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The Missing Dimension in Sex

By Herbert W. Armstrong

The most important dimension in knowledge about sex and marriage had been missing—unpublished until this book.

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Foreword

In January 1997, we decided to reprint and distribute Herbert W. Armstrong’s final book, Mystery of the Ages. Weeks later, the Worldwide Church of God filed a lawsuit trying to stop us. (Mr. Armstrong founded the Worldwide Church, but after he died, his successor rejected his teachings and stopped producing his written materials.) We responded to its lawsuit by filing our own counterclaim—seeking to reprint and distribute 18 additional works of Mr. Armstrong’s that we consider central to our beliefs.

The Missing Dimension in Sex is one of those 18 works. There simply is no other book like it. When you read it, you will understand why.

As Mr. Armstrong explained in “Read This First” (see page ix), he began working on this book in 1949, a year after he founded Ambassador College in Pasadena, California. He needed a textbook for his Principles of Living course. But he soon discovered that this material needed to reach a much wider audience. So he wrote this book with you in mind.

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Contents

  1. Foreword
  2. Read This First
  3. Introduction: Sex in the ’80s—Where Have Six Decades Brought Us?
  4. Chapter 1World in Revolt—Why This Book Had to Be Written
  5. Chapter 2Why—and What Is the Missing Dimension?
  6. Chapter 3How Shame Entered
  7. Chapter 4Why Sex? Its True Meaning
  8. Chapter 5The Divine Purposes of Sex
  9. Chapter 6But Was Sex Really Necessary?
  10. Chapter 7Recapturing the True Values of Sex—the Commanded Functions
  11. Chapter 8The Biological Differences
  12. Chapter 9How God Designed Sex
  13. Chapter 10“Fearfully and Wonderfully Made”
  14. Chapter 11The God-Ordained Uses of Sex
  15. Chapter 12Dating—and Teenage Morality
  16. Chapter 13The Best Age for Marriage
  17. Chapter 14Planned Parenthood, Contraceptives and Sexual Dysfunctions
  18. Chapter 15Engagement—and Wedding Night

About the author

Herbert W. Armstrong

Herbert W. Armstrong (1892–1986) was one of the most prominent religious leaders of the 20th century, watched, read and followed by millions worldwide. He founded the Plain Truth magazine, the World Tomorrow television program, Ambassador College and the Ambassador International Cultural Foundation. He served as pastor general of the Worldwide Church of God, and visited heads of state and addressed large audiences globally as an unofficial ambassador of world peace.

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