Fasting A way to stay close to God	An insert that was included in an old Good News magazine presented the following information regarding fasting. Because we are coming up to the Day of Atonement soon, this information should be of value to you. Here is the insert as it appeared...
Christmas or God's Holy Days. Which Should You Observe?	Most people understand that Christmas is pagan in origin. Five minutes in an encyclopedia will turn up statements such as this: "One of the most well-known festivals of ancient Rome was the Saturnalia, a winter festival celebrated from December 17-24. Because it was a time of wild merry-making and domestic celebrations, businesses, schools, and law courts were closed so that the public could feast, dance, gamble, and generally enjoy itself to the fullest. December 25, the birthday of Mithra, the Iranian god of light and the contract and the day devoted to the invisible sun, as well as the day after the Saturnalia, was adopted by the church as Christmas, the nativity of Christ, to counteract the effects of these festivals." THE NEW ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA 15th edition volume 7 page 202
Antiochus Epiphanes: Forerunner of Trouble to Come	The Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana wrote, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” No doubt you have heard it said that “history repeats itself.” What does this mean? Often, patterns of history play out time and again as the centuries and millennia pass. The reason for this is that human nature remains essentially the same. Leaders tend to make similar decisions again and again, from generation to generation. There is value in understanding this principle because such understanding can help us comprehend what is going to happen in the future.
How the Sexual Revolution Has Destroyed America	Why is it we end up misusing or perverting the good things God gives to us? God gives us beautiful rivers and lakes. We pollute them. God gives us marriage and family. We divorce, rip our families apart, and in the process leave our kids without stability and the parenting they need. God gives us the wonderful blessing of producing children, and we abort them or leave them to strangers to rear in daycare centers.
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS Are they written on your heart?	On Friday, August 22, 2003, Judge Roy Moore, the chief justice of the Alabama state supreme court, was suspended for his refusal to obey a federal court order to remove a monument of the Ten Commandments from the rotunda of the Alabama courthouse.
WILL GOD BLESS THE EUROPEAN UNION?	May 1, 2004 brought ten more nations under the flag of the European Union. With great ceremony Europe opened its arms to a reunification effort that brings Europe’s old wounds new healing. Stability along with economic prosperity ride on the wings of the induction of ten new nations into the Union, and hope along with certain trepidations have been rekindled on the European continent. Now 25 nations will fly the blue and gold flag bearing the EU’s twelve stars, and more countries look on with hope that they will be the next to be initiated. Is it the destiny of Europe to succeed in its endeavor to unify, under one flag, countries from a continent that is no longer certain where its borders lie?
GOD’S TRUE CHURCH – What is it, Where is it?	When it comes to religion, the world’s landscape is littered with thousands of churches, all claiming to be the harbingers of the true faith. No matter the culture, it would be difficult to find a people stripped entirely of religion. Even communism has not been able to stamp out the shrines that mark the Buddhist or Taoist faiths in China. While touring in Xian, China you can even visit a museum dedicated to Christian Sabbath keepers. It would be interesting to stand above the earth and just listen to the cacophony of bells, chimes, and choirs all sending up music to praise God. How many of these would God be listening to?
CALCULATION OF PENTECOST	One subject God's Church has most recently been re-examining is the calculation of the annual Holy Day of Pentecost. A committee of our best researchers and scholars at Pasadena Headquarters was appointed to reexamine for me this subject in depth. Their researches have produced new facts. These new facts I have personally examined with extreme care. I give you, in this letter, the result of this reexamination.
"The WONDERFUL WORLD TOMORROW" A WORLDWIDE BROADCAST	Time is flying! The world is plunging ahead to its self-imposed DOOM! Circumstances that were not even thought of a few short years ago are surfacing in our nation. This year the ten commandments were all but thrust out. Now, acceptance of gay “marriage” is being forced on our citizenry. This downward plunge will not stop, it will only escalate.
PRAYER Can Help Solve Your Problems!	Many spend hours in prayer with no apparent results. Troubles seem to continue to mount. Why? Here is the surprising answer from a minister in God’s church.
How YOU can OVERCOME	I feel I must have a real heart-to-heart talk with my family of readers and co-workers, sharing with you thoughts that came to my mind. It concerns the most important thing in life and eternity for you. But at the moment, I was thinking about myself.