Good News Magazine: January - February 1999

We greet the dawn of a new year with excitement and enthusiasm. A new year brings new opportunities, an occasion for a fresh start. We imagine all...

"... The twentieth century has been less a century to celebrate than one to survive. And as it draws to a close with threats to our continued...

A different view of end time prophecies from different parts of the Bible

Some of the prophecies of the Kingdom of God.

A view on the state of the World

To better see where Europe is headed, consider its past.

Why do so many problems seem to defy solution? Why isn't government effective at preventing and solving our longstanding problems?

The Bible contains hundreds of prophecies about God's Kingdom, which Jesus Christ will establish when He returns to earth. And what a kingdom it will...

"It has never happened before, and it will probably never happen again. No technical hitch has ever been so pervasive, so expensive, or so potentially...

Speculating on the events of the morning of Jan. 1, 2000, is everyone's business. It's that serious. The passing of just one day on the calendar has...

"Behold I will do a new thing" (Isaiah 43:19). The biblical book of Isaiah is a true literary classic, with words, phrases and images that leap across...

What is marriage? When and how did it originate? Does it really matter?

You've probably heard of Murphy's Law. It's the observation that whatever can go wrong will go wrong.

The close of the Cold War period nearly 10 years ago was more than only a victory for the Western powers.

As Israel and the Palestinians negotiate on the future of Jerusalem, the Vatican has requested "internationally guaranteed" access for traditional...

Ever since the first postwar steps toward the formation of what we now call the European Union (EU), occasional setbacks have stood in the way of...

"The Pope has asked a team of top astronomers to try to find 'the fingerprints of God' amid the chaos of the cosmos," writes Jonathan Leake.

Numerically speaking, nuclear families—those with children reared by parents in a lifelong marriage—are apparently on the way out in Britain.

Almost half of American teens have stolen, and most admit to cheating and lying, according to a survey of middle—and high-school students. At the same...

It's no secret that American children spend a lot of time with TV, computers, music and video games.

We continue with an examination of the last years of Judah as a kingdom.

If we are willing to mend our own ways, learning from and following the example of righteous King Josiah, we can be spiritually prepared for the...