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I just had to write and tell you how much I truly appreciate this latest Good News. It speaks so much to things that have been on my mind this past year. One of the things I try never to forget is that 30 years ago I could see that the state of the world was looking pretty bad, and God stepped in and gave me hope.
Things are much worse today than they were 30 years ago. My 14-year-old granddaughter doesn’t know what it is like to go out in our backyard by herself because we always tell her to take one of the dogs out with her. This issue of The Good News really speaks to the times in which we are living in and what we need to be focused on. I can only say thanks to all who were involved in putting together such an excellent issue.
B.S., Cleveland, Ohio
Do you have the article "Is Christmas Really Merry?" in Spanish? The Lord spoke to my husband and me through your literature, and so we brought this article to our pastor. Our church was to celebrate Christmas, but through prayer the Lord spoke to our pastor and the celebration was canceled.
M.P., Kissimmee, Florida
We publish a Spanish edition of The Good News, and although
it is a condensed version, the article was included. We are sending
you a copy.
Thank you so much for your wonderful article "How to Battle Depression." As someone who has suffered bouts of depression since I was 16 years old (I am now 59), this is the best advice on depression I have ever encountered. It grabbed my attention immediately, and I have been practicing your advice ever since I read it. I am now learning not to look so much in the rearview mirror. Knowing that God forgives our sins takes a burden off me, too. Our hope is in God and Jesus Christ. Thank you again for your down-to-earth articles.
J.S., Hopkins, Minnesota
I love reading your material. I receive The Good News, Vertical Thought and World News and Prophecy, as well as receiving your booklets I’ve ordered. (I also view your TV program Beyond Today on Sunday mornings.) They are all excellent reading material. They are much better than reading the newspapers. I love reading your material so much that I feel that I should at least help with the printing and the postage. Enclosed please find a check for your hard work. Please don’t stop!
A.B., Ephrata, Pennsylvania
I acknowledge with heartfelt thanks the receipt of your valuable booklets The Middle East in Bible Prophecy, Managing Your Finances and Marriage and Family: The Missing Dimension. These three booklets are really informative and thought-provoking. I relish reading them to widen my knowledge in many disciplines. I am a lawyer by profession in the eastern part of Sri Lanka, which has just returned to normalcy after a period of internecine and destructive warfare between the government and the LTTE [Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]. So reading the booklets and The Good News is really a solace to the peace-loving souls of our region.
A.U., Sri Lanka
It gives me great pleasure to finally write to you and let you know how grateful I am to be receiving your free booklets. They have shown me many things that I had not known before. Now I know what the love of God is like. I pray every morning and night and ask Him to help me accomplish my goals and be a better person. I also ask God to help my son grow up to be an honest and good person.
D.S., Grenada, West Indies
There are six of us who are currently doing your Bible Study Course. I copy it, and we have a group study together. It is a great study, easy to understand and learn from. Thank you for giving us access to it.
Reader from Victoria, Australia
Can I please renew my Bible Study Course? I have always intended to read the Bible, but I never got around to it until I started reading your booklets about 12 months ago. You reference everything back to the Bible. I have made a small library of your booklets, and I really enjoy them.
Reader from Queensland, Australia
Many thanks for the copies of The Good News, but I find your idolatrous attitude to the King James Version worrying. The KJV is only one (not very good) translation of the Jewish and Christian Bible.
D.M.H., Sligeach, Republic of Ireland
Please read the first two articles in this issue. They may give you an appreciation of the historical value and lasting legacy of the King James Bible. "What’s the Difference Between Various Bible Versions?" explains why The Good News usually quotes from the more modern New King James Version.
I have been reading the booklets I have requested for some time now and they have been a blessing to me. Over the past two years I have been keeping the seventh-day Sabbath and have stopped eating unclean meats. I have also been observing the Feast days and appointed times. Your booklets clearly state that we should obey God. Please accept this check as a thank you.
S.R., Collegeville, Pennsylvania
Gentlemen, I am a World War II veteran. I have been through the Great Depression and hard times beyond. I still have faith in my Creator, and above all, I try to live by His Word, as difficult as that sometimes is. Your statements carry a tone of deep faith. I hope to gain the right path of knowledge from your material. I am so thankful for the gift of life I have been given.
B.H., Roseville, Michigan
I have been thoroughly enjoying each and every issue of The Good News. I have ordered and received virtually all of your booklets as well. The truth of the Bible and what we have all been led to accept as "gospel" are two different things altogether. I am enclosing a check to pay our tithes. And I hope it helps people like me to be able to learn and understand the Bible, our Heavenly Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Thank you so much, for you have helped to truly enlighten Christians all over the world.
D.C., Vail, Arizona
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