The Philadelphia Trumpet is a monthly news magazine published by the Philadelphia Church of God. Its editor-in-chief is currently Gerald Flurry, who is also the leader of the PCG and characterizes the magazine as a successor to The Plain Truth magazine when it was under the aegis of the Worldwide Church of God.

The only advertisements in the magazine are for various pamphlets and booklets published by the PCG, for the Armstrong College Bible Correspondence Course, and a list of broadcast times for The Key of David.

The magazine reports on worldwide events as seen through the filter of Armstrongism as taught by the PCG. The bias of the magazine is decidedly conservative (the December 2006 issue characterized the Democratic victory in Congress as a "dangerous turn for America"). There are, however, occasional claims of political neutrality (for example, the October 2004 issue stated "Neither George W. Bush nor John Kerry can promise you that [to keep you safe from terrorism]."

Occasionally the Trumpet has articles on certain issues not tied to specific current events (pornography, the weakening of the traditional family unit, the paganism of Easter, etc.)

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Cover Story: Porn Is the Devil

Big Louie’s Adult Superstore, The Lion’s Den, J’s Adult Boutique, Starlite Adult Video. These aren’t dingy, back alley shops in some big city’s dark corners. These are a few of the seven “adult” establishments lining a 250-mile stretch of Interstate 44 that cuts through Missouri. Bold billboards announce each one, tantalizing travelers with offers of huge selections of pornography—followed by conspicuous exit now signs. And you don’t have to go far to accept these offers: The stores are in plain view from the highway.

This Midwestern strip of i-44—with an average of one adult store every 35 miles—is a good representation of how big the adult industry really is. There are more adult bookstores in the United States than there are McDonald’s restaurants. Pornographic products outsell

diapers two to one. And Americans spend more at strip clubs than at Broadway, regional theaters and orchestra performances combined....

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