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magazine of understonding
Vol. XLII, No. 4
April 1977
ARTICLES
Conversion-Sudden Experience or Lifelong Process?
Weather in Chaos-What lt Means
Can Africa's Armageddon Be Averted?
The Real Reason Behind the W>rldwide Wave of
Crime and Violence
When Mothers Burn Out
New Archaeological Discovery llluminates the Past
The Wonders of Creation-Chance or Design?
Part 3: A Tale of Two Prophets
Why Not the Sabbath?
The Rebirth of the " Born-Again " Movement
Easter Funnies
Can We Afford To Write Off the Human Race?
FEATURES
Personal from Herbert W. Armstrong
TV-Radio Log
In Brief
Garner Ted Armstrong Speaks Out!
What Our Readers Say
Why Not?
ABOUT OUR COVER
Wonders of design (clockwise from bottom left):
artistry of a spider's web; kaleidoscopic color
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