Many people mistakenly assume that any supernatural experience is of God. This is simply not true. Some experiences may be self induced. Others may come from external influences, but even these are not all from God.

The space race has brought great advancements in scientific understanding. The world enjoys innumerable inventions as spin-offs of space age technology, but the costs have been incredibly high.

So Rambo did speak out about world peace, saying this "savage world" isn't going to have it no matter how much wishful thinking or singing it does. The reason that it won't work is human nature.

A wise man named Solomon wrote these words many years ago: "The borrower is servant to the lender" (Proverbs 22:7). If his words are still true, are we as a nation gradually becoming the servant of foreign governments?

The mere possibility of a scientific breakthrough of such magnitude is already raising questions and creating a stir of interest and controversy. One newspaper article on the subject posed the question, "Will we need religion any more?"

Have you noticed the phrase, "food inflation" in news reports lately? It refers to a worldwide phenomenon of sharply increasing food prices, a trend that will mean less food for many and higher costs for all in 2008.