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Too Many Nukes!

  1. 29th June 2018
  2. News and Prophecy Staff

In a recently published study, researchers determined that the detonation of just 100 nuclear warheads by one country would cause catastrophic damage, including widespread food shortages on the other side of the globe (Telegraph, June 13, 2018). Such an event would also bring significant blowback and destruction on the nation that launched the weapons. One...

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And Now—Disease X

  1. 25th June 2018
  2. News and Prophecy Staff

Public health officials are preparing for what they call “Disease X”—a hypothetical disease that would be virulent and infectious, with the potential to become a pandemic (a worldwide epidemic) and kill large numbers of people (The Economist, March 23, 2018). This disease might be manmade, a brand-new disease or a genetic variant of an existing disease.

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A Coming Universal Church?

  1. 22nd June 2018
  2. News and Prophecy Staff

This week Pope Francis made a highly anticipated visit to the World Council of Churches (WCC) headquarters in Geneva. In an earlier interview, Evangelical pastor Martin Robra, a senior WCC official, commented, “[I]t looks as if we have reached a new spring with Pope Francis and his initiatives” (Vatican News, May 31, 2018). He stated further that “there is so...

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Death by Plastic!

  1. 18th June 2018
  2. News and Prophecy Staff

a beach strewn with plastic garbage The amount of plastic waste in our environment is skyrocketing worldwide, and it is having a devastating impact. In Thailand, a pilot whale recently died “after swallowing more than 80 plastic bags” (The Guardian, June 2, 2018). Experts estimate that over 100,000 marine animals die each year as a result of plastic ingestion.

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Is America Pushing Europe Together?

  1. 15th June 2018
  2. News and Prophecy Staff

two people with stars and stripes pushing two giant puzzle pieces together that make up the EU flag While commentators in the media and government debate the consequences of rapidly developing world events, Bible prophecies provide unique insights about the future that are missing from these discussions. The Bible predicts the rise of a European “beast” power at the end of the age. This “beast” will be a political and religiously supported entity that will...

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Unthankfulness Is the Norm

  1. 11th June 2018
  2. News and Prophecy Staff

man and woman arguing Have you noticed that in today’s fast-paced and self-centered society, few people take time to say “thank you” or show appreciation? Others have noticed as well. Recent research based on recordings of more than 1,000 conversations in eight languages revealed that very few people express appreciation when others help them out.

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Human Attempts at Peace

  1. 08th June 2018
  2. News and Prophecy Staff

collage of war scenes and a dove of peace in the crosshairs We live in the twenty-first century—nearly 29 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall—and nations are moving away from democratic governments and reverting to hardline leaders with dictatorial and tyrannical tendencies (Washington Post, March 20, 2018).

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Freedom from Bondage?

  1. 04th June 2018
  2. News and Prophecy Staff

Women the world over are choosing career over family, encouraged by the ideas that women should live for themselves and avoid the bondage of marriage and family—or at least delay it! This trend is contributing to decreasing fertility rates around the globe—often to below replacement levels.

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Sweden Prepares for War

  1. 01st June 2018
  2. News and Prophecy Staff

For the first time in more than 50 years, Sweden will send war-preparation packets to their entire population of 4.8 million households (The Guardian, May 21, 2018).

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Unity in Asia?

  1. 28th May 2018
  2. News and Prophecy Staff

America’s involvement on the Korean peninsula could have unforeseen consequences. “In the first trilateral talks since 2015, the leaders of China, Japan and South Korea sent a powerful message of unity in the push to get North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons” (Deutsche Welle, May 9, 2018). During their talks, the three discussed a “free trade” pact between...

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