Why should we be concerned with this small Middle Eastern nation? A prophecy in the small biblical book of Amos answers that question!

Not long after U.S. President-elect Obama assumes office, the Israeli nation will choose a new prime minister. The stark choice is very likely to be between Tzipi Livni and former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Provisional American plans for the road...

In the days of biblical Israel a king had a unique type of adviser in his court to counsel him how to run the nation based on the Word of God. Samuel guided Saul. Nathan counseled David. The prophet Isaiah...

Why don't human governments last? They always run their course and leaders are replaced by other human beings.

Richard Holbrooke, a former U.S. ambassador to the UN, observed that "the Presidency of the United States is the most extraordinary job ever devised"—with the one assuming this position "tested by pressures unimaginable to anyone who has not held the...

The time is coming when the law of Jubilee will be at the heart of God's economic system for the world.

The recent turmoil in U.S. financial markets has drawn the attention of the entire world. What's behind the crisis? Where could it lead? A look from a biblical perspective helps us understand.

Australia's new Labor government is committed to greater ties with Asia, while increased immigration from the Asian continent is rapidly changing demographics in the country. What do these trends mean for Australia 's future and the future of the West?

What does God look for in a leader? Does He expect certain standards and behavior in a person chosen for a role of leadership and service to others?

With the world's financial markets in meltdown, you might wonder, why should we care about what happens in Syria? It's a poor country with a small military and is not a crucial factor in the world market or a significant...

America's military, economic and political power is a wonder of the modern world. Like that punching bag toy I used to play with, America keeps bouncing back.

President-elect Barack Obama and his supporters are ecstatic. His millions of campaign signs have promised "Change is Coming!" But in our fast paced world of inevitable challenges that honeymoon mood—the affection a new president receives from the public in the...

The Bible clearly shows that a leader's true success depends on righteous conduct. Cruel, repressive and corrupt tactics are unsustainable in the long term.

My family experienced the horrors of war firsthand as members of the Dutch resistance.

Mankind has yet to discover the true road map to lasting peace.

The Bible says the saints rise to meet Christ at His return. But they aren't snatched away to heaven. They rise in the air to perform a fitting salute to the King of Kings and then join Him, not in...

After the uprooting of the three little horns (Daniel 7:8), with the growing power of the papacy, Europe was now set to witness the first attempted restoration of imperial Rome under the Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian. This was to be...