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Vol. 47, No. 2
ISSN 0032·0420
February 1982
ARTICLES
Egypt After Sadat - How Peace Will Come to the Middle East
2
Hosni Mubarak-New Man at Egypt's Helm
5
What Do Churchgoers Believe? And Why?
7
Why the World Will Not Oisarm- Why There Will Be Peace
Anyway
10
How t o Avoid Bodily lnjury
15
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Why We Proclaim a Message About Government
18
Oíd Jesus Observe Lent?
21
Watch Francel
22
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The Plsin Truth-A
Look into the Future
26
What Was lt Like to Be the Brother of Jesus?
31
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False Conversionl
33
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1982- The Year of Violence?
39
FEATURES
Personal from Herbert W. Armstrong
What Our Readers Say
38
ABOUT OUR COVER
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Editor-in-Chief Herbert W. Armstrong met with Egypt's newPresident
Hosni Mubarak in Cairo last November 21 . Ouring their meeting, which was
reported by the Egyptian press, lhe two discussed the peace efforts of the late
President Sadat, recent events in the Middle East, and the overall problem of
attaining world peace.
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