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Vol. 44, No. 10
ISSN 0032·0420
Oecember 1979
ARTICLES
- What ls the True Gospel?
2
Behind the Pope' s Historie Visit to America
5
The Arab World in Prophecy
7
Ten Reasons Why
1
Oon't Keep Christmas
14
Where Will Christians Rule?
19
Were the Ten Commandments in Force Before Moses?
22
Are All Ten Commandments in the New Testament?
25
Even the Gospel Polluted?
28
An Open Letter ... On the lnternational Year of the Child
34
FEATURES
Personal From Herbert W. Armstrong
" The World Tomorrow" Radio and TV Logs
32
Letters: Orchids
&
Onions
45
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On a whirlwind tour of the United States during the first week of October, Pope
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his emerging role as lhe world's "moral spokesman." read the article beginning on
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