Good News Magazine: March - April 2001

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In This Issue

  • by Roger Foster
Are we equipped to decide right and wrong for ourselves? The record of history isn't encouraging, so is it time we looked somewhere else?
  • by Good News
The First Amendment went through extensive discussions and nearly a dozen drafts. They show the clear intent of the founding fathers-that they didn't want one Christian denomination running the nation. They did, however, firmly believe Christianity and biblical principles should be a part of American life.
  • by James Capo
The Pledge of Allegiance, long recited by U.S. schoolchildren, acknowledges the United States as "one nation under God." But does God have a place in America today?
  • by Melvin Rhodes
A titillating television show pushes the bounds of accepted morality even further while presenting only the seamy-and steamy-side of the story.
  • by Howard Davis
Why does anyone commit the ultimate act of violence against another human being? What have been the consequences of one of history's most unjust killings?
  • by Bruce Gore
John's Gospel details two instances in which individuals were resurrected from the dead. The first astonished its witnesses, but the second transformed Jesus' disciples' lives, giving them power and conviction to face trials, persecution and even martyrdom for an astounding truth.
  • by Good News
How did worship of an ancient god and goddess come to be associated with the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ?
  • by Mario Seiglie
The Bible prophesies a time when two earthshaking events will combine to overwhelm humanity. What are these two events, these prophetic storms?
  • by John Ross Schroeder, Melvin Rhodes
According to Foreign Affairs magazine, several nations besides the United States possess biological weapons: Iraq, Iran, Syria, Libya, China, North Korea, Russia, Israel, Taiwan and possibly Sudan, India, Pakistan and Kazakhstan.
  • by Howard Davis
Young children are virtual learning machines, eagerly absorbing information from everything around them. Researchers have discovered that parents play a crucial role in properly "wiring" their children's brain for success.
  • by John Ross Schroeder, Melvin Rhodes
Indonesia is a far-flung nation of 17,000 islands. It began as a modern state in 1949, emerging from the Dutch colonial regime. It has a long history of violence. The English expression "to run amok" comes from an Indonesian term, amuk, meaning to attack furiously.
  • by John Ross Schroeder, Melvin Rhodes
Los Angeles Times health writer Julie Marquis tells us that "syphilis, a centuries-old human scourge, sustains itself these days on a noxious brew of poverty, racial inequality and hopelessness." Yet some people think the disease died with Al Capone.
  • by John Ross Schroeder, Melvin Rhodes
Prussia-a nation that was part of what is today eastern Germany-was dissolved by the Allies as a country shortly after World War II because it was viewed as a militaristic and reactionary power contributing to the rise of Adolf Hitler.
  • by John Ross Schroeder, Melvin Rhodes
"... HIV infections are disturbingly common among gay men of all races in their 20s, especially considering that they grew up knowing how AIDS spreads," says an Associated Press report on the recent eighth annual Retrovirus Conference in Chicago.
  • by John Ross Schroeder, Melvin Rhodes
According to a study conducted for the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, "sexual content on television has risen sharply since 1997, showing up in two of every three programs last season."