Herbert W Armstrong

The world is full of nominal Christians - but how many are Christians in deed? The Christian Bible makes it clear that mere belief is not enough. United States Senator Mark Hatfield recently quoted a very moving, yet indicting poem, "Listen Christian!" (by Bob Rowland), which reads as foll ...

Noah and his family journeyed down from the mountains where the ark rested to start a new life in the nearby plains. From then on, all the people who came into the world were started by Noah's three sons and their wives. (Genesis 9:19.) After some years had gone by, there were many people in the p ...

Since the building of the city of Babel, not a single recorded dynasty originated in the city precincts of Babylon for over 1000 years. Not until the renowned First Dynasty of Babylon did it become the supreme seat of political power. Hammurabi — or rather each historian who has written about him — ...

A growing problem - prevalent in this world around us - is found too often in God's Church today... A MOMENT of inattention behind the wheel suddenly results in a tragic accident snuffing out the lives of several people. Deep and worsening financial troubles trigger a violent husband-and-wife argu ...

Last Monday, March 12th, Judge Title unexpectedly reimposed the receivership upon the Church, College and Foundation. This receiver was given the same unjustified and extraordinary powers ("to take possession and control of the Church") the former receiver had over the Church from January 3rd until ...

Here is the BIGGEST NEWS I have ever had for you!!! It is a WORLD FIRST!! It is a WORLD NEWS SCOOP! I am in Chicago, returning from New York, on our annual tour visiting the major radio stations which broadcast The WORLD TOMORROW. For two reasons this BIG NEWS cannot wait until I return to Pasadena ...

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So states Bertrand Russell, the renowned scientist and philosopher, in his classic and caustic 1935 treatise, Religion and Science. Only Sir Bertrand establishes his point with a bit more elegance: "If I were granted omnipotence, and millions of years to experiment in, I should not think Man much to ...

Does God's Word promise heaven as the reward of the saved? Did Jesus say believers would waft off to heaven? What does God promise as the reward of the righteous - those who believe and obey Him? Does He promise heaven, limbo, purgatory - or will the "saved" inherit a paradise on the ear ...

Before Adam - Creation and Chaos; "Certainly the bible is the source of my religion," stated a modern-day professing Christian. "however, we all realize that the first eleven chapters of Genesis are MYTH." This outlook immediately presents a problem: if the first part of the bible is questionable - ...

What caused this spring's widespread floods? Can such destruction be prevented in the future? What lessons were learned - and NOT learned - by this disaster? Read the answers in this on-the-spot report from the major flood areas. The pattern was all too familiar. Heavy rains had saturated the soil ...

With stunning rapidity, new sexually transmissible diseases are surpassing previous scourges of VD. Here's what you must do to minimize your chances of infection! SUDDENLY, mankind finds itself face to face with some of the most sinister infectious diseases of this or any century. Sexually transmi ...

FINALLY. Like the last great crescendo of a gigantic symphony, after nearly 6000 years of man's history, the Creator of the universe aiming to all mankind what the ultimate purpose of human life really is. Now, just before the close of man's age, God is revealing why He created the universe and ...

WHAT A PARADOX! No nations ever so rich! None ever so blessed by Almighty God! Now we stand condemned to total disaster! This is the most seriously-in-earnest article I have ever written for The Plain Truth. Our beloved country yours and mine-now faces TOTAL DESTRUCTION! It will come soon! Not this ...

I wanted personally to write you earlier this month. But the Arab-Israeli War changed all my plans — and I am remaining in England, on our Ambassador College campus here, awaiting the arrival of an official of the Jordan Government with whom I have a conference arranged. I had intended to fly back t ...