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Good News Magazine: January - February 2015

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Chaos Will Give Way to Peace

  • by Scott Ashley
It's remarkable how past and present—and, yes, sometimes even future—collide in the Middle East.
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Three men holding machine guns in the air.

Middle East Chaos: What's Happening and Why

  • by Scott Ashley
Once again the Middle East is being transformed before our eyes, with a near-constant stream of headlines describing chaos and upheaval. What does it mean? Where is it leading? You need to know the answers!
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Muslim militant with rifle.

The Jihadist Worldview: What's Behind the Mideast Brutality?

  • by Scott Ashley
The brutality of the Islamic State and various terrorist organizations is shocking and horrifying—beheadings, suicide attacks, slaughter of prisoners and women forced into sexual slavery. What's really behind such barbarism? The truth may surprise you!
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Is Israel the Obstacle to Middle East Peace?

Is Israel the Obstacle to Middle East Peace?

  • by Tom Robinson
Many believe peace would be achievable in the Middle East if not for the nagging problem of Israel. They blame the ongoing regional conflict on the Jewish state's recalcitrance in negotiations and even its very existence. But would there really be peace if Israel were out of the way? How is peace to truly come?
Cover of the Quran

Survey Shows Sobering Muslim Attitudes

  • by Scott Ashley
Out of a world population of about 7 billion, approximately one in four to five people—1.5 to 1.6 billion—is Muslim (though some place the number of Muslims as high as 2 billion).
Two-State Plan Is a Means to Israel's Destruction

Two-State Plan Is a Means to Israel's Destruction

  • by Tom Robinson
In October 2014, Sweden's government officially recognized a state of Palestine, and Britain's parliament called for recognizing it in a non-binding motion—the former British foreign secretary Jack Straw stating that the only thing the Israeli government understands is pressure, as if Israel is the unreasonable party in negotiations. France's parliament issued the same call in December.
Two soldiers walking in street full of concrete rubble.

God's Plan for the Middle East

  • by Darris McNeely
The news out of the Middle East today leaves us with little hope and very little good news. Does anyone have solutions to these huge problems?
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Ebola - New Terrorist Tool?

Ebola - New Terrorist Tool?

  • by Michael Kelley
It hasn't been lost on many observers that the Ebola threat has emerged at about the same time as the new terrorist threat of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
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What Cancer Cannot Do

What Cancer Cannot Do

  • by Janet Treadway
Cancer is a deadly scourge that affects the lives of millions. What can you do if it afflicts you or those you love?
A photo illustration of a man throwing seed on the ground.

Lessons From the Parables: The Parable of the Sower and Seed - Part 1

  • by Darris McNeely
I've planted many vegetable gardens over the years. The lessons I've learned match what Jesus Christ said about the sowing of the seed of the gospel and what it takes to grow a productive crop. They also teach us what we must do when the words of the Kingdom have been sown into our lives.

Warnings to the West

  • by Tom Robinson
Rising "lone wolf" Islamist attacks against the West should compel us to learn the importance of seeking true security. 

Current Events & Trends: Iran nuclear talks extended

  • by Rudy Rangel III, Tom Robinson
The deadline for an agreement on capping Iran's nuclear program in exchange for Western powers easing economic sanctions was pushed to the end of June 2015 when negotiations failed to achieve a deal this past November.

Current Events & Trends: The global economy and Russian sanctions

  • by Rudy Rangel III, Tom Robinson
Since the Russian takeover of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula, economic sanctions have been imposed on Russia as a punitive reprimand by the Western powers of the world. Immediately, in a seemingly juvenile reaction, Russia responded with counter-sanctions.