News and Prophecy

Wars, politics, crimes- it seems like all the news is bad news. When times are turbulent, we can remember our hope and anchor is the good news of the Kingdom of God.

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The Global Economy and Jesus Christ's Return

What possible connection could Christ's return have with the global marketplace?
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The Global Economy's Uncertain Future

What lessons should we learn from Asia's economic difficulties?
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Israel at 50: A Saga of War and Peace

Much of Israel's 50-year history is a chronicle of wars and other conflicts with her Arab neighbors. What does the future hold for this nation?
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World News and Trends: More troubling trends in the Middle East

A disturbing recent communiqué reveals that "teams of technicians have arrived in Teheran to work on the final stages of Iran's long-range missile programme, providing the ayatollahs with the ability to pose a substantial threat to the entire Middle East."
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World News and Trends: Pornography fuels cyberspace advancements

Easy access to pornography has made it one of the most lucrative moneymaking industries on the Internet. Demand for virtual sex helps drive advances in cyberspace technology, according to Internet entrepreneurs.
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World News and Trends: Seventy atheist priests

"God does not exist as an independent agent. God is a figure created as a human ideal." Such words might not sound unusual coming from an atheistic scientist or philosopher. But what are we to make of such words coming...
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World News and Trends: World to share Asian financial pains

The ongoing Asian financial firestorm will affect virtually the entire world in 1998, according to projections issued by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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World News and Trends: Like to buy a used church?

Shrinking church attendance throughout much of Europe is forcing church leaders to face a troubling question: What can be done with the thousands of enormous churches, chapels and monasteries that no longer receive enough use to justify the high costs...
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World News and Trends: Sidelining the Ten Commandments

Says one British newspaper: "The Ten Commandments have been sidelined by the Church of England ... in a controversial attempt to make services less 'sombre' and more populist. The move has prompted a storm of protest from [conservative] clergy who...
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World News and Trends: Genital herpes infects 45 million Americans

In the last two decades genital herpes has doubled among white adults in their 20s while increasing fivefold among white teenagers, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Excerpts from Madeleine Albright's Commencement Address

Madeleine Albright, American secretary of state, delivered the Harvard University commencement address June 5, 1997. Her perspective on world events and trends, along with her enunciation of America's vision and world mission and the obstacles to be overcome, makes compelling...
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Needed: A Viable Plan to Rescue the World

Fifty years from the end of World War II, not only Europe but the whole world still needs to be rescued from numerous evil influences. How and from where will that deliverance come?
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Winston Churchhill on George Marshall

A quote from Winston Churchill on George Marshall.
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History's Verdict on Marshall's Plan

Perhaps Winston Churchill himself summed it up most memorably when he called the Marshall Plan "the most unsordid act in history."
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The Marshall Plan Revisited

At the end of World War II much of Europe lay in ruins. Here is the story of how one man's vision helped restore much of the Continent to health and prosperity.
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Titanic: The Unfinished Voyage

The story of how the "Unsinkable Ship" sank into the icy Atlantic.
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World News and Trends: Drugs spell disaster for more than just users

A recent study in The Journal of the American Medical Association reported that people who are not users of illegal drugs, but who live in households of users, are killed at a rate 11 times higher than those who live...
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World News and Trends: Adultery and divorce stalk China

In China the ratio of divorce to marriage has quadrupled in the last decade.
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World News and Trends: War takes 18 million lives since 1945

According to the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, nearly 18 million people have been killed in wars and other armed conflicts since the close of World War II. Parts of Africa and Asia have accounted for more than 15...
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World News and Trends: Christians exit the Middle East

The Christian exodus from the Mideast is unprecedented.