World News and Prophecy

World News and Prophecy was published from 1998 to 2011 by the United Church of God. It was created to look at world events from a Biblical perspective and give insight on what is happening in the world. If you're interested in these back issues, you should also check out the World News and Prophecy section of the Beyond Today magazine.

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The Uneasy Relationship Between Church and State

The uneasy relationship between church and state dominated the Middle Ages and has continued into modern times.
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Europe and the Church, Part 8: Otto the Great, Founder of the First Reich

Almost everybody is aware of the Third Reich, which was meant to last a thousand years, but few today know much about the First Reich, which actually did. Although its origins go back to Charlemagne, the 10th century German Emperor...
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Twilight on the Land

I was 17 when I saw my first vampire film. I laughed till I cried. Today I am 57 and I do not laugh at images and stories of vampires. Today I shudder.
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Rome's "Right Face"

The Vatican's embarrassment caused by a restored bishop's views on the Holocaust hides the significance of the restoration itself.
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Restoration: Hands of Confusion

The global economic crisis rolls on with no end in sight. From reports I have read I have been struck by the confusion among all the experts who are presenting their opinions about the fantastic sums of money and resources...
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What's Next? A Looming Trade War?

News articles around the world are now focusing on another economic bubble that is bursting before our very eyes.
World News and Prophecy March - April 2009
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World News and Prophecy: March - April 2009

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You Can Survive

Watching today's news is a scary experience!
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A World Lit Only by Fire

History sheds light on the early stages of Jesus Christ’s prophecy of religious deception.
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New Knowledge and New Humility

This letter is respite from the constant bad news about our global financial recession. Go with me and consider something better.
A sparrow sitting on a old fence post.
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This Is the Way Walk in It: The 144,000 - A Promise Kept

"Not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father's will" (Matthew 10:29).
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The Meaning of the Mortgage Meltdown

Some of the toxic financial "instruments" are hopelessly complex. But the basis of the financial crisis is terribly simple: greed.
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The Purposes of Prophecy

Does God use prophecy to punish humanity out of some perverse sense of enjoyment? Of course not! But if there are positive purposes to prophecy, what are they?
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Jeremiah Offers Us Hope for the Future

One of the purposes of preaching and publishing the true gospel is to spread the certain message that the Bible promises us real hope for the future, in spite of having to cope with the vagaries of today's increasingly chaotic...
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Restoration: Prepare Like Joseph Did

Restoration: Prepare Like Joseph Did
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Financial Crisis Crushing Britain

What does the future hold for Britain in the wake of the current financial crisis?
World News and Prophecy February 2009
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World News and Prophecy: February 2009

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Writing and Reading That Really Matters

We have the Internet and cable news programs giving us news "as it happens" even if those reporting do not understand the "what" and the "why" behind the events. I carry with me a smart phone that alerts me to...
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Tragedy in Haiti

We pray for the people of Haiti in their present suffering. May God speed the day of His intervention and the coming of the Kingdom of God.
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Getting from Bad News to Good News

2009 is upon us, and the news is not encouraging.
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