Herbert W Armstrong

On Sunday, July 15, Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong began taping a new format for the World Tomorrow television program. The new programs will be interview style with longtime friend and announcer Art Gilmore. These programs are now being taped in Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong's home in Tucson in lieu of the old format where Mr. Armstrong preached sermons to live audiences around the United States.

For starters Mr. Armstrong taped more than two hours worth of questions and answers. This new series will be topic oriented and the first two topics covered were on government — "Which Shall We Obey — Civil Government or God's?", and an inside look into Mr. Armstrong's personal meetings with world leaders. These programs should be airing on the stations starting around the middle of August to the first week of September.

Two weeks ago, Mr. Armstrong delivered for videotaping two Feast messages; one for the opening Friday night session, and then another for the keynote sermon for the first morning of the Feast. This year he delivered the sermons from his home with a small audience sitting in front of him between the cameras, whereas last year Mr. Armstrong taped his Feast message at the Auditorium P.M. services.

ANOTHER BOOK BY MR. ARMSTRONG NEARS COMPLETION

Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong's latest book for commercial distribution, to be published by Everest House in hard-cover format, will be distributed free to members at the coming Feast of Tabernacles! The title of the book is Tomorrow — What It Will Be Like. The text of the book is essentially the same as The Wonderful World Tomorrow, which is still in free booklet format. The hard cover book is now in the final stages of design, and final galleys have gone to Mr. Armstrong for his approval.

The Incredible Human Potential is now in many bookstores across the nation and is being read by some book reviewers. The reactions to the book from the book trade press have been positive.

A few people are still confused about the purpose of publishing Mr. Armstrong's books commercially. The first thing to remember is that we are not doing this for financial gain. The purpose is to reach a new group of people. To quote Mr. Armstrong's Co-worker letter of September 26, 1978, "Millions of people constantly buy books in bookstores — and these are people we may not be able to reach in any other way. THIS OPENS TO GOD'S CHURCH AN ENTIRE NEW MEDIUM FOR PROCLAIMING CHRIST'S GOSPEL TO THE WORLD."

MAD'S "JUDGE OF THE YEAR"

Editor's Note: The "Reproaching the Bench Dept." of the September '79 issue of Mad magazine contains a zany spoof of the judicial process. Mr. Rader requested that it be duplicated in the MEMBER'S HOTLINE for the enjoyment of all our readers. The article begins on page two. (Permission was granted by E.C. Publications Inc.)

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