Good News Magazine: July - August 2001

Table of Contents

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Editorial note from Scott Ashley
13 minutes
The rise of the United States of America from British colony to superpower is an incredible story worth retelling. Equally incredible is the fact that...
5 minutes
America's citizens "all were reared in a British climate of opinion, with the Ten Commandments at the back of their minds, when not in the forefront."...
9 minutes
Recent decades have seen an explosion in pornography. It's big business, grossing $10 billion in the United States alone. But that's only a tiny part...
3 minutes
Child pornography was pretty much eradicated in the 1980s," says Kevin Delli-Colli, head of the Cyber Smuggling Center. But, "with the advent of the...
7 minutes
What tips do financial experts recommend on using credit cards? In principle, does the Bible offer advice on this modern practice? Understanding and...
8 minutes
First hand letters from a doctor working in Africa depict a grim scene.
17 minutes
Many people view Revelation, sometimes called the Apocalypse, as a mysterious book of strange symbols and images. Yet it has a clear and definite...
6 minutes
How can you narrow the field to know which direction to head in choosing a career? In this article we cover several keys to consider.
2 minutes
Twenty years after AIDS was identified as the source of an epidemic that claimed the lives of many homosexual men, a new generation of males is...
1 minute
While U.S. cocaine use leveled off in recent years, the flow of the drug into Europe has nearly doubled—to 220 tons annually—in the last five years.
2 minutes
John Paul II is fully aware that he is 80 years old and infirm. He also knows that his present actions will help shape and undergird the Vatican's...
1 minute
Except for reruns, the days of Perry Mason, Lawrence Welk, Jack Benny and Bob Hope are gone forever.
1 minute
The Financial Times tells us that "in the US and the UK, household debt has reached a record level as a percentage of disposable income."
1 minute
A study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that elderly Americans live longer, with fewer seniors requiring nursing...
2 minutes
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal of a lower court's ruling that the city of Elkhart, Ind., may not keep a granite pillar engraved...
1 minute
According to the latest census, the number of unmarried couples living together in America skyrocketed 71 percent over the last decade, far outpacing...
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Illustration of John writing the book of Revelation.
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John was an apostle who reflected God's love. He taught the truth and worth of godly love and left us an outstanding example.