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Beyond Today Magazine: November–December 2017

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In This Issue

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An older person looking into a store window at night.

The Sin of Lying

  • by Victor Kubik
Lying—almost everybody does it and for a variety of reasons. But how does God view it, and what can we do about it?
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A man sitting in a chair across from a Christmas tree.

Why Some Christians Don’t Celebrate Christmas

  • by Jerold Aust
Many feel that Christmas marks Christ’s birthday and that it honors Him. After all, can 2 billion professing Christians be wrong? At the same time, some few Christians don’t observe Christmas, believing that Jesus didn’t sanction it and that it dishonors Him. Who is right—and why?
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A sunset over a mountain range.

Why Is the Perfect Government So Elusive?

  • by Steven Britt
The search for the best government has occupied mankind for thousands of years. And still, no one would ever call any of the systems in place today ideal.
The eyes of a bear.

Russia’s Influence on America and the World

  • by Scott Ashley
The communist revolution that began in Russia 100 years ago ultimately swept up many nations in its grip. And although the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, Russia’s influence on America and the rest of the world continues in ways few people realize or admit.
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Exhibit at the Gulag Museum in Moscow.

The Problem With Human Government

  • by Scott Ashley
Every form of human government has failed to some extent—though obviously some more spectacularly than others. Clearly human government has its problems. But why? What’s at the heart of it all?
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Photos of the author when she was young living in the USSR.

The Soviet Union: The Dream and the Reality

  • by Natallia I Teague
I grew up in the Soviet Union and experienced it firsthand. The system was founded on the dream of a worker’s paradise where all would share and every need would be met. So why did it fail?
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Scenes from the 1917 Russian revolution that led to a communist takeover.

100 Years of Communism: The Failed Revolution

  • by Victor Kubik
A century has passed since the 1917 October Revolution that led to the birth of the Soviet Union and a worldwide communist movement. How did that revolution come about, and what were its fruits? What lessons should mankind learn from this failed attempt to create a utopia?
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A photo illustration of pulling back a photo of destruction and revealing a beautiful peaceful landscape.

Living the Dream: What Will It Be Like?

  • by Peter Eddington
Over the centuries mankind has tried to build human utopias, but all have failed. One day all of humanity will be living a life that many can only dream about today. How will that come about?