Good News Magazine: March - April 1998

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  • by Scott Ashley
Let us not be like the ill-fated Titanic, racing forward in the darkness while ignoring the signs of danger gathering around us.
  • by John Meakin
Titanic's tragic saga has been told and retold over the decades since her sinking; her story stirs the imagination to this day. But far less known are the details of how Titanic ignored the increasing signs of danger as she sped through the night to her rendezvous with disaster. How did this catastrophe come about? Are there lessons for us today?
  • by John Meakin
At the end of World War II much of Europe lay in ruins. Here is the story of how one man's vision helped restore much of the Continent to health and prosperity.
  • by Good News
Perhaps Winston Churchill himself summed it up most memorably when he called the Marshall Plan "the most unsordid act in history."
  • by John Meakin
Fifty years from the end of World War II, not only Europe but the whole world still needs to be rescued from numerous evil influences. How and from where will that deliverance come?
  • by Good News
Madeleine Albright, American secretary of state, delivered the Harvard University commencement address June 5, 1997. Her perspective on world events and trends, along with her enunciation of America's vision and world mission and the obstacles to be overcome, makes compelling reading.
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  • by Scott Ashley
Do Christians use a book, more than half of which is obsolete and irrelevant? Did God provide humanity with two sets of inspired writings, the Old Testament and the New?
  • by Scott Ashley
What was Christ's relationship with the Old Testament? To fully understand that, we must first consider who and what Jesus Christ is as presented in the Bible.
  • by Noel Hornor
Some theologians associate God's law with slavery. But the Bible presents it as the missing key to true freedom.
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  • by Linda Elliott
Women have been struggling with priorities and time management for millennia. The advice in the 31st chapter of the book of Proverbs is just as relevant today as it was then.
  • by John Ross Schroeder, Scott Ashley
Shrinking church attendance throughout much of Europe is forcing church leaders to face a troubling question: What can be done with the thousands of enormous churches, chapels and monasteries that no longer receive enough use to justify the high costs of their maintenance?
  • by John Ross Schroeder, Scott Ashley
"God does not exist as an independent agent. God is a figure created as a human ideal." Such words might not sound unusual coming from an atheistic scientist or philosopher. But what are we to make of such words coming from the spokesman for a group of Anglican priests?
  • by John Ross Schroeder, Scott Ashley
A disturbing recent communiqué reveals that "teams of technicians have arrived in Teheran to work on the final stages of Iran's long-range missile programme, providing the ayatollahs with the ability to pose a substantial threat to the entire Middle East."
  • by John Ross Schroeder, Scott Ashley
Green salads keep cancer cells at bay: Recent research at London and Aberdeen hospitals shows that "a plate of green salad before a meal can protect against stomach cancer."
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  • by Scott Ashley
By His powerful example Jesus Christ taught His disciples many vital lessons. Yet the sterling example shown to them less than a day before His death is one of the least understood and most neglected by those who claim to follow Him.