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. for some different career entirely. < .But there 's no way she could go

back to being the Jill-of-all-trades,mist ress-of - the-house-o n- t h ~ hi Ithat she used to be . .Keepers t Home? 'But wait aminute , you might be saying. This is.supposed t.o be a righteous womanWhere does she get off leavinghome and going out to work in themainstream of society? Doesn't theNew Testament command womento be "keepers at home "?

This is the impression that manyChristians ha 've - that our model ofthe family , a woman .isolated at

.home with sever?1 sm?1I children ,far away from the world of .work -

. is God 's ideal. Actually- , this separa-


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IFYOU D LIKTOKNOWMORE

Many hund reds have written.asking if we have representativesin their areas to counse l withthem personally and to answertheir questions .

The answer is yes , we do .The Worldwide Church of God

stat ions personal representatives(most are ordained m inis ters) inthe United States and Br itish

Commonwealth and many otherareas of the world . These menwill visit you , if invited , directly inyour own home .

So if you have spiritual matte rsto discuss or qlJestions to askabout biblical topics such as repenta nce , bap tism, etc ., pleasefeel free t o write us and request aprivate appointme nt. Worldw ide ,ma iling addresses are as follows :

United States : P .O . Box 111 ,

Pasadena , Ca lifornia 91123(Or s imply dial this. tOil-freenumber in the continentalU.S . 1-800-423 -4444 . Read -

. ers in California , Alaska andHawaii ,nay call 213-577-5225collect.)

United Kingdom ; Europe , India , and Africa : P.O. Box 111 ,St. Albans , Herts ., England

Australia : G .P .O. Box 202 ,Burle igh Heads, Queensland

4220 (Or dial this number:075-35-4233 - reverse thecharges .)

Canada : P.O. Box 44, StationA, Vancouver, B .C.

Soutti Africa : P .O. Box 1060,Johannesbu rg 2000 (Or dialthis number : 01 1-216406 .)Other areas of the World

should check the inside frontcover (staff box) for the addressof our office nearest you .

GOOD NEWS Augu s t 1976

Living Fo reve r?I would like to comment on the

answer to the statement by Mr. Norman D . in the "Questio ns & Answers" section of the May GN . Hesaid fhat " living forever does not i n-terest me . .

The reply he was given t ried toencourage him by listing some ofttte things he will pe able to do -th ings he can look forward to.

This is all fine , but I feel the answer is incomplete . I can sympath ize with Mr. D's bew ildermentbecause the same question bothered me atone time in the past. All

right , I thought - so we 're destinedto become super -beings - sowhat? Couldn 't even that becomeboring after an ete rnrty or two? Whyprove Ecclesiastes all Over again ?. But the answer to Ecclesiastes isI Cor inthians 13 Living forever forothers is the key . To use the giftsGod intends to give 'us to enrichothers ' lives - this to me is a futureworth thi'nking about

I can offer an analogy : I've beena member of God 's Church for a

number of years, and during thattime I've received more physica lblessings than I really need : But thegreatest happiness for me has notcome from counti ng what I 'vegained , but from sharing what I'vebeen given w ith the wonderfulfriends I 've come to know and love .Perhaps Mr . D sn' t too interested inwhat Me can gain Jar himself, but I 'll'bet his be ing or not being in God 'sKingdom is going to mean a lot tosomebody e lse.

Steven F .,Minneapolis , Minnesota

Why Alice Doesn tThank you so much for the article

in the Apr il GN about women . Somany questions I had asked God inprayer were answered in the article .I. really wondered if God did v iewmen.' and women as equal. Afterreading and studYing your article , Ifeel closer to God and glad to be awoman ,

Judy M .,East Aurora , New Yerk

L T RSTh e Apocalypse Generation

Having just read the article byJeff Calkins C n Open Letter to theApocalypse Generation " ), I felt thatI had to write to express my grat - .itude to he Good News for publishing such a good article . I amabout the same age as the authorand have thought along the samelines as his article , wondering aboutthe an \:. ers ., It clears up a lot ofquestions that I had as a teenage r.

Richard H .,Yell, Shetland Islands '

App reciative .Co-Wo rker

As I send my contribut ion thismonth to the Work , I fee l that I mustadd a few words of praise and apprec iat ion fo r h e Good Newsmagazine . From Garner Ted'sbrilliant lead article to the Letters , Itis - as someone has said - dyn -a f l l ite Thank you for ma king thismagazine available to us co -workers . Somehow it seems to get better 'each month , and nearly every a rtic le seems to answer the questionsthat are most heavy on my heart. Ithank God that I can be a part ofmaking this available, not only tomyself , but to others also . Please -keep it com ing

Leslie P .,Kannapolis , North Carolina

Read the Bo o kWhen I decided to read the Bible ,

I went out and bought a RevisedStandard Version , mostly because Icouldn ' t understand my K ing

James version that well. After e ightmonths I'm much more informedand impressed . Also I understandmy King James Bible much better- just slower reading , that's al l.

, Just wanted you to know that I finished what I set out to do .

Tom M.,Oceans ide , New York

If any of our reade rs need encouragement to follow in Mr. M'sfootsteps , send for our free bookletRead the Book - t shows how e xciting and interesting the pages ofthe Bible can be ,

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