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World News and Prophecy: March - April 2008

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In Brief... Is a World Recession Now Possible?

  • by John Ross Schroeder
Recent headlines and dropheads (directly under those headlines) in USA Today are not encouraging. For instance: "Inflation, Falling Home Prices Fuel Anxiety. Home sales decline again; prices tumble as inventories swell; reports add to case that US is at the brink of a recession."

In Brief... Changing Face of Religion in America

  • by John Ross Schroeder
Said a feature article in USA Today, "The U.S. Religious Landscape Survey released today by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, documents new peaks, deepening valleys and fast-running rivers of change in American religion" (Feb. 26, 2008).

In Brief... Worldwide Shift From Country to City

  • by John Ross Schroeder
The United Nations recently declared that for the first time in history, "More people in the world live in the town than in the country" (Charles Moore, The Spectator, Feb. 23, 2008).
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Should the West Encourage German Military Expansion?

  • by John Ross Schroeder
Adverse security circumstances have caused the United States, the United Kingdom and other Western countries to pressure Germany into taking a more active military role in Afghanistan and other theaters of conflict. But what are the potential consequences from a biblical/historical perspective?
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Coping With the Current Housing Crisis

  • by Melvin Rhodes
Last year was the worst year for U.S. foreclosures since 1932, at the height of the Great Depression. And 2008 looks set to be even worse. The economy may be in trouble, but there are steps you can take to prepare for the coming downturn.

What Manner of Person Should You Be?

  • by Darris McNeely
Why are you interested in prophecy? Is your goal to decipher all the obscure biblical prophecies that await fulfillment? Be careful. God's purpose for prophecy may be different than yours.

In Brief... One Dreadful Week in America

  • by John Ross Schroeder
It could be argued by secular observers that there is nothing at all we can do about destructive, death-dealing tornadoes (killing 59 in the South), but most disturbing of all is human anger completely out of control.

Restoration: Broken Cisterns

  • by Darris McNeely
Nearly half of adults are moving from one faith to another, from one denomination to another in search of something they find missing from religion.
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This is the Way Walk in It: How Long, O Lord?

  • by Robin Webber
God's plan for our lives doesn't follow the pattern of "five more minutes and we're there." We cannot necessarily expect to receive this type of response, either to the trials that we face now or to the challenges the saints will experience as the book of Revelation crescendos to its literal fulfillment.