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Same-Sex Marriage Threatens Civilization

Many fail to realize the dangerous path that same-sex marriage is leading us down. Far more is involved than the opportunity for two members of the same sex to marry.
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Restoration: Another Brick in a New World

I wonder when filmmakers will take a bold step away from sex and finally tell a story without major emphasis on the sexual preferences of the main characters. Maybe not in my lifetime, but I can always hope.
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Crime: How Will It Be Stopped?

Crime: How Will It Be Stopped?
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Man's Missing Ingredient

An editorial note from Scott Ashley
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Wise Advice for Wise Decisions

How good are your decision-making skills? Have you ever wondered “what if I had...”—especially when you didn’t get the outcome you had expected?
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What Is the Gospel Jesus Christ Taught?

If we are to understand the whole point of Jesus’ teachings, message and mission, we need to be sure we understand the gospel—the good news—that He taught.
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Four Keys to Use When Explaining Your Beliefs

What can you say when you are asked about what you believe in?
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A Kinder, Gentler Hell?

As opinions about hell have changed over the years, so have the teachings of many churches. But what does the Bible say?
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How to Explain Your Beliefs Without Losing Your Friends

"You don't keep Christmas?" "You're going where for eight days?" "You're not going to heaven when you die?" "Why can't you play ball on Saturday?"
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Treasure Digest: Apparent Problems Could Be Strengths in the Job Search

In putting together my employment credentials and thinking positively about how to present the Sabbath and Holy Days to employers, I came up with these thoughts:
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In Brief... World News Review: "Holy" Land Far From Holy

The nation of Israel is often called the Holy Land, but that isn't an apt description of its inhabitants' present lifestyle.
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America, a Two-hearted Nation

America has heart problems—she has two hearts! The 2004 national election will largely determine which heart will dominate. The nations of the world wait—political stethoscopes in hand and ear—to hear the beat...
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Politics & Character

As the jarring accusations, arguments and harangues between political parties and their chosen candidates continue at full-throated volume in the U.S. election races, I have been reflecting on why the positive traits of character are so absent from politics.
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World News and Trends: Forty years of "do as you please"

British Prime Minister Tony Blair, acutely aware of the need to counter out-of-control crime and disorder in scattered areas of the United Kingdom, blamed the permissive 1960s for today's collapsing values.
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World News and Trends: Are people evil, and if so, why?

Two alleged acts of wife killing (the Scott Peterson and Mark Hacking cases) have dominated America's evening newscasts. Why do such things happen? Are people evil, and if so, why?
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The Unelectable Candidate with an Unpopular Platform

In approximately two weeks Americans will go to the polls and elect the next president of the United States. Yet few Americans seem to realize that there are more than two candidates for this office...
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I don’t keep the feasts listed in Leviticus 23 while my friend who is in the United Church of God does. My pastor says we would have to keep all the Old Testament laws if we are to keep those feasts. Why is it necessary, since we don’t sacrifice anymore

Are the Old Testament feasts to be kept?
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What Will the Kingdom of God Mean for You?

In this magazine we often write about what the Bible refers to as the Kingdom of God—the divine government Jesus will establish after He returns to earth. But what will the Kingdom of God do for you? Why should you...
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Is the Spirit World Real?

Do you know for sure whether there really is an evil spirit named Satan? What about his minions called demons? And how does this affect you?
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Could Jesus Christ Be Elected President?

As the United States enters the final weeks of a hotly contested presidential election campaign, this is a good time to ask a crucial question: Could Jesus Christ be elected president?