Good News Magazine: November - December 2004

Table of Contents

3 minutes
An editorial note from Scott Ashley
14 minutes
Crime: How Will It Be Stopped?
15 minutes
What's Behind Today's Worldwide Wave of Terrorism?
2 minutes
The recent Iraq Survey Group's Duelfer report, while acknowledging that no evidence has yet been found in Iraq of recent production of weapons of mass...
8 minutes
For the last three years, world attention has focused on Iran's two neighbors, Afghanistan and Iraq. But attention will increasingly focus on Iran, a...
8 minutes
As you look at the girl "tweens" (8- to 14-year-olds) of today, what kind of mothers do you think they will make for tomorrow? What type of young...
12 minutes
What do evergreen trees, reindeer, mistletoe and yule logs have to do with the birth of Jesus Christ? And was He really born on Dec. 25? You need to...
5 minutes
We've heard we should "forgive and forget." But we also need to learn to give and forget.
12 minutes
Viewing the suffering around the globe caused by evil leaders is discouraging. Some countries are run by outright drug lords. Others are ruled by...
4 minutes
Alexander the Great had all the fame, power and wealth a human being could possibly have, and yet his short life was marked by the constant craving...
6 minutes
What is the origin of the Thanksgiving holiday? What biblical lessons should we learn from it?
3 minutes
A one-state solution to the Israeli—Palestinian conflict is gaining favor in some circles.
2 minutes
Why has gasoline (petrol in many other countries) suddenly become so expensive?
2 minutes
A new trend among young people, "hooking up," is gaining steam in western culture.
1 minute
Nothing seems so perplexing to both the U.S. Supreme Court and the American public than whether a display of the Ten Commandments on government...
1 minute
A recent survey in Britain revealed that "almost one youngster in 10 has never heard of the Ten Commandments."
1 minute
The 17th-century philosopher Baruch Spinoza said, "Peace is not an absence of war" (1670).
5 minutes
Making a decision as simple as what movie to watch might seem trivial, but the main idea of this controversial debate is powerful. What we let into...
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Shepherd will sheep and goats.
3 minutes
Is it even possible that December 25 could be the day of Christ's birth?