Table of Contents

December 1, 2011

Natural Disasters​—Punishment From God?

FROM OUR COVER

3 Is God Punishing Us?

4 Natural Disasters​—Why So Many?

6 Coping With Natural Disasters

8 No More Disasters!

REGULAR FEATURES

10 Our Readers Ask . . .

14 A Letter From Norway

16 Learn From God’s Word​—How Can We Choose Good Friends?

22 Did You Know?

26 Draw Close to God​—“Holy, Holy, Holy Is Jehovah”

30 Teach Your Children​—They Were Called “Sons of Thunder”

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

11 Who Can Interpret Prophecy?

18 The Divine Name and Alfonso de Zamora’s Quest for Textual Accuracy

23 “A Time to Love and a Time to Hate”

27 I Wanted to Be Like Jephthah’s Daughter