Herbert W Armstrong

THE Syrian army had been unsuccessful in its relatively small surprise attacks against Israel. The king of Syria therefore charged that one of his top military officers must have been selling information to the Israelite command. He threatened to punish all his top-ranking officers with death if the ...

The use of marijuana is soaring, skyrocketing! Is marijuana harmful? Are there physical and psychological side effects? Does smoking marijuana lead to stronger drugs? What does it do to formation of personality and character? Never were these questions more timely! Here are the answers. MARIJUANA is ...

Here is vital knowledge making plain a husband's responsibility in marriage. Every man on earth needs this understanding! HER eyes flooded with tears, the woman before me began to shake and sob. Bending over with her face in her hands, she quietly moaned as she cried - finally catching herself, si ...

The primary problem with drugs is not what they do, nor who uses them - but why people abuse them. Until we can answer the why, drug abuse among teenagers - and adults - is here to stay. Drugs are not the problem - but symptoms of other problems. In many respects, the current drug scene is a repl ...

There is no question I am asked more often, it seems, than "What is the secret of your long life, youthful vitality, energy and drive?" "No one secret," I usually reply. "I suppose many things enter into it." Recently I asked a man I had never seen before, who knew something of what is being done an ...

Global problems are rapidly overwhelming the capacity of governments to make farsighted decisions. How will today's leadership crisis be solved? No NEED is greater today than that of competent leadership! The technological advances of the 20th century have created unprecedented new problems and un ...

Concerned about money, your job or career, your home? Here's an important perspective about your long-term security. I have changed my value system," said the refugee, telling me her sad story of shattered hopes. " I had been far too materialistic. I had concentrated on getting physical ...

IN HIS little-known prophetic message for the church today, Jesus promised that He would set before us an open DOOR for the spreading of the gospel. Notice Jesus' own words for our church today: "I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open DOOR, and no man can shut it: for thou h ...

Ask any professing Christian whether he believes the Gospel, and he will immediately respond with a resounding "Yes!" But press that same person to explain just what that Gospel is and, if he is able to reply at all, he will almost surely give an answer that is false! This is frightening. ...

Millions are confused about "hell." What is it? Where is it? Who goes there? And why? Is "hell" a literal place - a geographical location? Or is it merely "a state of mind"? What does the BIBLE say? IS THERE ANY chance YOU may "go to hell"? What would you think if somebody told you that even if you ...

Will we survive our age of science without being destroyed by it? Well, according to the answers of 16 out of 25 Nobel Prize-winning scientists, yes, we will. But then the rest of them said they weren't quite sure, and they cited not only the danger of nuclear disaster but also the dangers of expl ...

Strategy to Gain Possession — Birth Pangs of the College. THE Queen Elizabeth docked in New York on March 21, 1947. It was good to be back on solid ground. We returned to Eugene, Oregon, March 25. Immediately I plunged into preparations for establishing the new Ambassador College in Pasadena. All th ...

THE TROUBLESOME ROAD TO CANAAN, WHEN Moses struck the rock at Kadesh and no water came out, painful moments passed. Some of the people began to hoot and jeer. Moses and Aaron glanced nervously at each other. Vexed and impatient, Moses did the very next thing that came to his mind. He lifted the rod ...

Personal from Herbert W Armstrong - What we behold in the world today, both in the fields of management and labor as now set up, is simply organized competition and greed. This has produced only strife. It has impeded real progress. It has robbed both employer and employee. Why? What's wrong? Men· ...

AHAB king of Israel, greatly desired a vineyard adjoining his palace garden. Naboth, the owner, refused to sell it to him. (I Kings 21:1-4.) Jezebel, Ahab's wife, decided that she would obtain the property for her husband simply by doing away with the owner. (I Kings 21:5-7.) ...