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The Good News
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1951-1959
1951
-Here's GOOD NEWS!
-How to be an OVERCOMER
-AMBASSADOR COLLEGE Graduate School of Theology
-Pagan Holidays - or God's Holydays - Which? - Part 1
-Pagan Holidays - or God's Holydays - Which? - Part 2
-ORGANIZING LOCAL CHURCHES
-Why Were You Born?
-WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN?
-CERTAINLY, SIR!
-The TRUTH About "Lazarus and the Rich Man!"
1953
-IS all ANIMAL FLESH good food?
-NOW ON THE AIR - OVER ALL EUROPE!
-Seven Ministers Ordained
-HOW Human Annihilation May Be Prevented
-The TONGUES Question - Part I
-The TONGUES Question - Part II
-Why FINANCIAL WORRIES?
-WHAT IS PROPHESIED!
-Is Tithing in Force Under the NEW Testament?
-A NEW Good News!
-How YOU Can Overcome
1955
-Can You Believe BOTH The BIBLE and EVOLUTION?
-Should Christianity be Endured - or ENJOYED?
-Six More Ministers Now Ordained
-WHY The Church Ruled on Make-up
-How to be an OVERCOMER
1958
-Let GOD Fight Your Battles!
-Should We USE the OLD TESTAMENT?
-Heart to Heart Talk with the Editor
-Heart to Heart talk with the Editor
1952
-WHY Russia Will Not Invade America!
-HOW TO BE Saved!
-The Man Who Couldn't Afford to TITHE
-And Now.... ON TO EUROPE!
-WHERE Did God Command YOU to Observe Easter?
-What You Should Know About Ambassador College
-What Is the Second "Beast" of Rev. 13?
-Thou Shalt Not!
-The MARK of the BEAST... it is here, NOW!
-FLASH! EXTRA!
-How Would Jesus Vote for PRESIDENT?
-WHY Must Men Suffer?
1954
-WHY Local Assemblies?
-What You Should Know about the Passover and Festival of Unleavened Bread
-Must God's Ministers Be Ordained by the Hand of Man?
-What You Should Know about Pentecost - Part II
-How YOU Could Commit the UNPARDONABLE Sin!
-How You Could LOSE Salvation!
-Are You Just WAITING IT OUT?
-AN OPEN LETTER to our newly begotten brethren recently baptized
-Today Is NOT the ONLY Day of Salvation!
-Is God FAIR?
-FASTING for Health
1957
-Christ Did Put Authority and RULE in His Church!
-WHAT The Church Ruled on Make-up and WHY!
-Heart to Heart Talk with the Editor
-WHY Local Churches?
-AN OPEN LETTER to our newly begotten brethren recently baptized
-Local Assemblies Are NOT Social Clubs!
-Why AMERICA Is Cursed!
1960-1969
1960
-Must God's Ministers Be Ordained by the Hand of Man?
Heart to Heart Talk with the Editor
-How YOU Could Commit the UNPARDONABLE Sin!
-Should We Listen to Others?
-Should We Pray to GOD, or Only to Christ?
-Gala Faculty Reception
1961
-Heart to Heart Talk With the Editor
1962
-Should You Welcome Visitors at Church
-Women's Dress Ruling
-Must God's Ministers Be Ordained by the Hand of Man?
1964
-ARE YOU SURE that we are the Church of God?
-FIRST OF A SERIES - You Can Have LIVING FAITH!
-Local Assemblies Are NOT Social Clubs
-Explaining What Love Means
1966
-DON'T Store Up Large Quantities of Food
-TO BE ENFORCED Ruling on Women's Dress
1970-1979
1975
-Leadership in God's Church
-UPDATE: The Relationship Between the Ambassador Intentional Cultural Foundation and the Worldwide Church of God
1976
-The Bible in a Changing World
-UPDATE: Herbert W. Armstrong Proclaims Gospel in Nassau
-MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE: New Maturity and New Beginnings
-Questions & Answers
-In the beginning, God...
-Operation Thunderbolt - 90 Minutes to Entebbe
1978
-Christ Puts Church On Bible Form Of Organization
-EDITOR'S NOTE
-Christ Moves Swiftly To Put Ambassador College Back On Track As God's College
-Church Doctrine: Smoking Is A Sin
-The Great Majestic God Being Enthroned In Eyes Of Church Once Again By Jesus Christ
-Gossip and Accusation Must Stop
-The Plain Truth About Healing - Part 2
-Where Are We Now In The Panorama Of Prophesied World Events?
-The Plain Truth About Healing - Part 4
-What You May Not Know!
-Welcome To The Feast!
-The Plain Truth About Healing - Part 6
-Christ's Apostle To The Ministry: 'Well Done, Good And Faithful Servants!'
-A Policy Statement
-How The Worldwide Church Of God Came Into Being
-Seven Proofs Of The True Church - Proof No. 5-6
-Is Christ Starting A Second Church?
-Answering Smear Stories
-Christ Now Leads To Rejuvenate Church
-Here Are The Actual Records Showing 30%-Per-Year, 35-Year Growth
-The Plain Truth About Healing - Part 1
-How Christ Now Sets Ambassador College Back On Track
-Why The Church?
-Significance Of Pope's Death
-The Plain Truth About Healing - Part 3
-And Now – The Plain Truth Being Set Back On Track
-The Plain Truth About Healing - Part 5
-Once Again Ambassador To Be Full Four-Year College – God's College!
-How Christ Gives The Church Its Beliefs
-Seven Proofs Of The True Church - Proof No. 1-4
-The Plain Truth About the Covenants
-Is God's Church Composed of Many Separate 'Groups'?
-Christ is the Living Head of Only One Church - Not Two
-Seven Proofs Of The True Church - Proof No. 7
1979
-CHRIST NOW PUTS CHURCH BACK ON GOD'S FINANCIAL TRACK!
-Where This Breakdown of Family Life Is Taking Us!
-What You Should Know About the Passover and Festival of Unleavened Bread
-What Is a Liberal?
-What the Bible Says About Water Baptism
-And NOW Christ Sets Church Back On Track Doctrinally
-WHY MY SON NO LONGER STANDS 'BACK TO BACK' WITH ME
-God commands that we in His Church 'all speak the same thing.'
-What Does PENTECOST MEAN to You?
-Now It Must Be Revealed How the Worldwide Church of God Began
-Gospel to Japanese Leaders
-Now Christ Moves Swiftly to Make Church Ready!
-A CORRECTION
-The Plain Truth About Stanley R. Rader
-Which Shall We Obey? The Civil Government or God's?
-HOW SATAN INJECTS FALSE DOCTRINES
-WHAT GOD NEVER DID-NEVER WILL-ALLOW TO HAPPEN
-CHRIST NOW MOVES TO PUT GOD'S GOVERNMENT BACK ON THE TRACK
-Your Children FUTURE GODS?
-The Anticipation Cannot Equal the Realization
-SPELLING OUT THE OFFICIAL DOCTRINE ON DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE
-Now God Speaks to You Ministers
-How Did You Come to Know the Truth?
-What a Wonderful Feast!
-DID GOD REALLY CUT OFF ALL MANKIND FROM HIM
1980-1985
1980
-The Time Has Come for Fasting and Prayer!
-7 Keys to Understanding the Bible
-The Time We Are In, Now
-How to Be an OVERCOMER
-First in the Colossus of CHINA!
-Why Did God Raise Up the Nation Israel and Deny Them Spiritual Salvation?
-ALCOHOL Blessing or Curse?
-Romans 13 and the State of California Attack
-The History of the Beginning and Growth of the Worldwide Church of God - Chapter 1
-When One Is Disfellowshipped - WHICH FAMILY COMES FIRST?
-You Can Have Living Faith!
-How You Are Being Tested!
-The History of the Beginning and Growth of the Worldwide Church of God - Chapter 2
-Let God Fight Your Battles!
-The History of the Beginning and Growth of the Worldwide Church of God - Chapter 3
-Well, if that's Christianity, I don't want any of it!
-How Ex-member Dissidents Fill Their Minds - How About YOU?
-The History of the Beginning and Growth of the Worldwide Church of God - Chapter 4
-How WE SHOULD thank God for all His blessings to us!
-The History of the Beginning and Growth of the Worldwide Church of God - Chapter 5
-Shall We All Leave THE CHURCH OF GOD and Join 'THE CHURCH OF PEOPLE'?
-EVER KNOW WHY Money Is the Root of All Evil?
-Your Children FUTURE GODS?
-How Christ Chose and Educated His Apostle
-Why This Gap in the Bible?
1982
-Good News on God's Work in South Africa
-How far may I safely go in doing what I want but know I ought not?
-There's a Hidden Enemy in Your Home!
-What Is the Purpose of the Resurrection?
-Do YOU HAVE problems, difficulties, troubles?
-What Is the True Gospel?
-A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the World Tomorrow Television Program
-How did you come to be here on earth?
-What Does Pentecost Mean to You?
-How YOU Can Overcome
-Just What Is a Co-worker?
-This is the Life - Real Abundant Living!
-Exciting News! Peace Is on the Way!
-The Man Who Couldn't Afford to Tithe
-Is Jesus God?
1984
-What Lies Ahead Now?
-What DO Churchgoers Believe - And WHY?
-Some Teachings in the Bible are a Little Hard to Understand
-Principles of Healthful Living, Part One
-Most Do Not Agree with a Lot of Our Teachings
-Why Did God Raise Up the Nation Israel - and Deny Them Spiritual Salvation?
-Principles of Healthful Living, Part Two
-True Spirituality - What Is It - Do You Know?
-Spiritism Fraud... or Fact?
-Looking Into the World Tomorrow
-How Would Jesus Vote for President?
-Here's Good News!
-Seven Keys to Understanding the Bible
-Why This Work Is Unique!
1981
-Billions Not Being Judged? - And Still Not Lost? - Part 1
-Some of You May Not Make It Into God's Kingdom - Does It Mean YOU?
-Is It Wrong to Be a Cultured Individual?
-Good News on the Philippine Work
-Questions & Answers
-An Open Letter To Our Newly Begotten Brethren Recently Baptized
-Just What Is 'The WORK'?
-The Way of Life That CAUSES Success
-Why Many Don't Understand Pentecost
-After 50 Years - Christ's Apostle Still Ahead of His Time!
-Children's Letters and Drawings to Mr. Armstrong
-Questions & Answers
-HERE'S a sample of clever but faulty human reasoning!
-Just WHAT IS RELIGION to YOU?
-Where Will the Millennium Be Spent?
-How to Read a Wine Label
-Rebirth of Big Sandy
-What Psychologists Don't Know About Child Rearing
-ARE We Back on the Track? - When We Lack Faith?
-The Church They Couldn't Destroy
-Getting and Holding a Job
1983
-Were the Ten Commandments Nailed to the Cross?
-Christians Have Lost Their POWER!
-WHY Christ Died - and Rose Again!
-Historic New Laws to Guide Catholics
-He Can Who Thinks He Can
-How to Prevent Sin
-Personal From the Editor
-The Wonderful World Tomorrow
-50 Years of Feast Keeping
-If You Had Lived in the Time of Christ
-Christmas - Questions We Are Asked
-In the business world there is one goal - PROFITS!
1985
-Why God Is Not Real to Most People
-HOW and WHY We Know We Have the Truth
-What Is the True Gospel?
-Conversion Is a Process!
-There's a Hidden Enemy in Your Home!
-Let God Fight Your Battles!
-Does Easter Commemorate the Resurrection?
-How Your Financial Future Is Determined
-What Does Pentecost Mean to You?
-Blood, Sweat and Tears
-Is God Fair?
-Why Trials and Troubles
-How to Be an Overcomer
-Where This Breakdown in Family Life Is Taking Us
-Century 21 - What Will It Be Like?
-The Anticipation Cannot Equal the Realization
-Who or What Is the Prophetic Beast? - Part 1
-Rejoice in God's Sabbath!
-The Way of Life That Causes Success
-Who or What is the Prophetic Beast? - Part 2
-Have You Tried to Convert Others?
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