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Good News Magazine: November - December 2005

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In This Issue

Great Storms Foretold?

  • by Scott Ashley
With so many high intensity storms recently, can we look to the Bible for their meaning?
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The Day the World Ended: Lessons From Pompeii

  • by Scott Ashley
Pompeii's ruins tell a stark and heartrending story. One day Pompeii was a thriving, lively city; the next it was a steaming mound of smoldering volcanic ash. Does Pompeii's tragic tale hold lessons for us today?
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Is God Indifferent to Human Suffering?

  • by Roger Foster
If God is all-powerful, He could easily prevent disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, tornadoes, floods, droughts and volcanic eruptions. But He lets them happen. Why?
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a man lifting a slat on the set of blinds on a window to look outside

When God Doesn't Make Sense

  • by Gary Petty
Why does God allow children to get cancer? Why does He allow innocent people to be murdered in drive-by shootings? Why are good people sometimes killed in car accidents? Why doesn't God always answer prayers? Why can it seem that God is ignoring us when we're trapped in the pit of despair? What do we do when God just doesn't seem to make sense?
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Why Some Christians Don't Celebrate Christmas

Why Some Christians Don't Celebrate Christmas

  • by Jerold Aust
Many feel that Christmas marks Christ's birthday and that it honors Him. After all, can 2 billion professing Christians be wrong? At the same time, some few Christians don't observe Christmas, believing that Jesus didn't sanction it and that it dishonors Him. Who is right—and why?