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World News and Prophecy: December 2004

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Nov. 2 A Sobering Lesson for Us All

  • by Melvin Rhodes
Election Day in the United States was a day of great significance around the world, but not just because of the election results.

Trade Winds Blow Canada Toward EU

  • by Graemme Marshall
Although inextricably linked with the United States by geography and economics, Canada has been increasingly voting and trading with Europe.

Governments Legislating Morality

  • by Cecil Maranville
Does the freedom of Western democracy license people to choose their own morality? Or can government legislate it? Actually, neither is true!

The Growing Menace of Gambling

  • by John Ross Schroeder
Compulsive gambling can and does destroy lives just like drug addiction and alcoholism. It is just one more sign of the moral decline currently gripping our Anglo-Saxon nations.

God's Mandate to America

  • by Darris McNeely
In light of President Bush's reelection, what should be the real focus of America's vision? What can we learn from the message God sent to Israel and Judah through the prophets? The message, or mandate, is radically different from what anyone really wants to consider.

Restoration: Another Brick in a New World

  • by Darris McNeely
I wonder when filmmakers will take a bold step away from sex and finally tell a story without major emphasis on the sexual preferences of the main characters. Maybe not in my lifetime, but I can always hope.
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Helen Keller sitting, holding a magnolia flower, circa 1920.

This Is the Way Walk in It: The Working Energy of Faith

  • by Robin Webber
Just over 60 years ago in wartime Holland, closeted away in a secret room, a young Jewish girl penned into her diary a startling entry of her present reality and future predictions of what it would take to create a better world.

Waves of Devastation and Disaster: What Do They Mean for You?

  • by John Ross Schroeder
As we struggle to come to terms with the worst earthquake in 40 years and the Indian Ocean tsunamis that followed in its wake, we should be asking important questions like "Where is God?" and "What spiritual lessons should we learn?"