The average American family is drowning in debt. It would be wonderful to believe that Christians were immune from operating their udgets in the red. Unfortunately, surveys indicate that we are in as much trouble as anyone else. In this article, you'll discover how to find freedom from debt in a biblical way.

For many Christians, God is a great big policeman up in the sky, watching and waiting to see them doing something wrong so He can punish you. But Pastor Doug shows that God is really so much more than this and that He came to give us abundant life. Learn to see God how He really is.

By Doug Batchelor

An Amazing Fact: Tests show that after drinking three bottles of beer, there is an average of 13 percent net memory loss. After taking only small quantities of alcohol, trained typists were tested and their errors increased 40 percent. Only one ounce of alcohol increases the time required to make a decision by nearly 10 percent; hinders muscular reaction by 17 percent; increases errors due to lack of attention by 35 percent by and 60 percent due to lack of muscular coordination. -Paul Harvey

Is it biblically permissible for a Christian to drink alcohol?

If so, how much? This controversial subject has evoked many passionate opinions among Christians...

A multi-faceted evangelistic effort throughout the Philippine Islands netted glorious results, with 10,774 individuals baptized in just two months. The first phase of the program began with thousands of Filipino Christians studying Amazing Facts Bible lessons with their friends and neighbors.

The reaping phase began on Sabbath, April 21, in a maximum-security prison in Muntinlupa City, which is about an hour from Manila. Several thousand inmates and their families were allowed to attend a Sabbathkeeping church located on the prison property in order to hear Pastor Doug Batchelor tell his life story.

The inmates were shocked to hear this man of God confess that he had once been a drug user, a thief, and a prisoner like themselves.

By Doug Batchelor

An Amazing Fact: Monkey trappers in North Africa have a clever method of catching their prey. They fill a number of gourds with nuts and chain them firmly to a tree. Each has a hole just large enough to allow an unsuspecting monkey to stick his hand inside the hollowed-out gourd. When the hungry animal discovers this hole and the treasure waiting inside, he quickly grabs a handful of nuts. However, the hole is too small for him to withdraw his bulging, clenched fist. And he doesn't have enough sense to open up his hand and release the deceptive booty in order to escape, so he is easily taken captive.

The tendency to cling tenaciously to tempting treasure plagues unsuspecting humans and monkeys alike...