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Disease

"If you do not carefully observe all the words of this law that are written in this book... every sickness and every plague, which is not written in this Book of the Law, will the LORD bring upon you until you are destroyed" (Deuteronomy 28:58, 61).

God did not intend for humanity to suffer with diseases and sickness, but allowed it as a result of mankind's choices. Learn more about why disease is here and how it will be stopped, once and for all.

World News and Trends A crisis torn world

  • by John Ross Schroeder
In spite of several millennia of technological progress and scientific advances, much of the world is mired in wars, poverty, disease and homelessness.

World News and Trends: AIDS epidemic orphans 11 million

  • by Good News
More than 11 million children have been orphaned by the AIDS epidemic since it was first recognized in 1981, with another two million expected to be orphaned by the end of 2000, according to a recent United Nations report.

In Brief... India Wages War on Polio

  • by Cecil Maranville, Darris McNeely, David Palmer
India is fighting an ancient war in a desert village, not against an armed enemy, but against the scourge of polio.

In Brief... EU Orders Belgian Poultry Destroyed

  • by Cecil Maranville, Darris McNeely, David Palmer
In its biggest food scandal since mad cow disease, the European Union called June 2 for the destruction of Belgian chickens, eggs and any byproducts that could be laced with cancer-causing dioxin.
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Comfort One Another

  • by Mark Mickelson
God sends hope and comfort in powerful ways--including through us.

World News and Trends: Turning the corner on cancer?

  • by John Ross Schroeder, Scott Ashley
New cancer cases in the United States are declining for the first time in decades, according to a joint report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Cancer Institute and the American Cancer Society. Officials reported that deaths from cancer are also decreasing.

World News and Trends: "Safe sex" fading in Britain

  • by John Ross Schroeder, Scott Ashley
New research and statistics indicate that Britain's young people are increasingly ignoring warnings about the dangers of AIDS and other sexually transmissible diseases and are reverting to promiscuous sexual behavior-with predictable results.

Futuristic Weapons and the Bible

  • by Jerold Aust
One particular prophecy in the Bible comes pretty close to describing the type of non-lethal weapons governments are developing now.

Instant Epidemics: The New Breed of Weapons

  • by Scott Ashley
Chemical and biological weapons have recently made headlines. Although the weapons themselves are not new, the magnitude of the threat certainly is. Does Bible prophecy tell us anything about the likelihood of these weapons being used?