Good News Magazine: May - June 2003

An editorial note from Roy Holladay

Most churchgoers believe that when they die they will go to heaven, But will they? The Bible reveals some astounding truths about the mystery of life...

The idea that "souls" go to heaven at death long predates Christianity.

God's true plan for eternal life is much more promising and active than the passive belief in an eternal life in heaven.

Is every detail of your life already mapped out in advance? Are you just a preprogrammed figure in a cosmic game of chess, being moved from square to...

As the United States and Britain defied much of the world opinion to overthrow an entrenched dictator in Iraq, a question logically arose: Why is it...

Does the struggle for Iraq have implications for all of humanity?

The contrast between the abuse of power that characterizes the rule of human despots like Saddam Hussein and the motives Jesus Christ said should...

The story of Noah's Flood in the book of Genesis is astounding. Can we find evidence that it happened?

Why do geologists so frequently fail to understand that the biblical Flood was the force that created some geologic formations? One important answer...

When the geologic strata and the fossil record are interpreted in light of what the Bible reveals, it becomes plain that many of the layered...

Jesus made a number of puzzling references to a future resurrection—puzzling, that is, if we try to reconcile them with the traditional view of heaven...

Young people just want to have fun. But how should one decide what music to listen to and which movies to see?

In the words of noted Times' political columnist William Rees-Mogg, "The draft constitution which is being prepared by the European Convention . ....

For many decades Noah witnessed to the world by building his huge ship away from the water.

What could be more amazing than to read precise predictions of the events of a person's life hundreds of years before his birth? Surely that would be...

Much of the U.S. media generally focuses on three European countries—the United Kingdom, France and Germany.

Jeremy Laurance, health editor for The Independent, reported that "soaring rates of sexually transmitted infections are overwhelming the NHS [National...

In relating American cultural trends in his book The Index of Leading Cultural Indicators (1993), former U.S. Education Secretary William Bennett...

The current war effort and geopolitical tensions in general have apparently boosted the de-mand for Bibles, hymnals and prayer books.

As of late April, more than 200 people were known to have died from the fatal disease called Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).

Vladimir Putin's Russia has covertly and systematically undermined U.S. interests, particularly in the Middle East, yet continues to purport to be...

You can be like Noah. You can set a right example, too. You also can participate in a great work that is, like Noah, properly and appropriately...