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Why "A Magazine of Understanding"?;
Printed as a subtitle on the cover of each issue of The Good News
are the words "A Magazine of Understanding." What does The Good News help
you understand?
by John Ross Schroeder
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We live in a dynamic information age driven by technological innovations such as E-mail, endless Web sites and the digital revolution. Hundreds of radio and television stations are beamed or wired into our homes daily.
The appetite for information seems insatiable. Magazines routinely run articles on how to deal with a continuous barrage of detailed information.
Richard Saul Wurman, in his book Information Anxiety, summed up the situation: "The information explosion has backfired, leaving us inundated with facts, but starved for understanding" (1991, cover note).
Could it be that the more information we have access to the less knowledge we absorb?
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Helps in Understanding the Bible American professor E.D. Hirsch Jr. grasped the nature of our knowledge problem. He wrote in the preface to his book Cultural Literacy: "To be culturally literate is to possess the basic information needed to thrive in the modern world." But beyond knowing how to survive in a material sense, we yearn for spiritual understanding and insight into the understanding only God Himself can impart (Colossians 1:9). Without a spiritual foundation, our natural understanding falls short of showing us how to live fulfilled, abundant lives now-and forever in the Kingdom of God. To help our readers in their search for the
spiritual understanding contained in the Bible, the United Church of God has published
a variety of bookles - all free - including How to Understand the Bible.
Also, for those who would like to study God's Word in an organized, structured
manner, we publish a 12-lesson monthly
Bible Study Course
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