible by peer-reviewed journals. Frequently during near death experiences, some transphysical component leaves the body, but does not go immediately to an other-worldly domain. Instead, it remains in the...
