Dear Readers,

What a hectic, nerve-jangling couple of months we have been witnessing! The monumental presidential election has almost been outshined by the stunning economic crisis that has the experts and common man alike wondering where this is ultimately heading.

A lot of people are waking up to the fact that we were seduced by the ultimate "buy now, pay later!" approach to economics, and that the good times we've been enjoying have a high price tag!

For years articles in The Good News have been ringing the warning bell about the coming economic disaster, and now it's here. If you go to our Web site www.gnmagazine.org and type into the search box the word "economy," you will see a long list of past articles where we have continually predicted the events we are now seeing.

We're not brilliant; we're not economists; world leaders aren't calling our office asking for advice. We simply looked at the Bible, saw what God says, compared the historical records and drew conclusions based on understanding human nature and the laws of cause and effect.

The critics are right when they tell us, "Well, that's not good news!" But they're also missing the point—good news does lie ahead, but only with God's intervening in world affairs through Christ's returning soon to this earth to establish His government and Kingdom! And further good news is that God has a way of life for us to live now. You and I can't change the world economy, but we can change our lives to realign with God's intent, and that will insure blessings and security in the future!

Someone asked me recently, "Is the economic crisis the beginning of the end for the United States?" I responded, "No. The beginning of the end began a long time ago! This is certainly another warning, though, another 'shot across the bow' telling the United States—and the entire world, for that matter—that we cannot continue to run our lives based on greed, deficit spending, war and fighting, etc., without paying the price." Will we learn that lesson? It's the economy now. What prices will we have to pay in the future for our moral and spiritual sins?

While good news lies in the future, we would be indeed blind fools to not see bad news on the near horizon if we continue to ignore God and choose paths of our own devising!

I hope, dear readers, that you are carefully and soberly watching the world events around us, as Jesus Christ told us to do. I urge you to not get caught up in the falsehoods of this world—false values, false senses of security, false teachings of any kind. There are plenty of false teachings about the Bible itself, but when you open it up and read for yourself what God really has to say, you will find that His Word is tried and true, and it has stood the test of time!

Before closing I want to point out that on Nov. 10 we initiated a brand-new aspect of our work, a daily video commentary on world news and trends. You've probably seen it already on www.gnmagazine.org (and it's also posted daily on YouTube), but if not, take a look and let us know what you think. Let your friends and family know about it as well. It only takes two to four minutes a day to get a different point of view, a biblical perspective on what's happening in our world!

Until next time, may God be with you,

Clyde Kilough
President
United Church of God

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