Small nations sometimes must be dependent on large nations but that isn't the only path.

"This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the center of the nations, with countries all around her"- (Ezekiel 5:5, New Revised Standard Version).

A global power a century ago, once in control of a quarter of the world's land mass, Britain is losing yet another key possession: the thriving island of Hong Kong.

Church of England priest John Papworth raised a furor when he suggested that shoplifting is acceptable if the victim is a large supermarket or corporation.

The collapse of the U.S.S.R. has led to major social changes and a potentially major population decline, according to observers.

Unemployment in Germany has risen to the highest level since World War II, according to figures released by the government, triggering warnings of possible strikes and other social upheavals from opposition leaders and economists.

The U.S. State Department has tried to draw the world's attention to developments in both Iran and Libya.

Some Arab states and the Palestinians regard the Hebron agreement as only a stepping-stone to more concessions on the part of Israel.

Increasing evidence exists of a Franco-German push to Europeanize nuclear weapons.

Strict Sunday observance is deteriorating in Britain.

Mainstream churchgoing has declined in England for two decades.

A remarkable parallel to Moses and Miriam's songs is found in the book of Revelation, immediately preceding the seven last plagues. These seven afflictions are part of God's intervention to save mankind from total destruction, just as He delivered Israel...

Like it or not, and recognize it or not, your ideals and beliefs are the target of a nihilistic, valueless secular philosophy.

Skyrocketing deaths from cancer and heart disease can be blamed in part on bad habits and unhealthy lifestyles promoted in and by the United States, according to this year's World Health Organization annual report.

The Centers for Disease Control report that 1994 marked a 20-year low in the abortion rate among women in the United States, with 21 of every 1,000 women 15 to 44 years old undergoing an abortion that year.

It's been more than 450 years since the Protestant Reformation, a watershed event that split mainstream Christendom.

As we approach Century 21 we see a world exceedingly troubled by national strife and political instability. Long-standing institutions come under increasingly severe scrutiny by entertainers and journalists.

In January extreme weather was a worldwide phenomenon.

Gender bending, gender crossing and gender confusion have become characteristic phenomena of the late 20th century, increasingly borne out by the bad behavior of both sexes in conduct once considered unnatural and certainly unthinkable.

The Stockholm Institute for Peace Research is celebrating a world without war between sovereign nations.