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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World News and Trends: Koreas at the brink?

War and conflicts continue to grow between North and South Korea despite UN Security Council efforts.
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World News and Trends: Pirates plague the Horn of Africa

Pirates threaten the safety of merchant ships traveling along the Eastern border of Africa.
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World News and Trends: Christian education on the wane in Britain

A lead editorial in The Sunday Telegraph summed up the sad state of Christian education in the United Kingdom today.
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World News and Trends: Anti-Semitism reasserts itself in Eastern Europe

Extremist politicians in Hungary, Poland and other Eastern European countries are reverting to blaming Israel and the Jewish people in general for their own national shortcomings.
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World News and Trends: A new age of rage?

Dangerously alienated citizens brood on the dramatic disruption of their rising income expectations and materialistic lifestyles and the fact that the value of their property may have fallen through the floor.
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World News and Trends: "Beating up on Israel"

It's hard to improve on The Wall Street Journal'sabove title when it comes to accurately depicting the global siege directed against Israel for its enforcing of its naval blockade of terrorist-ruled Gaza.
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Restoration: Day of Rain, Day of Sun

This could be called the summer of the American presidency.
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Where Are We Now in Prophecy?

Are today's headlines foretold in the pages of your Bible? Is there a message of hope beyond the gloom and doom news cycle of today's world? Jesus Christ was a prophet; He forecast the overall sequence of events of the...
Portrait of Edmund G. Ross
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This is the Way Walk in It: For Such a Time as This

Many men and women through history have stood up for what they believed was right and just, even when the majority was against them.
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In Brief... World News Review: A Shrinking Wheat Belt?

America's role as the world's dominant wheat producer has diminished.
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In Brief... World News Review: Saudi Arabia: Trouble Taming the Tiger

For decades, Saudi school children have been taught anti-Semitic and anti-American propaganda.
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In Brief... World News Review: The Money to Select a President

Millions and millions of dollars are being collected and spent in the U.S. presidential bid.
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Keep Your Eyes on Iran

There's more than meets the eye with Iran's recent arrest and release of British sailors picked up in the strategic border area of Shatt al-Arab. Why doesn't Iran want Iraq to succeed? How stable is this Islamic republic, which is...
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Is This the End of the American Empire?

President George W. Bush's trips to Europe during the month of June attracted significant anti-American demonstrations. At the same time, the United States announced troop withdrawals from Europe and Korea as the handover in Iraq took place. Analysts speculate what...
A man's old hands holding a small Bible.
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A Coming Time of Martyrdom

Many don't grasp the fact that true Christianity is deeply rooted in the writings of the Hebrew Bible, or Old Testament. The last generation of Christians will not escape the same burdens that the Jews have had to bear for...
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Restoration: 'Let Freedom Reign'

On June 28 at 10:26 a.m. local time in Baghdad, American proconsul Paul Bremer turned control of Iraq over to a new Iraqi government headed for now by Iyad Allawi.
Chief Joseph of the Nez Perces tribe
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This is the Way Walk in It: 'I Will Fight No More, Forever'

War very rarely leaves a country or region as it found it.
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In Brief... World News Review: Does Anyone Care?

In western Sudan the Arab-dominated government is trying to purge the Darfur region of black Africans.
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In Brief... World News Review: Islam Crowding Christianity out of Europe

Muslim views will have an increasing influence on EU policy decisions.
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In Brief... World News Review: Drought Threat Looms Large Over North America

NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, is predicting continued drought in virtually every Western state of the United States and in many of the states on the High Plains.