Good News Magazine: November - December 1997

The Bible is the inspired word of God- reading it is vital.

Why do you do the things you do? Why do you believe the things you believe? What is the origin of your religious beliefs?

The origins of Christmas may be different that what you have been lead to believe.

Jesus forewarned that men would change his teachings. He was right.

A new willingness is evident among scholars to admit that the traditional characterization of Paul as a rebel against the law is deeply flawed.

More and more scholars are re-examining the widely-held disregard for God's law.

The winds of change are blowing strong in Australia. Once a bastion of the British Empire, Australia is shifting its focus away from Europe and...

For centuries an ingrained bias has influenced scholars' and theologians' views of both the Old and New Testaments. Some are now realizing and...

Are we aware of the true source of blessings and wealth?

Abraham Lincoln saw the role that humility plays in correcting our course when we go astray.

Recent claims about a 2,000 year old papyrus fragment may change the way the New Testament itself is viewed by some scholars.

Luke had been a companion of Paul. He would have understood the apostle's teaching concerning the Sabbath. What does his written record show?

What's wrong with human rulership? Why are people so incapable of right governance?

To most humans, rulership is an opportunity for control over others. The Bible gives a different perspective.

Paul, writing to the church in Philippi, presents a model for human relationships that is beautiful and practical.

The central theme of Jesus Christ's message was the Kingdom of God. What did He teach about this Kingdom, and why is there so much confusion about it...

The myriad interpretations of how and when the Kingdom that Christ preached is coming often ignore what Jesus himself taught.

Is the future of our children left to chance and circumstance? Their future is in your hands more than you think.

In a dramatic miracle that energized the early Church, a woman was raised to life again. But did this momentous event overshadow an important lesson...

Throughout the Bible we see that God has always been concerned with human motivations.

Joseph was a dreamer-and one whose dreams came true. In a lifetime filled with extraordinary extremes, he never lost his trust in God. The story of...

Sometimes righteous people suffer. Is that fair?

According to veteran journalist Robert Fisk, "the West is ignoring all the signs that the Middle East is about to explode." To him and some other...

The pope is from Poland, the first non-Italian pontiff for more than 400 years.

A deadly strain of antibiotic-resistant staph bacteria was recently identified in a Michigan man, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control...

According to recent reports, British muggings and other robberies and sexual assaults on women rival U.S. rates.

In 1982-83, "El Niño," a warming of waters in the eastern Pacific that researchers believe leads to changing global weather patterns, is believed to...

It may be time to take another look at your children's toys.