by Mike Bennett September 20, 2012 • 5 minute read
This week a group of 11 foreign ministers, capping nine months of work, presented their plan for strengthening the integration of Europe, perhaps including an EU army. A crisis is a terrible...
by Mike Bennett September 18, 2012 • 4 minute read
Will a massive show of force in the Persian Gulf deter Iranian plans or create more dangers? Consider these recent news items. As a follow-up to our posts “Strait of Hormuz: A...
by Mike Bennett September 13, 2012 • 4 minute read
Diplomats have valiantly tried to protect American interests in troubled areas. The anti-American attack in Libya shows the failure of these efforts. The killing of U.S. Ambassador...
by Lori Bryant McEachern September 11, 2012 • 6 minute read
As the one-year anniversary of my husband’s death approaches, I realize I have learned many painful lessons. Here’s what I’m learning about hope. In the last year since my...
by Mike Bennett September 6, 2012 • 4 minute read
Tiny islands have become the focus of heated disputes between Asian countries great and small. What might it mean for the United States and the world? Over recent weeks, long-simmering...
by Mike Bennett September 5, 2012 • 5 minute read
Youth unemployment is reaching record levels around the world. Is the seemingly hopeless situation creating a lost generation and sowing the seeds of more unrest? The 2008-2009 economic...
by Mike Bennett September 5, 2012 • 37 second read
Today's Wall Street Journal reports: "Urgent action is needed to ensure rising world food prices don't turn into a catastrophe, the United Nations said Tuesday, but it cautioned that panic...
by Ella Mae Tyrkalo September 5, 2012 • 3 minute read
We can give verbal gifts of encouragement in many different ways. Perhaps these thoughts from little children and from the Bible will help. I was recently looking through some books in my...
by Joel Meeker August 27, 2012 • 5 minute read
Beloit College’s Mindset List provides another indication that America is moving further from God and the Bible. What can we do to stop the slide? Each year a much-watched list created...
by Adam Sanders August 26, 2012 • 4 minute read
Sometimes it seems like God is not listening. But communication is a two-way street. Have we checked our end of the connection? With widespread problems blanketing the world, many wonder: Is...
by Jim Haeffele August 23, 2012 • 4 minute read
Is Israel about to make a preemptive strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities? If so, what will that mean to the Middle East region and to the world? When Israel became a nation in 1948,...
by Nancy Diraison August 22, 2012 • 3 minute read
Will God provide only for our needs, but not for our wants or desires? Should we only pray about our needs and no more? Does God care about small things? Sometimes when we are going through...