Our world's astounding technical and scientific progress, coupled with spreading global prosperity over recent decades, masks enormous suffering in the world. Today's mixture of burgeoning progress and explosive suffering is as deceptive to humanity as it was to the ancient...

Captivity begins with human choice, spirit and character. Discover how we can be freed from spiritual slavery.

A decades-long struggle brought freedom for slaves in America. But the struggle for freedom from slavery is not over.

Although Egypt has changed in many ways, it is sobering to realize that human nature and the human condition haven't changed that much.

Almost half of American teens have stolen, and most admit to cheating and lying, according to a survey of middle—and high-school students. At the same time most also say that "good character" is important.

Numerically speaking, nuclear families—those with children reared by parents in a lifelong marriage—are apparently on the way out in Britain.

"The Pope has asked a team of top astronomers to try to find 'the fingerprints of God' amid the chaos of the cosmos," writes Jonathan Leake.

Ever since the first postwar steps toward the formation of what we now call the European Union (EU), occasional setbacks have stood in the way of unity.

The close of the Cold War period nearly 10 years ago was more than only a victory for the Western powers.

As Israel and the Palestinians negotiate on the future of Jerusalem, the Vatican has requested "internationally guaranteed" access for traditional holy sites.

A different view of end time prophecies from different parts of the Bible

You've probably heard of Murphy's Law. It's the observation that whatever can go wrong will go wrong.

If we are willing to mend our own ways, learning from and following the example of righteous King Josiah, we can be spiritually prepared for the dangerous times to come at the end of this age.

We continue with an examination of the last years of Judah as a kingdom.

What is marriage? When and how did it originate? Does it really matter?

"Behold I will do a new thing" (Isaiah 43:19). The biblical book of Isaiah is a true literary classic, with words, phrases and images that leap across the centuries to our day. But what is this book all about? Does...

Speculating on the events of the morning of Jan. 1, 2000, is everyone's business. It's that serious. The passing of just one day on the calendar has the potential to wreak chaos on the world.

"It has never happened before, and it will probably never happen again. No technical hitch has ever been so pervasive, so expensive, or so potentially damaging as the failure of many of the world's computer systems to understand the difference...

The Bible contains hundreds of prophecies about God's Kingdom, which Jesus Christ will establish when He returns to earth. And what a kingdom it will be! Notice a few of the major prophetic themes from the Bible regarding the Kingdom: