The Philadelphia Trumpet Magazine, Aug/Sept 2007

TRUMPET MAGAZINE, AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2007

WORLD Flash Floods, Scorched Earth Erratic weather plagues much of the world and has many looking for answers. Why the deluge of curses and drought of blessings? WORLD From the Editor: Jerusalem: Why the Miracles Have Ceased SCIENCE Race for the God Particle As scientists run their biggest race, the U.S. falls hopelessly behind Europe. Why the Hamas Victory Won’t Last Hamas’s coup in the Gaza Strip was the move of a short-sighted, overreaching power that is about to ignite a world war—and then perish in it. • Sidebar: Egypt’s Radicals to Rise • Sidebar: Iran Threatens to Strike Back at U.S. Why Britain Booted Blair … and what to expect from the UK’s new prime minister Russo-German Pact Imminent Sometimes appearances can be deceiving. Current tensions between Russia and Germany, far from forging a geopolitical split between the two, are setting the scene for an alliance. • Sidebar: Face-off Over Kosovo LIVING How to Select Toys for Your Children Toys play a major role in the life of any child. How do you select the right ones? SOCIETY The End of American Crime Where today’s surge in violent crime is leading— and where it will stop! Commentary: The Golden Years Reflections on a life RELIGION Coming Soon: One Pure Language The solution to the linguistic and cultural confusion that divides our world BOOK EXCERPT Deathbed Repentance (Part 11) In his book Raising the Ruins, now available in bookstores, Trumpet executive editor Stephen Flurry exposes the reality of what happened to the Worldwide Church of God. Here is the eleventh chapter.