World News and Prophecy: January 2009

The world's most ambitious currency union in modern times has reached a milestone some critics predicted would never happen.

Over three centuries after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Charlemagne, king of the Franks, was crowned by the pope in the year 800. The second...

"On November 24, 800, Charlemagne entered the ancient capital in state; on December 1 an assembly of Franks and Romans agreed to drop the charges...

"In AD 800, Charlemagne (Charles the Great), a zealous Roman Catholic, was crowned Imperator Romanorum (Emperor of the Romans) by Pope Leo III..."

Not long ago, a newscaster commented on the financial struggles facing the United States in the wake of yet another venerable financial institution...

Forty-five years ago this past August, a relatively young man stood before an audience of a quarter of a million people gathered in the National Mall...

The servants God sent to the kings of Israel and Judah had difficult roles. Their message was not popular, and they were often rejected as irrelevant...

Bible prophecy shows us the world is moving toward the fulfillment of several key events mentioned in Scripture. While we watch the horizon, we also...