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March—April 2014

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!

Who Was Jesus?

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!

The Captain of Our Salvation: Was Jesus Truly One of Us?

One of the most insidious heresies in the 2,000-year history of Christendom is that Jesus was not truly a human being and that He was not really tempted as we are. What is the truth?

Learning From Every Word of God

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?

How Was Jesus' Success in Remaining Sinless Assured?

So many promises and prophecies of Scripture depended on Jesus never sinning.

Do Prophecies About Jesus Prove He Was the Messiah?

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.

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

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?

Something Better Than Easter

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?

Jesus Christ's Resurrection: Our Hope of Life

What is the real significance of Jesus Christ's resurrection from the grave? What does it mean for you?

Where Does Easter Fit Into the Picture?

Are you missing out on the deeper meaning of Christ's resurrection?

A New Life Leading to Eternal Life

Sin is why God sent His Son to die for us. But because He lives again, we also can experience a very different new life!

Are You Ready to Change?

Would you like to change your life? Your Creator offers the ultimate change for the better - total transformation to the most rewarding life possible.

How Can You Experience the Power That Drives Transformation?

God reveals the way to the missing ingredient that can powerfully transform your life. Are you ready to tap into it?

Follow Me... Washing Away Pride

On the evening before He was captured and condemned, Jesus Christ left His followers with a profound example and lesson of service and humility.

Lessons from the Parables: "Well Done, Good and Faithful Servant"

Jesus Christ gave two parables, of the minas and the talents, that hold crucial lessons about what He expects us to do with what He's given us. Will we learn those lessons?

Christianity and Capitalism: Do They Go Together?

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?

Are You Doing the Most With What You Have?

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: Hitting the headlines: A world in turmoil

The last several months have seen some serious weather calamities, and the global political scene remains ever more troubling.

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

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: China enters the Caribbean

Older Americans well remember the Cuban missile crisis of 1962 when the Soviet Union tried to establish a nuclear military base in America's own backyard.

Current Events & Trends: Revising Holocaust history

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

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).

Current Events & Trends: Israel: A nation in dire peril

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.

Questions and Answers: In 1 Corinthians 11:26 - "for as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup"

Paul is speaking in 1 Corinthians 11 of the observance Jesus instituted on "the night in which He was betrayed" (1 Corinthians 11:23).

Questions and Answers: Acts 2:46 - "breaking bread from house to house"

Even today the expression "break bread" means to eat a meal.

Letters From Our Readers - March/April 2014

Readers of the Good News share their thoughts in the March/April 2014 issue.

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