Good News Magazine: January - February 2001

Table of Contents

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The Balfour Declaration (1917), the British document that formed the basis for an upsurge of Jewish immigration to Palestine, stated that nothing...
3 minutes
While Americans focused their attention on two men's struggle for the presidency, an old problem resurfaced.
12 minutes
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem," urged Israel's King David 3,000 years ago (Psalm 122:6). Seeking a peaceful solution to the Mideast problem is the...
1 minute
A disease that peaked as a minor British epidemic in 1992 and 1993 recently spread to France, then to Germany.
8 minutes
The next four years could bring thorny problems for America's leadership role in the world. The next president will face the consequences of missed...
1 minute
Sales of illicit sex in the form of pornography are a $10 billion industry in the United States, according to Forrester Research of Cambridge...
9 minutes
"Political uncertainty over the presidency is to be expected in some of the poorer, less political stable nations. People do not expect to see the...
1 minute
The Netherlands' parliament approved a bill legalizing mercy killing and doctor-assisted suicide in some circumstances.
9 minutes
Why, after political leaders' perennial promises to fix all our problems, are the obstacles still with us? Why, when so many hope and labor for...
1 minute
The archbishop of Canterbury, leader of the Anglican Church, describes British religious leanings as "tacit atheism."
9 minutes
Are we witnessing the end of the nation whose people, "relative to their numbers, contributed more to civilization than any other people since the...
2 minutes
"The risk of a missile attack against the United States involving chemical, biological or nuclear warheads is greater today than during most of the...
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Panoramic view of Jerusalem.
7 minutes
Recent fighting in and around Jerusalem is only the latest in centuries of invasions, sieges, conquests and destruction. Bible prophecy tells us that...
9 minutes
Forty years ago few could have forseen how a medical innovation would so dramatically reshape soceity.
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Illustration of Luke talking to Paul
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Luke was thorough and comprehensive, unwavering in his commitment to the truth. He didn't assume things. He carefully checked things out. We, too...
3 minutes
Israel's former prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, draws attention to a major cause of the conflict in the Mideast in his book A Place Among the...
1 minute
Stockpiles of arms and bomb-making equipment are stirring fears that neo-Nazi groups will mount a large-scale terrorist campaign.
11 minutes
Thanks to the modern tools of archaeology, researchers have found much cultural, historical and geographical background material that supports the...