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Good News Magazine: March - April 1999

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In This Issue

The Eternal Quest for Freedom

  • by Scott Ashley
Although Egypt has changed in many ways, it is sobering to realize that human nature and the human condition haven't changed that much.

Freedom: The Unfinished Struggle

  • by Wayne Dunlap
A decades-long struggle brought freedom for slaves in America. But the struggle for freedom from slavery is not over.

Captivity to Modern Curses

  • by Howard Davis
Our world's astounding technical and scientific progress, coupled with spreading global prosperity over recent decades, masks enormous suffering in the world. Today's mixture of burgeoning progress and explosive suffering is as deceptive to humanity as it was to the ancient Egyptians.

The Euro and War

  • by Joel Meeker
Could Europe's new currency unit, the Euro, and the economic union behind it have unexpected and dangerous side effects? Could they even cause war?
Artist's rendition of the prophet Ezra.

Profiles of Faith: Ezra - Spiritually Restoring a People

  • by Jerold Aust
Ezra the priest was a faithful servant of God who helped fulfill God's promises to the remnant of Judah in Babylon in the 400s B.C. His calling was not self-appointed, nor could anyone on his own fulfill the kind of responsibilities to which he was called.

Judah's return to Jerusalem

  • by Jerold Aust
Decades after the Jews went into captivity in Babylon, King Cyrus of Persia made a decree (ca. 538 B.C.) that the Jews in Babylon could return to Jerusalem.

World News and Trends: Killer germs for sale

  • by John Ross Schroeder, Scott Ashley
A team of reporters for the respected Sunday Times has uncovered laboratories around the world willing to sell or export lethal biological agents capable of killing thousands of people—in one case for as little as $1,000.
A man walking in a big city with lit billboards.

Does Character Matter?

  • by Jerold Aust
In a world in which most people take the easy way out, is it worthwhile to do things differently?