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North America

"He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great..." (Genesis 48:19).

North America's history is tied to Great Britain's by more than just a revolution. The story begins with a promise to a patriarch, passed down to two brothers—the ancestors of two of the world's greatest superpower nations. Find out more below.

World News and Trends- America's "New Era of Engagement": Where will it lead?

  • by Jerold Aust, John Ross Schroeder
A feature article in USA Today stated: "With President Obama presiding over an historic session, the UN Security Council unanimously approved a U.S. sponsored resolution ... committing all nations to work for a nuclear weapons-free world. Russia, China and developing nations supported the measure, giving it global clout and strong political backing" (Associated Press, "UN Aim: Nuclear-Free World...

Thanksgiving, Pilgrims and Freedom

  • by Darris McNeely
It is difficult today for us to imagine moving to another land, away from all that is familiar, to seek religious freedom. But that is what they did.

Discerning This Time

  • by Darris McNeely
Events this month remind us of Christ's warning to "discern this time" (Luke 12:56). Our world is rapidly changing, and there is no guarantee things will continue as they are at present.

World News and Trends: Major American policy shifts pressure Israel

  • by Jerold Aust, John Ross Schroeder
Ethan Bronner, reporting in Jerusalem for the International Herald Tribune, raises an important question in regard to U.S.-Israeli relations: "Iran seems to be hurtling toward nuclear weapons capacity, Hezbollah could win Sunday's election in Lebanon [thankfully, it did not] and Hamas is smuggling long-range rockets into Gaza again. So why is President Barack Obama focusing such attention on the...

World News and Trends: U.S. infrastructure vulnerable to cyberattack

  • by Jerold Aust, John Ross Schroeder
The U.S. electrical grid has been penetrated by foreign agents who inserted software that could attack the computer-controlled system, according to national security officials ("Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated by Spies," The Wall Street Journal, April 8, 2009).

Mr. Brown Comes to Washington

  • by Darris McNeely
It was evident from the setting that the new American president will take a different approach to the "special relationship" between America and Britain.

Wall Street's Year of Release?

  • by Darris McNeely
Is it possible we will one day see a return to godly financial principles in the world's financial capitals?

World News and Trends: America and amorality

  • by Jerold Aust, John Ross Schroeder
Far too many Americans have chosen a path of make-it-up-as-you-go morality or even amorality. Amorality admits no moral distinctions or judgments and lacks moral sensibility, not caring about right and wrong.

World News and Trends: China's growing naval ambitions

  • by Jerold Aust, John Ross Schroeder
While it is currently far from matching or surpassing U.S. naval power, China has a much longer history and the historic patience to pursue a long-term strategy with the view to eventually surpassing American dominance of the sea. (Sources: Stratfor Today, Le Monde diplomatique.)

The Wealth of a Nation

  • by Darris McNeely
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.

Food Shortages Coming

  • by Darris McNeely
Food shortages can lead to civil unrest and the untimely deaths of the innocent.

Of Rice, Men and God

  • by Cecil Maranville
Have you noticed that you now pay more for your food? The reasons are many. Part of the cause is the subprime mortgage crisis, strange as that might seem!