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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Book review: Euro Crash 2007

What happens if Europe doesn't get the euro in gear? German economist Bruno Hollnagel pens a scary scenario in his book Euro Crash 2007 - The Countdown Has Started.

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Best Government in Existence?

Is the U.S. form of government "the best existing, or that ever did exist"? Does its system of "checks and balances" produce strength—or contentiousness?

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European Union: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

The "glacier" of European unity is now moving at a faster pace.

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World News and Prophecy: January 2001

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World Watches U.S. Post Election Predicament

The world has been watching and evaluating the spectacle. Has the United States' image, and more importantly, its power and prestige, been compromised?

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U.S. Election Crisis End of Political Stability

Political stability is rare. It's essential that those countries that have found the way to enduring stability hold fast. Has the historical stability of the U.S. form of government begun to wane?

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This is the Way, Walk in It: One Moment in Time

Headlines about national and international issues are a daily fare, but every day, somewhere, events are occurring that affect some family for a lifetime. These events, whether for good or bad, take up the "headline space" in their family's personal...

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In Brief... Dutch Approve Euthanasia

The Netherlands has become the world's first nation to approve mercy killing. For years the country tacitly approved the practice, but now allows it as a policy of the state.

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In Brief... BSE Disease Now in Western Europe

What peaked as a minor British epidemic in 1992 and 1993 has more recently spread first to France, and now to Germany.

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In Brief... "And There Will Be...Pestilences...in Various Places"

WHO estimates that 3 million people worldwide will die from AIDS during the year 2000. The agency estimates that this will bring the total number of adults and children who have died because of the disease to 21.8 million.

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In Brief... U.S. Population Statistics Show Looming Issues

Some believe that the strong economy will eventually eliminate poverty and that the country needs only to continue on its current path. A more realistic view holds that the economic growth is tenuous and likely to cycle downward.

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The Perfect Prophetic Storm

Bible prophecy foretells a time when two great world events will converge to overwhelm all of man's efforts to resolve them.

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What Lies Ahead for U.S. Leadership?

The next four years could bring some dramatic challenges for America's leadership role in the world. The next president will face the consequences of missed opportunities during the 1990s.

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World News and Prophecy: December 2000

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This is the Way, Walk in It: "Neither Shall They Learn War Anymore"

Do you know where your child is tonight?

Woman sitting on rocky mountain during daytime.

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This Is the Way, Walk in It: One Foot at a Time

All of us, at one time or another, have been exhorted to plow forward through life's oncoming challenges with the simple yet profound phrase "one foot at a time."

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In Brief... World News Review: Archbishop Calls Britain "a Society of Atheists"

Death is assumed to be the end of life.

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In Brief... World News Review: "'Aliens' Cult About to Clone Dead Baby Girl"

A plot for X-Files? Sadly, no.

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In Brief... World News Review: Nightmare Virus Revisits Uganda

Hemorrhagic fever begins with flu-like symptoms. It's caused by a virus of unknown origin and spreads alarmingly easily through contact with an infected person.

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In Brief... World News Review: Middle East Components Defy Simplification

A mythology of universal victimization and unblemished righteousness. National feelings nurtured in aberrant conditions of exile and statelessness.

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