Good News Magazine: May - June 1997

For many years couples entered into marriage assuming their loving relationship would last "until death do us part." Now about half of all marriages...

How can you practice love and respect in your marriage? How can you start living these two important principles?

We all face difficult times. When the storms of life hit, how will they affect your marriage? What can you do to make sure your marriage will survive?

Basic misunderstandings can lead to a lack of romance later in marriage. Here are practical ways you can renew and revitalize your marriage!

Good News Magazine interviews Gary Smalley, who writes and speaks on marriage and family relationships, has authored or coauthored 14 books and...

A global power a century ago, once in control of a quarter of the world's land mass, Britain is losing yet another key possession: the thriving island...

We are now some 30 years into the sexual revolution that began in the 1960s. What has been the impact on society? What are the implications for the...

If increased divorce was one result of the sexual revolution of the 1960s, another ominous trend accelerated even more dramatically: the number of...

God is the designer of marriage, instituting it with our first human parents, Adam and Eve. What can we learn from their marriage?

Several societal forces move marriage partners toward isolation and loneliness. But practical means are available to build the bonds that make a...

How does that covenant differ from God's previous covenant with ancient Israel?

If Jacob, grandson of Abraham and son of Isaac, were alive today, we might call him a "third-generation Christian." What lessons does his story hold...

Being a member of the color guard, bearing the standard for a group, is a position of honor, courage and responsibility. You are called to help bear a...

How do we receive God's spirit? And how does it work in the life of a Christian?

Many people assume that the Holy Spirit is a personal being based on references to that Spirit as "he," "him" and "himself" in the Bible. This...

Although God inspired Moses to identify Miriam as a prophetess while she lived, she was still highly regarded in Scripture some 700 years after she...

A remarkable parallel to Moses and Miriam's songs is found in the book of Revelation, immediately preceding the seven last plagues. These seven...

Friendships have their ups and downs, and disagreements can degenerate into misunderstanding, conflict and animosity. What can you do to keep from...

Gender bending, gender crossing and gender confusion have become characteristic phenomena of the late 20th century, increasingly borne out by the bad...

Mainstream churchgoing has declined in England for two decades.

Strict Sunday observance is deteriorating in Britain.

Increasing evidence exists of a Franco-German push to Europeanize nuclear weapons.

Some Arab states and the Palestinians regard the Hebron agreement as only a stepping-stone to more concessions on the part of Israel.

The U.S. State Department has tried to draw the world's attention to developments in both Iran and Libya.

Unemployment in Germany has risen to the highest level since World War II, according to figures released by the government, triggering warnings of...

Church of England priest John Papworth raised a furor when he suggested that shoplifting is acceptable if the victim is a large supermarket or...

In earlier issues, The Good News examined archaeological finds that illuminate portions of the book of Genesis and Exodus. In this issue we continue...

For many years scholars have disagreed over the identity of the sea the Israelites crossed and thus the site of the drowning of Pharaoh's army. Three...