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Vo. XLII , No. 6
June
1977
ARTICLES
ls Jesus God?
2
Part
3:
The True Facts of My Own Conversion
7
Part 2: Was the Resurrection a Hoax?
11
Entering the Age of Terror
15
Ooes God Still Answer Prayer?
19
A Tragic Lesson from Judges
23
Part
5:
A Tale of Two Prophets
24
The Cocaine Craze
30
The World's First Skin Diver Had Eight Legs
33
FEATURES
Personal from Herbert
W.
Armstrong
Worldwatch
4
What Our Readers Say
28
Questions
&
Answers
34
TV
Log
36
In Brief
39
Garner Ted Armstrong Speaks Out!
43
Update
44
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