Every December, hundreds of millions of people begin to talk of “Peace on earth, good will toward men.” They say they are followers of the “Prince of Peace”—Jesus Christ. But what do they do about it?

We live in an era when viewing the universe is possible through much more than an inspiring look into the dark, nighttime sky. Tools such as the Hubble Space Telescope have brought to our earthbound eyes images of worlds, galaxies and nebulae—awe-inspiring vistas reminding us that the universe our Father has created is truly a vast expanse of variety and wonder!

From the beginning of mankind’s history, we have not liked rules. And we often deceive ourselves, not by saying a rule is bad, but by convincing ourselves that we are an exception to the rule.

While world attention has focused on the civil war in Ukraine, the armed struggle between Israelis and Hamas in Gaza, the declaration of an Islamic Caliphate in Syria-Iraq and the expansive actions of China in the South China Sea, prophetically significant events are occurring in Europe.