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Vol. XLII , No. 5
May 1977
ARTICLES
Part 2: The True Fac ts of My Own Conversion
How Ameri ca ls Losing World War
111
Raising Children of Goodwill
The Nuclear Family- Will lt Survive the 20th Century?
Part
1:
Was the Resurrection a Hoax?
Friday or Wednesday?
Organizad Religion- Who Needs lt?
Ambassador College Today
Part 4: A Tale of Two Prophets
Saint or Sinner? Appearances Can Be Deceiving
The Bible and the Dinosaur World
Disaster-Movie Mania
FEATURES
Personal from Herbert W. Armstrong
In Brief
Quest ions
&
Answers
TV Log
Garner Ted Armstrong Speaks Out!
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Articles featured this month include:
" How America ls Losing World War
111"
(beginning on page 4); "The Nuclear Family–
Will lt Survive the 20th Century?" (beginning on
page 10); " Ambassador College Today" (page 25);
"Disaster-Movie Manía" (page 38).
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