Ravi Zacharias: India-born Christian evangelist and apologist whose intellect, winsomeness, and grasp of diverse cultures helped him to gain a global hearing for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Zacharias died May 19, 2020, at the age of seventy-four. 

Parts for the Heart?

There are service departments with parts to fix everything from watches to cars. What about parts for human hearts? Japanese medical researchers have performed the first transplant of lab-grown human heart cells. Adult stem cells were induced to become heart cells growing on biodegradable sheets. The sheets are attached to an ailing heart with the goal that healthy cells will replace the defective ones. If the technique works, it would be a major breakthrough to reduce reliance on whole-organ transplants. Unlike embryonic stem cells, the use of adult stem cells does not require the destruction of a human life and is consistent with God’s intent that we exercise dominion over His creation (Genesis 1:28). 

Source: Answers Magazine, July-Aug 2020, Vol. 15, No. 3, p. 20

Young people in America (18-29) claimed to know an atheist (60%) more often than an evangelical Christian (45%). 

Source: 2017 Pew Study – Answers Magazine, Vol. 12, No. 4, July–August, 2019, p. 71.

“Medical Assistance in Dying” was passed into law in Canada in 2016. In 2018, Canada reported 4,235 medically assisted deaths, up from 2,704 the previous year. 

Source:  Answers Magazine, Vol. 12, No. 4, July–August, 2019, p. 42.

Authorities in Argentina have limited church congregations to just ten people in response to the global pandemic. Bars and shops, on the other hand, are allowed to open without that restriction. 

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Last July, Nevada state troopers ticketed a hearse driver who claimed the corpse he was carrying should qualify his vehicle for HOV (high-occupancy vehicle) lane privileges!