Good News Magazine: July - August 2008

An editorial note from Clyde Kilough

The state of marriage and family in the Western world is breaking down. Some have even concluded that marriage and family are destined to become...

Technology is a double-edged sword. A good example of this is television. It can be both a benefit and a curse.

Family workloads have increased a great deal from several decades ago. Millions of moms work outside the home by choice or necessity. How can families...

As dual-career parents head to work, they commonly drop off their preschool-aged children at day care facilities—places where employees are among the...

Growing shortages around the world are driving up the price of food. For hundreds of millions this could lead to hunger or starvation. What's behind...

Jesus said to His disciples, "These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full" (John 15:11). That...

Joy comes not from what happens to us, but how we respond—the kind of attitudes we have about those experiences. We need not feel like helpless...

Millions have allowed themselves to become enslaved to a harsh taskmaster—debt. Are you one of those caught in this trap? What can you do to break...

Plans for a European army (in place of NATO) simply won't disappear and continue to resurface from time to time.

Sex and the City was a U.S. cable TV mainstay for several seasons as it tracked the life and loves (numerous sexual encounters) of four fictional...

I ran and Israel have exchanged threats and counter threats regularly in recent years.

On May 15, 2008, four justices of the California Supreme Court dealt a huge blow against marriage and family by approving same-sex marriage...

The Republic of Ireland conducted a public referendum on the Lisbon Treaty as required by its constitution—and they rejected it.

Would you ever kiss a pig? What if the pig were wearing lipstick? From a distance it might look a little better. But when you got closer, you'd find...

Joseph Fletcher, an Anglican theologian, developed situation ethics in the 1960s after critiquing legalism and antinomianism.

The world's greatest athletes pit their skill and strength against others in the Olympic Games. Past Olympics inspire us with stories of great...

Do you feel like the problems of your life have reached a dead end and there are no solutions? No matter how hopeless your life may appear, you can...