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January 2006
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120 years of Signs of the Times!
Signs of the Times celebrates 120 years of continuous publication this month. Since 1886, things have changed (at least on paper), as Alan Holman, a former Signs artist and production manager, reveals.
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When Trouble Comes
When disasters and personal suffering hit, the question people ask is, where was God? Eric van Schoonhoven says there is an answer.
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Like Mother, Like Daughter
Daughters, our mothers influence us in a variety of ways. But have you ever considered it in respect to diet? Three mums and their daughters* shared their feelings about diet, food and body image with health and nutrition writer Kelly James-Enger.
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Neighbours to the World
George and Joan Eiszele of Tasmania understand what being a true neighbour means. Carole Stanton looks at this extraordinary couple.
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Scott Draper: On and off the court-and course
A champion tennis player who has beaten the odds and is now looking at now challenges. Rochelle Woods tells his remarkable story.
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Prague: Jewel of Europe
Harold Harker looks at the bloody history hidden behind the now benign facades of what most agree is Europe's most beautiful city.
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The View From Above
Perspective determines how we perceive things. When it comes to the "big picture" of history, God's viewpoint is the only accurate one, as Ross Chadwick explains.
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The World's Greatest Story
When God sent His son, Jesus, to Planet Earth, it was to save us, as Graeme Loftus explains. It's the best story ever-and you get to write the final chapter.
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Enforcing God's Law?
The battle between secularists and religionists has been joined in the courts of the US. At stake is the country's tradition of tolerance and freedom, writes John V Stevens.
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The Old and the New
"Come, let's talk this over! says the Lord; no matter how deep the stain of your sins, I can take it out and make you as clean as freshly fallen snow. Even if you are stained as red as crimson, I can make you white as wool!"
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Joys of Moving
Still working on upacking those last few boxes in the spare room? Linzi Aitken can sympathise as she reflects on the pain-and the joy-of moving house.
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SUPER duper POWER
Which is worse, tyranny or anarchy? It's a question central to the conduct of human affairs in the context of global terrorism. Robert Wolfgramm takes a look at the options.
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Creation, Evolution ... and Resolution
A lookat websites that support what many Christians believe as a traditional view of Creation
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Last-days Extremism
What warning did Jesus give concerning last-day deceptions?
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A Gout-Prevention Guide
A study of some 47,000 male health professionals has confirmed long-standing suspects-beer and red meat-as significant factors in increasing the risk of gout.
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A Mother's Emancipation
I feel like I'm a slave in my own house.
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Caffeine Alternative
Many find that caffeine drinks, including softdrinks laced with the drug, will keep them awake at night and make them twitchy
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Our Times: January-February 2006
A Russian scientist claims that a beating on the buttocks with a cane will cure everything from depression to alcoholism.