United States

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

The United States' 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.

United States Supreme Court building - Washington, DC
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The U.S. Supreme Court's Impact on Morality

The extent to which moral issues should affect a nation's laws is a worldwide issue. In most Western countries today, however, it is an issue dominated almost exclusively by secular views. Only in the United States are these issues still...
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Holiday? Holyday? Does It Matter?

Billed as "the season of giving," Christmas is widely viewed as the main time of year for family festivities, including sumptuous meals, decorating homes and exchanging gifts. In the marketplace are the ubiquitous Santa Clauses and the incessant ringing of...
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The US and the EU

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World News and Trends- Displaying the Ten Commandments: enigma solved

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 property is legal and/or moral.
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Red, Blue or God

"Red States" and "Blue States" now seem locked into America's everyday jargon. The so-called "Culture Wars" pit old time Americana values against the more progressive-liberal stream of the national psyche. Yet the terms Red States (politically conservative) and Blue States...
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World News and Trends: Why the Rise in Gas Prices?

Why has gasoline (petrol in many other countries) suddenly become so expensive?
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Is Economic Power Shifting to Europe?

At the birth of the euro a few years ago, the British news magazine The Economist reminded readers that one of the great lessons of history is that all paper money eventually fails. At the time, nobody expected the US...
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God's Mandate to America

In light of President Bush's reelection, what should be the real focus of America's vision? What can we learn from the message God sent to Israel and Judah through the prophets? The message, or mandate, is radically different from what...
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Why America Should Be Thankful

Celebrating a day of thanksgiving for its blessings is an American tradition. But have more than half of all Americans today forgotten the original purpose for Thanksgiving Day? Is it now only "turkey day"—a day on which feasting and football...
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Undecided Voters, Undecided People, Undecided Christians

The 2004 U. S. election is over. But in the days leading up to it a small but significant number of voters were still undecided about their preference for their national leader. These "undecided" voters grabbed the nation's political spotlight.
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World News and Trends: American concerns grow over Syrian military aims

The Sunday Times reported that "investigators tracking the spread of nuclear technology and know-how through the clandestine sales network of the Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan believe that Syria might have acquired centrifuges that can purify uranium for use in...
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World News and Trends: North Korean missiles capable of reaching America?

Unconfirmed reports have been circulating for several years suggesting that North Korea might be developing an intercontinental missile, most likely to be launched from a decommissioned Soviet submarine obtained from Russia.
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How Significant Is the Race for the White House?

The actions of the U.S. president are crucially important to the welfare of many nations. The stakes are high when we consider both the domestic and international implications.
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Israel's Amazing Story: Fulfillment of Bible Prophecy

As American writer Saul Bellow asked, "What is it that led the Jews to place themselves, after the greatest disaster in their history [the Holocaust], in a danger zone?" The surprising truth is that Jewish rule over Jerusalem is an...
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U.S. Troop Withdrawals What Do They Mean

President George W. Bush has announced significant U.S. troop withdrawals from Germany, Japan and South Korea. What's behind this development and what will it mean a few years from now?
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Why is America so Politically divided?

The United States of America is most powerful, the richest and most influential nation in the world. One might expect its greatness to stem from the majority of its 270 million people being united in support of its government, its...
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World News and Trends: The Cold War and President Reagan

In January 1981, Ronald Reagan entered the highest office of the land as U.S. president.
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Could Anti-Semitism Lead Europe to Another Tragic Defeat?

We Europeans all sincerely want peace. But at times we have unwisely supported policies that have prolonged and aggravated political conflicts. So we need to ask, is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the Middle East linked in any way to the...
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Radical Liberalism

Lawyers argue in U.S. courts that pornography falls under the constitutional right of free speech. There is a strong movement to replace Judeo-Christian influences in schools with extreme multiculturalism. Radical feminists denounce concepts of the traditional family. Homosexuals want to...
Portrait of George Washington
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This is the Way Walk in It: Beyond Politics

Traditional values, like basic respect for the rights and dignity of others, are fast disappearing from a society steadily undermined by secularism and growing ignorance of the Bible. How do we rebuild a culture of respect?
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