Descendents of Methuselah?

Guinness World Records recently announced that a Japanese couple, Masao and Miyako Matsumoto, set a world record for the oldest living married couple. They celebrated their eightieth wedding anniversary. He is 108 years old and she is a mere 100!
Source: AMAC Advantage Magazine, Nov/Dec 2018, p. 8. See also “Couple together for 80 years with combined age of 208 set oldest living married couple record,” Guiness World Records, retrieved February 20, 2018, http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2018/8/couple-together-for-80-years-with-combined-age-of-208-set-oldest-living-married-c-535346

If Only All Scientists Could Hear the Fish

Probably none of us has ever been serenaded by fish. Everyone knows they can’t sing, right?! 

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Apologist, author, and friend of FaithSearch, J. Warner Wallace, recently analyzed a 2018 Pew Research Center Report which concluded that a fast growing group called “religious nones,” are leaving the Church because they are anti-church and no longer agree with its teachings. 

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A New “Face” for Evangelism?

With the increased use of social media and mobile devices, it is inevitable that it impacts the way we communicate. What about faith and evangelism? 

In a new report produced in partnership with Lutheran Hour Ministries, the Barna Group asked American adults how they discuss spirituality online. Through posts, comments, and profiles, many Christians believe that technology and digital interactions have made evangelism easier. The survey found that three in ten (28%) share their faith via social media, and almost six in ten (58%) non-Christians say someone has shared their faith with them through Facebook^®.  [Read more…]

Two of You?!

You may remember the sensation created when it was announced that a scientific laboratory had actually used cloning techniques to produce Dolly the sheep in 1996. 

For research on brain diseases like Alzheimer’s, more predictive treatment would result if research were conducted on primates because of the similarity of their brains to ours. Besides, cloned primates (which would each have an identical DNA makeup) would remove the uncontrolled variable of genetic differences and reduce the number of animals needed for any given study.  [Read more…]