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April 12, 2012 - Perspective on the News
Three hundred years before the birth of Christ, the Greek philosopher Aristotle had already outlined the fundamentals of democracy and revolution in his epic work titled, 'Politics'.
The Trial
February 18, 2011 - Witnessing Tools
Mankind is a mystery to the angels. The Bible says that God has charged them with ministering to men on this earth in this life with the understanding that men will judge them in the world to come.
Vol: 127 Issue: 14 - Saturday, April 14, 2012
Interesting Times
Now that Mitt Romney is more or less certainly the Republican nominee, America is in for a crash course on Mormonism -- the administration surrogates will make sure of that. Religion is off the table in presidential campaigns -- until somebody puts it on the table.
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Addictive
April 14, 2012 - Witnessing Tools
Rebecca Droeger
We all have them. Some of us have ones that are not as societally taboo as others, but we all have them. Whether it’s caffeine, chocolate, nicotine, food, soap operas, alcohol, pain killers, illegal drugs, sex, pornography, certain TV series or reality shows, exercise, sports, or even something as mundane as a particular video game, we have at least one we can name. Addictions.
The Tunguska Event
April 12, 2012 - Prophecy - Signs
J.L. Robb
There are some things that go bump in the night, and then there are those things that go BOOM in the night. The Tunguska Event was one of the latter.
Short Sheeted
April 11, 2012 - Prophecy - Signs
Wendy Wippel
Another major earthquake (this one 8.6 on the Richter scale) hit Indonesia this morning, and even the heathen realize there is something unusual going on. Satellite TV features prophecy nearly every night. Even GreenTV got into the act the other night. (That's a mystery to me.)
The Watchman and the Wall
April 10, 2012 - In Defense of the Faith
Pete Garcia
Ever had one of those conversations about the last days where it ends with the other believer saying, ''I don’t worry about that kind of stuff, I just know it will all pan out in the end?'' My all time favorite is when a clergyman tells me that he doesn’t preach on it, because it’s 'too divisive'.
Left Behind
April 09, 2012 - News From Around the World
Ed DeShields
There’s a shift emerging in the worldwide race for the ''what’s left portion'' of the world’s energy supply. Can America find the political will to harness its technology and vast energy reserves to get it growing again?
Obama vs. Putin
March 30, 2012 - Perspective on the News
Alf Cengia
I’m not a good chess player and I’ve only dabbled in one martial art for a brief period of time, never getting past my white belt. And I don’t know how to play poker at all. But one thing I do know about all these games and disciplines is that there are strong elements of strategy and competence involved in winning at them.
| Reuters Top News U.N. council approves deployment of monitors to Syria
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia and China joined the rest of the U.N. Security Council on Saturday to authorize the deployment of up to 30 unarmed observers to Syria to monitor the country's fragile ceasefire as called for by U.N.-Arab League mediator Kofi Annan. |
Obama likely paid higher tax rate than Romney in 2011
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama released tax forms on Friday that reveal he will probably pay a higher tax rate on much lower income than likely Republican opponent Mitt Romney in 2011, adding fuel to a Democratic election-year effort to raise taxes on the rich. |
IMF funds drive caught in global power shift
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tensions among some of the world's leading economies have boiled up over a plan to raise new resources for the International Monetary Fund to contain the euro zone debt crisis, and a quest by emerging economies to win more say in the global lender. |
China gives currency more freedom with new reform
BEIJING (Reuters) - China took a milestone step in turning the yuan into a global currency on Saturday by doubling the size of its trading band against the dollar, pushing through a crucial reform that further liberalizes its nascent financial markets. |
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