Good News Magazine: March - April 2004

Table of Contents

3 minutes
An editorial note from Scott Ashley
10 minutes
The making, content and release of the new movie The Passion of the Christ has been surrounded by controversy. Regrettably, this takes away from a...
14 minutes
Do we have the complete story of Jesus Christ's life and death? For centuries alternative ideas have circulated as to whether Jesus was who the...
13 minutes
President Bush recently declared America's commitment to democracy in the Middle East. But democracy there and in other regions has not had much...
14 minutes
Do you remember when you learned that Santa Claus wasn't real? Guess what? Good Friday and a Sunday resurrection aren't either. Discover the real...
3 minutes
Other parts of the story reaffirm Christ was raised on a Saturday evening, not Sunday morning.
2 minutes
The actual chronology of Jesus's death and resurrection.
2 minutes
Doesn't Mark 16:9 clearly state that Christ rose on the first day of the week?
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Roman busts
5 minutes
Can forensic scientists discover what Jesus looked like 2,000 years later? Their conclusions, and what the Bible says, might be surprising.
2 minutes
"Britain's armed forces are facing an unprecedented financial crisis, with the prospect of across-the-board cuts that could threaten future military...
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a woman with her head in her hands
7 minutes
When a broken bone heals, the body creates an area of increased density and strength at the site of the break. Godly repentance from sexual sins can...
1 minute
The American military is planning a major restructuring to better meet 21st-century terrorist threats with flexible rapid reaction units. Included in...
1 minute
In terms of dress, conversation, books, TV programs and movies, foreigners would be hard pressed to tell Americans and Canadians apart. And yet on...
2 minutes
Bernard Lewis, a Princeton University historian who has written more than 20 books on Islam and the Middle East, has a blueprint for America's war...
2 minutes
Almost six decades after Hitler's death by suicide in a Berlin bunker, the seeds of Hitlerism continue to grow around the world. Why? How?
2 minutes
Presently Saudi Arabia is home to the largest oil reserves in the world.
6 minutes
Jesus Christ surprised His disciples—and possibly many of us as well— by praising a seemingly wasteful act. Why did He put such emphasis on it?
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A Bible laying on a table.
10 minutes
Every year millions celebrate major religious holidays that are found nowhere in the Bible. If we are to truly follow Christ, shouldn't we consider...