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Good News Magazine: March - April 2014

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Cover of the Good News - March/April 2014 edition.

Learning From Every Word of God

  • by Scott Ashley
Did you realize that Passover is mentioned more than 70 times in the Bible? What do those Christians who will be observing Passover know that others don't?
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Who Was Jesus?

Who Was Jesus?

  • by Bill Bradford
Where did Jesus Christ come from? Who was He? This is a mystery that far too few really understand. Do you? It does matter - your future and your salvation depend on it!
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Do Prophecies About Jesus Prove He Was the Messiah?

  • by Noel Hornor
The birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ fulfilled hundreds of prophecies. Every one came to pass with incredible accuracy. Such fulfilled prophecy serves as proof that the Bible is true - and that God's plan for your future will come to pass.
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The inside of a tomb looking out.

Three Days and Three Nights: Did Jesus Keep His Word?

  • by Steve Myers
Jesus foretold the length of time He would be in the grave as a sign that He was the Messiah. But that time simply doesn't fit between a supposed Good Friday crucifixion and burial and an Easter Sunday resurrection. What does the Bible actually tell us?
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A woman sitting on a park bench reading.

Something Better Than Easter

  • by Mario Seiglie
Exactly how did Easter—a holiday not found in the Bible and never celebrated in the early Church—come to replace the Passover, an observance that is plainly found in the Bible?
Monarch butterfly coming out of cocoon.

Are You Ready to Change?

  • by Victor Kubik
Would you like to change your life? Your Creator offers the ultimate change for the better - total transformation to the most rewarding life possible.
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Water basin and pair of sandals.

Follow Me... Washing Away Pride

  • by Robin Webber
On the evening before He was captured and condemned, Jesus Christ left His followers with a profound example and lesson of service and humility.
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Stacks of gold coins.

Christianity and Capitalism: Do They Go Together?

  • by Michael Kelley
Recently Pope Francis slammed capitalism and the free market, advocating redistribution of wealth and other steps to level out incomes between rich and poor. What does the Bible say about Christianity and capitalism?
Large diamond

Are You Doing the Most With What You Have?

  • by Dan Dowd
Are you always thinking your life would be better if only you had this or that? Perhaps you need to look closer at what you have and make sure you're making the most of it first!

Current Events & Trends: Increasing disorder follows on heels of U.S. retreat

  • by Jerold Aust, John Ross Schroeder
A Wall Street Journal article stated at the outset of the new year: "The world is messy, and it is getting more so as the U.S. retreats from its role as the protector of global order. With civil wars, uprisings against governments and other bloody disputes proliferating, it can be hard to tell the good guys from the bad" ("Global Disorder Scorecard," Dec. 30, 2013).

Current Events & Trends: Revising Holocaust history

  • by Jerold Aust, John Ross Schroeder
As reported by the Associated Press, Holocaust survivor and historian Randolph Braham stated Jan. 26, 2014, that he was "returning a high state award to Hungary to protest what he says are government efforts to rewrite history and exonerate the country from its role in the Holocaust" (Pablo Gorondi, "Holocaust Historian Returning Award to Hungary.")

Current Events & Trends: Symptoms of America's cultural darkness

  • by Jerold Aust, John Ross Schroeder
An incisive article late last year by longtime nationally syndicated American columnist Cal Thomas caught our attention—titled "Signs of National Decline are Everywhere This Holiday Season" in the Washington Examiner (Dec. 2, 2013) and, at FoxNews.com, "A Prescription for Decline—Worshipping the False Gods of Prosperity and Money" (Dec. 3).
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Current Events & Trends: Israel: A nation in dire peril

  • by Jerold Aust, John Ross Schroeder
The year 1948 saw the birth of the modern state of Israel, transforming a significant portion of the Jewish people from a scattered nation (a diaspora or dispersion) into a nation-state with real sovereignty.