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Vol. XLIII , No.
10
ISSN
0032-0420
December 1978
ARTICLES
Part One: This ls the Worldwide Church of God
2
God and the Astronomers
4
Part Tw{): The United States and Britain in Prophecy
7
Dramatic Changas Sweep the World Scene
15
What's Wrong With Prosperity?
22
·- " These Are the Appointed Feasts ..."
28
lcon Supreme?-The Shroud of Turin
31
Part 4: David-A Man After God 's Own Heart
36
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