News and Prophecy Staff

New research reveals that pigs fed a diet of genetically modified (GMO) corn and soybeans had significant increases in stomach inflammation. GMO-fed females had more than twice the rate of inflammation than did non-GMO-fed females, while males had four times the rate of inflammation, with all other factors controlled (Reuters, June 11, 2013).

New archaeological research from Kent, England, shows people were traveling to and from Britain 1,000 years before Christ (The Times, June 5, 2013).

The Mother Church of the Anglican Communion, or Church of England, has become known for its increasing departure from tradition and Scripture itself. Last week, the Church took advantage of the “summer solstice to recruit new Christians to ‘pagan’ churches.

A new Australian marketing campaign shows a couple reviewing a fetal ultrasound and joyously receiving the news that their baby is a “lesbian” (TV Commercial). The commercial states that homosexuality is not a choice or the way one is raised, but that a person is “born that way.” The goal of the commercial is to make homosexuality appear normal and mainstream.

When the Cold War ended, Russia looked to establish new relations with the West. But it has since grown frustrated with Western foreign policy. “Russia is determined to veto any UN resolution… it fears that, as happened during the 1999 Kosovo crisis and the 2011 Libya showdown, the US and its Western allies would misinterpret these resolutions as a blank cheque to do as they please” (BBC News, June 19, 2013).