Herbert W Armstrong

Steady Growth of Work at Eugene: IT WAS now spring, 1935. Holding Sabbath morning services alternately at the Jeans school, twelve miles west of Eugene, and at the Alvadore school fifteen miles northwest of Eugene, and Sabbath afternoon services at our house in Eugene soon became untenable. Purchase ...

Fifty years ago this month - in June, 1931 - Herbert W. Armstrong was ordained into Christ's ministry. Five years earlier he had been challenged into a diligent study of the Bible. "By spring, 1927, my mind had been swept clean of the religious beliefs I had carelessly assumed, and Jesus Chri ...

WHY do religious men sanction war, and even brand war as "holy" and "noble" - the same men who teach that Jesus said, "LOVE THY ENEMY"? Why do Catholic priests bless the troops, and sprinkle "holy water" over their weapons and equipment, which is then used to kill and slaughter Catholics on the enem ...

Personal from Herbert W Armstrong - I used to think that romance was something that thrilled and propelled up to cloud nine only youths from their late teens to their late twenties. Surely no person past fifty could ever experience the wonderful, anticipatory, exotic happiness of real LOVE! I have l ...

From time to time we receive requests from single members of God's Church to run more articles directly related to them. If you've already paged through this issue you'll notice we've done just that. These articles, however, are not just for singles. Many of the principles can be applied in ...

God's Word shows us many spiritual lessons we can learn from the Olympic Games. Excitement is now rapidly mounting worldwide as hundreds of millions of people look forward to viewing, either in person or on television, one of the world's greatest sporting events, the Summer Olympic Games. The Ga ...

The second-grade class of Tampa pastor Ron Lohr's daughter invited the students' parents to speak to the class on the subject of their work. So on April 18 Mr. Lohr gave a 15-minute talk to the Temple Terrace second graders on "What Does a Minister Do?" Bringing it down to their level. ...

Did monasticism come out of the Bible? Do monks live by the Bible? Here, in a vivid article by a faculty member of Ambassador College at Bricket Wood, is an eyewitness account of a visit to the center of monasticism - Mount Athos! Read this amazing report of the answers given by THEMSELVES! HISTORY, ...

What's it like to live in cities where the houses are grass huts and where lions and elephants roam the streets? What's it like to carry water from the river and to cook your freshly killed game over an open fire? Well, if that's what you think it's like in Zimbabwe (and many people do!), th ...

We highlight the most significant developments. If you had been in your 20s at the time of The Plain Truth's inception in 1934, you would have lived your adult life during a momentous time in the world of religion. In the past half century, several great events and issues of the day have centered, ...

SEQUIM, Wash. — Dwight Leslie Armstrong, 80, composer of the music in all but 12 hymns in the Worldwide Church of God hymnal used in all congregations worldwide, died of cancer Sabbath morning, Nov. 17. He was the youngest brother of Pastor General Herbert W. Armstrong. He is survived by his wife, K ...

In the Sept. 17 Worldwide News, I published a "Just One More Thing" column titled "Do You Have It Made?" I mentioned that some close friends of mine had been disfellowshipped, and I reminded readers of the need to be constantly vigilant about using God's Spirit to grow and over ...

Applicants interviewed for ministry - Three-night Nassau campaign culminates week of activities - Feast Office lists sites, coordinators - Division heads in Australia for conference - Horowitz performance draws 'ecstatic' response - Tour of jungle longhouse life given to Australian ministers - A ...

Here is an eye-opening article on a much misunderstood subject. Some ask, "Wasn't tithing just for the Jews of a long-dead past?" Others, "Wasn't tithing done away?" Or, "Was it a form of national taxation in ancient Israel?" Or, "Was it to supply material need ...

Do you find that it's pretty hard for you sometimes to have the patience you need with your husband, your wife, your children, your neighbors, your brothers and sisters, or even your brothers and sisters in God's Church? I think all of us have the problem of wondering about having enough patienc ...