News from The Kingdom

Archive for the ‘World News Today’ Category

The New Mundial Superpower.

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

Bible prophecy shows the United States will not be the world’s preeminent power indefinitely. A new superpower is rising to challenge the United States and the other English-speaking nations.

For over 60 years, since the end of World War II, the United States has been the world’s preeminent power. For four decades it had a rival, the Soviet Union. But since the fall of communism there has been only one global superpower. Nations have risen and fallen throughout history. The United States is no exception. Eventually, inevitably, America will lose its supremacy, just as the British lost theirs to the United States. (more…)

Why the fascination with the end of the world?

Monday, September 8th, 2008

Artists impression of asteroid hitting earth, placard and mushroom cloud from French nuclear test

By Finlo Rohrer
BBC News Magazine 12:32 GMT, Monday, 8 September 2008 13:32 UK

A huge particle accelerator experiment is about to start and a tiny group of people believe it could spell the end of the world. But why are we so obsessed with the possibility of apocalypse?

The world will end. That much is a certainty. But it may not be soon. And in all probability it will not come to a shuddering, fiery, boiling, cataclysmic end on Wednesday this week. (more…)

Healing our Broken Society.

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

On July 7, British Conservative party leader David Cameron spoke about morality makes a lot of sense. He stated: “We have seen a decades-long erosion of responsibility, of social virtue, of self-discipline, respect for others…Instead we prefer moral neutrality, a refusal to make judgments about what is good and bad behaviour, right and wrong behaviour.

“Bad. Good. Right. Wrong. These are words that our political system and our public sector scarcely use anymore…Refusing to use these words—right and wrong—means a denial of personal responsibility and the concept of moral choice…There is a danger of becoming quite literally a de-moralized society, where nobody will tell the truth anymore about what is good and bad, right and wrong. (more…)

Take an Action!

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

LOS ANGELES (August 6, 2008) – The Parents Television Council™ called out CBS today for yet another airing of an unedited “F-word” – the latest instance being on last night’s broadcast of the show “Big Brother.” The program aired at 9:00 pm in the Eastern and Pacific time zones and during the 8:00 pm hour in the Central and Mountain time zones. During last night’s broadcast, a woman named Libra was arguing with a man and said: “Memphis was in the f***ing room!” (more…)

There Goes Blair Again…

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

Blair charms France’s ruling party amid talk of EU top job

Blair, who stepped down as British prime minister in June, told nearly 3,000 delegates that Europe “is not about left or right”, in a speech sprinkled with humour, drawing laughter and hearty applause. (more…)