Who will benefit from the United States relinquishing control of the Panama Canal?

The Panama Canal is an engineering marvel and a symbol of "The American Century." What is the significance of America's decision to turn it over to Panamanian control?

The "great tribulation" refers to the time of crisis at the close of the age of man. Jesus spoke of "great tribulation" in Matthew 24:21 and told John to write of it in Revelation 7:14. How long will they last?

Christians need to be ready, but that readiness is not connected with the specific belief of the rapture.

Millions of people have read novels structured around the idea of the rapture of Christians. Why do people believe in a rapture? Is there any biblical validity to this teaching?

Over a 10-year period Anglican and Roman Catholic church-attendance figures are down in England and Wales.

Reports from Johannesburg say a woman is raped every 17 to 28 seconds in South Africa. According to Interpol, these statistics make South Africa the rape capital of the world.

Left-of-center governments dominate much of Western and Central Europe. There are, however, signs of a movement toward the far right in some European states.

Support in Europe gathers for the creation of a European rapid-reaction military task force to deal with peacekeeping emergencies. France and Britain are the prime movers, but for divergent reasons.

You may remember the protest movements of the late 1960s.

More than 11 million children have been orphaned by the AIDS epidemic since it was first recognized in 1981, with another two million expected to be orphaned by the end of 2000, according to a recent United Nations report.

School administrators' decisions to distribute free condoms and other birth-control devices in schools have generated controversy in many Western nations.

What do Americans expect in the next 50 years? According to a poll by Pew Research Center, most folks have an optimistic outlook based on faith in technology, science, medicine and education.

Lest anyone think the potential nuclear nightmare is over, "Russia is a great power that possesses a nuclear arsenal," stated Russian President Boris Yeltsin in response to U.S. criticism to Russia's handling of the current conflict in separatist-minded Chechnya.

Recent massive storms have brought dramatic increases in deaths and damages. What's behind this deadly trend?

What's at the heart and core of governmental problems? More important, what can we do about them?

Let's consider some current and recent news events that offer hints of dangerous world conditions yet to come. We need to be, and can be, prepared against such events prophesied in your Bible.

As we enter the year 2000, what can we expect? Will we see a man-made utopia or a time of great crisis? Or will we see something entirely different and unexpected on the world scene—the dawn of a new age...

As we enter the year 2000, will we collectively examine the carnage we have brought on ourselves over the past century—the bloodiest in history—and resolve to do better? Or will we watch history repeat itself?

While the recent World Trade Organization meetings were marred by protestors, the more significant meetings may have been those held the week before in the Philippines. Asian leaders gathered for a summit meeting that laid a foundation for the formation...