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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America's Continuing Decline

With the legalization of same-sex civil unions in New jersey, America is taking another step down the slippery slope of decline.
The casket of President Gerald R. Ford is carried past a group that includes President George W. Bush, first lady Laura Bush and Presidents George Bush Sr., Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter at the National Cathedral in Washington Jan 2, 2007.
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This Is the Way Walk in It: Contributing a Verse

We can't always choose our battles, but we can choose how to battle.
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In Brief... World News Review: Chinese Star Wars

China now has demonstrated the ability to knock out any space satellite, thus taking out the eyes and ears of a military opponent in warfare.
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In Brief... World News Review: What Harm Could Iran Do?

Oil isn't the Iranians' sole weapon.
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The Importance of the Watchman

A watchman was a key figure in the towns of the ancient world. God's work today, this work you are a part of, includes doing the job of a watchman to the modern house of Israel and all who will...
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Jefferson Studies Koran to Fight War on Muslim Terrorists

American shipping interests in the Mediterranean faced a constant threat from Muslim pirates who viciously attacked commercial vessels as much for their crews as for their cargoes.
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Make Up Your Mind, America!

Is America a diverse culture of numerous religions that all worship the same God? Is it a secular or a Christian nation? Keith Ellison ignited an explosion of controversy by choosing the Koran as the book to hold during his...
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Generation Debt

How Americans are selling their souls into debt slavery at ever-younger ages, and what you need to learn about how to avoid it wherever you live on earth.
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Is America in Financial Decline?

The turn of the year saw a rapid decline in the value of the American dollar as international confidence in the United States and its currency declined. What is the meaning of this for Americans, and what does it portend...
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Restoration: The Watchman as Servant

Without its light, a lighthouse serves no purpose.
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Britain Debates Life's Ultimate Question

Especially in the last year, the reemergence of media coverage about aggressive atheism has helped focus British attention on that most crucial of all questions: Does God exist? Even scientists are arguing the question. In spite of a rather vigorous...
World News and Prophecy February 2007
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World News and Prophecy: February 2007

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Where Is Jeremiah When You Need Him?

The United States needs a speech like that given by the prophet Jeremiah when he stood in the capital city of ancient Judah.
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Partisan Politics Do Not Lead to Salvation

It's time we move away from the empty partisan politics of this world and focus on the knowledge of God's truth.
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This Is the Way Walk in It: All Men Are Created Equal

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
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In Brief... World News Review: Saudi King Says Arab World Waiting to Explode

Arab region is besieged by a number of dangers, as if it was a powder keg waiting for a spark to explode
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In Brief... World News Review: Should Biggest Debtor Nation Be Worried?

With the United States now as the biggest debtor, can its dollar still continue to be in demand?
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Five Significant Trends of 2006

What are some of last year’s really important benchmark events and trends? How does the Bible pass judgment on these happenings today?
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A Europe Without Borders The 'Schengen Zone'

The Schengen Treaty eliminates immigration checkpoints along the borders of participating European countries. Now 26 countries have signed on, including three non-European Union states. Will this treaty serve as a model for the stalled political union of a core Europe?
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Is American Isolationism on the Rise?

Americans show growing signs of wanting to withdraw from an increasingly complex and frightening world. Is the isolationism of earlier decades about to return? And what would the consequences be?
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