North America

"He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great..." (Genesis 48:19).

North America's history is tied to Great Britain's by more than just a revolution. The story begins with a promise to a patriarch, passed down to two brothers—the ancestors of two of the world's greatest superpower nations. Find out more below.

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America's Astounding Destiny: A Nation Losing Its Way

In parts 1 and 2 of this series we saw the birth and expansion of the United States fulfilling Bible prophecy. We end with a look at America's replacement of Britain as global protector and how a nation's turning its...
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Pathogens, Poisons and Other Weapons of Terror

Just as the United States was recovering from the Sept. 11 attack, a wave of envelopes containing anthrax spread through its mail system—conjuring fears of even direr prospects for the future.
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How to Seek God's Will

Many leaders are imploring us to pray for God's help. Indeed we should. But let's be realistic enough to realize that God will hear us only if we are willing to hear Him.
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A Different World

The terrible events of Sept. 11 may have forever altered life for much of the world. That day's atrocities underscored the grim reality that the cultural clash between Islamic extremism and the West is a clash of different worlds.
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Where Was God?

If God is all powerful and all knowing, the source of all that is good and kind and right, how could He allow evil human beings to snuff out the lives of people who have done them no harm? Why...
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A Rising Tide of Islamic Fundamentalism

What fuels Islamic fundamentalism? An article in the November-December 1998 issue of Foreign Affairs helps us understand the roots of the motivation that probably lies behind the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.
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What Lies Ahead for America?

The world stood transfixed in the wake of a carefully planned series of hijackings that destroyed the World Trade Center, crippled the Pentagon and took the lives of more than 5,000 men, women and children. On a sunny September morning...
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World News and Trends: Return to isolationism in the United States?

"As the U.S.-European rift widens, from missile defense and nuclear testing to land mines and global warming, some European leaders . . . suggest President Bush is drawing America into a new era of isolationism," says a recent Associated Press...
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World News and Trends: Display of Ten Commandments endangered?

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal of a lower court's ruling that the city of Elkhart, Ind., may not keep a granite pillar engraved with the Ten Commandments on its town-hall lawn.
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World News and Trends: The house that debt built

The Financial Times tells us that "in the US and the UK, household debt has reached a record level as a percentage of disposable income."
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The G8 and the Elephant in the Living Room

Any potential good that might have come from the recent summit of the world's economic giants was overshadowed by the death of two rioters among approximately 100,000 who gathered in Genoa to protest the talks. Widespread international poverty remains unresolved...
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World News and Trends: Understanding the Bible in America

According to an article in The Washington Times, "most Americans believe the Bible is more factual than newspapers, but find their daily newspaper easier to read."
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One Nation Under God

The Pledge of Allegiance, long recited by U.S. schoolchildren, acknowledges the United States as "one nation under God." But does God have a place in America today?
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World News and Trends: Back to the Cold War?

While Americans focused their attention on two men's struggle for the presidency, an old problem resurfaced.
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A Lesson From U.S. Election Fever

Has the media focus on the U.S. election kept people from being aware of even more important issues? World News and Prophecy is committed to providing a dimension you do not readily find elsewhere.
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World News and Trends: Record number of Americans on probation or parole

Four and one-half million Americans were on probation or parole in 1999, with 1.86 million more behind bars, according to the U.S. Justice Department. The 6.3 million under some form of correctional supervision set another all-time high in a decade...
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Republican Dynasties: A Growing Trend

Man's general dissatisfaction with human rulership along with his eternal quest for the perfect system of government has led to a new phenomenon on the world stage-what can be called republican dynasties.
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Could Jesus Christ Be Elected to the White House?

How would the public receive Jesus Christ as a presidential candidate?
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Where Have All the Leaders Gone?

As the race for the White House heats up and Americans prepare to choose who will become the most powerful leader in the world, now is a good time to consider several vital questions: What is true leadership? What qualities...
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World News and Trends: The cure for violence

Violent assaults remain a troubling aspect of life on the other side of the Atlantic as well.
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