World News and Prophecy: June 2008

Two thousand years ago the Roman Empire held sway over Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Its legacy was to continue down through the centuries...

Today our world is besieged with a seemingly never-ending cycle of violence. Unfortunately, this cycle of "payback time" appears alive and well...

Within a generation, more Britons will probably be entering mosques than church buildings. Mainstream Christianity continues in freefall. What is the...

The California Supreme Court voted by a narrow 4-3 margin to cancel a state ban on marriages between homosexuals. Massachusetts was the first state to...

Sometimes we do not realize the end result of our actions. So it is when a law is passed that seems to be in the best interest of the community. Yet...

The "special relationship" between America and Great Britain has been a great benefit to the world. But could it have been much more? What if the two...

It's called Memorial Day in America. Formerly it was known as Decoration Day. In other places it goes by Decoration or Veteran's Day. It is a time...

Tiny, but forever pivotal to world politics, Israel is struggling with a new intifada, a concerted attack on all the Gaza crossings and one in...

"Great Britain off the Map of Europe?" has reemerged in the news. This is the title of a previous article published in the November 2006 issue of...

Former President Nelson Mandela supported the idea of ibuntu, the principle that strangers are always welcome in the Republic of South Africa. But...