How would you feel if someone aimed a loaded weapon at your children? And yet, in the interests of more than 700 billion dollars worth of annual purchases, many industries are doing just that: loading the barrels of their marketing campaigns with whatever ammunition they can. Their targets: the minds and impulses of children—and if you think it’s just about money, you’re only partly right.
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26th October 2013, 30th October 2021
A friend of mine told me once that he did not feel comfortable celebrating Halloween, even though he enjoyed attending a “harvest festival” his church held each year on the evening of October 31.
So, what is Halloween to Christians, if anything? What is the origin of the holiday? Is it merely a harvest festival? Should Christians celebrate this holiday, either as a harvest festival or as something else entirely?
The name Halloween is an Old English term for All Hallows, meaning “mass-...
Magazine Articles
2014 November-December
From the beginning of mankind’s history, we have not liked rules. And we often deceive ourselves, not by saying a rule is bad, but by convincing ourselves that we are an exception to the rule.
Magazine Articles
2018 March-April
This past year, I had the opportunity to team up with the Northeast Regional Pastor of the Living Church of God, Jonathan McNair, to give a live Tomorrow’s World presentation in Manhattan, New York. These presentations are opportunities for our subscribers, such as you, to personally meet our television presenters, writers and a Living Church of God minister who serves in your area. We discuss trends in world news as they relate to Bible prophecy, and we normally have a follow-up for...
Magazine Articles
2017 March-April
The facts of history and the record of God’s Word make it clear that Europe has been used by God in a very special way to advance the fulfillment of prophecy.
Magazine Articles
2021 July
Many claim we need to return to the religious values of our past to restore sanity to our decaying culture. But what if that isn’t enough? What if those values are not what they seem?
Magazine Articles
2011 May-June
Most professing Christian churches today believe they are following the instructions of Jesus to "go into all the world and preach the gospel" (Mark 16:15). Many sincere efforts have been made to preach a nice-sounding message that God loves everyone, Jesus died to save sinners and that by accepting Jesus as your Savior you will go to heaven. However, what most professing Christians do not realize is that they have accepted a different gospel than Jesus and the Apostles proclaimed!
Magazine Articles
2015 May-June
For most young people today, church and religion has little importance in daily life. Compared to school, social media, popular entertainment, sports and other diversions, church is neither attractive nor relevant.
Magazine Articles
2022 February
Many wonder: What are the four horsemen of the apocalypse? Who—or what—do they represent? The Bible reveals that they are actually forces at work in the world right now, and the first rider on a white horse is not Jesus Christ the returning King! In fact, the Messiah gives us the real answer, Himself.
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2004 November-December
Nearly everyone wants to know what the future holds, yet it is widely believed that no one can accurately predict the future. The God of the Bible, however, boldly states: "I am God, and there is none like Me.