Millions send Valentine’s Day cards to express their affection for someone special. But how did this holiday originate? And does Valentine’s Day represent what true love is all about?

Rich or poor, old or young, male or female, we all have the same amount of one thing—time. How we use it will largely determine how far we’ll go in life and in our relationship with our Creator.

Longtime Stalinist Kim Jong Il has officially brought North Korea into the nuclear club. Now that North Korea has nuclear devices, what can the rest of the world expect?

Iran seems intent on joining North Korea in the nuclear club. Uneasy neighbors will likely soon start their own nuclear programs. What does the proliferation of nuclear weapons mean for the rest of us?

The mass media's relentless emphasis on bad news from Iraq has led to a major shift in U.S. political fortunes and demands for withdrawal. But this hasn't happened in isolation. Let's review some aspects of 20th-century warfare, diplomacy and current...

An editorial note from Scott Ashley.

What is love, and what is infatuation? Do you think you know? Before you assume you're in love, you should be sure you know what it is!

According to The Times, officials "from Britain, Spain and Gibraltar are meeting to sign a deal that is expected effectively to end the siege imposed on the disputed territory by General Franco [of Spain] almost four decades ago."

It appears that the Middle Ages moat has not gone out of style.

Pope Benedict XVI's recent message in Germany urged Europe to rethink the notion that secularism and economic progress is the answer to the European Union's future.

According to The Guardian, "Doctors at the Church of Scotland Hospital in Tugela Ferry [in South Africa] were already grappling with the onslaught of AIDS and its partner in death, tuberculosis."

The so-called nonaligned nations recently met in Havana, Cuba, and heartily endorsed one point: their condemnation of Israel.

Recent newspaper reports have indicated a certain shift beginning to take place in the world's economic balance of power.

American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has described the present distress as "the birth pangs of a new Middle East."

How many have been taught in school about our body's supposed "vestigial organs"? The standard definition of a vestigial organ is a body part that was once useful in a species' ancestral past but has now become virtually useless.

Bossaso is a case in point. According to The Economist, "Bossaso is an exit point from the Horn of Africa . . . This port in Northern Somalia already has 300,000 people . . . It is a raw place...

The more scientists study the universe, the stranger it sometimes seems.

The Bible talks about conversion, but what does it mean? Do you really know? It's crucial that you accurately understand what the Bible teaches!

Previous articles in this series have covered the vital spiritual tools of prayer, Bible study, meditation, fasting and repentance. But to receive the greatest gifts of God, there is another step you must take—the commitment of water baptism.