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  • Letters0

    U.S. Mentioned in Revelation! As I read and reread your very thought-provoking article "Taking Liberty With Freedom," by Richard Moore, in your May/June 2002 issue. I couldn't help being reminded of the biblical prophecy of Revelation 13:11. Various interpreters of Bible prophecy have seen in the two horns of the lamblike beast America's outstanding characteristics

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  • Editorial-Religious Wars0

    My title should be an oxymoron. Most religions, based on the spiritual well-being and eternal security of the individual as they tend to be, decry the use of war and violence to advance secular security. Certainly Christianity, as it derives directly from the words and life of Jesus Christ, gives no allowance for religious war

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  • Committed to Liberty And Mission0

    The Seventh-day Adventist Church grew out of a national revival of prophetic interest that swept the United States in the early and mid-1840s. Very much in the Protestant continuum, the church has reached out and become a worldwide phenomenon, with almost 13 million members today–966,774 of them in the United States and Canada. From the

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  • A Place of Protest or Peace0

    Illustrations by David Klein Should the Roman Catholic Church be forced to allow hecklers or protesters in the plaza of St. Peter's Cathedral? Is it reasonable to expect a cloister to open its gardens to sunbathers? Cemeteries, courtyards, and gardens at religious sites are designed as oases of peace and reflection in a turbulent world.

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  • War And Peace0

    Illustrations by Sterling Hundley War talk is fashionable again in America. President Bush has alerted the nation that he intends to be rid of Iraq as an irritant in the Near East. Congress has endorsed that intent. Armaments are stockpiled in the region. Already anti-war protesters have marched. Pacifists have tried to dissuade the government

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  • Unlawful Assembly0

    Illustrations by Paul Vismara A Christian family living in the Soviet Union sometime in the mid-twentieth century gathers with a few close friends to take part in an illicit activity—Bible study and prayer. The door bursts open, and the KGB storms in. The frightened group is herded off for interrogation, possibly worse. This was a

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