Herbert W Armstrong

This is installment number 27. The time is now late February, 1933. Back in the ministry, Mr. Armstrong encountered anew the sting of opposition from other ministers, recounts experiences with" pentecostalism." THE LAST detour from the true life purpose to which I had been called had ended ...

As competition for available work grows, your job will increasingly depend on your work habits. Read why the work ethic is such an important quality. Layoffs and long-term unemployment are no longer fears for many of our readers. They are facts of life! Even if you hold a steady job - even in these ...

Back a few years ago I wasn't aware of how serious Ministers took this, I know that a few years ago back I guess what they call the liberal period, there was certain things that I know that the leader of the Church would voice his disagreement with, I don't think it was Church doctrine, it had t ...

It's a welcome sight: your host and hostess standing at the door, holding it open wide as you get out of your car and head toward the house. "Come on in and make yourself at home!" your host calls, with a smile of welcome. Whose spirits wouldn't rise at such a sight? You know you're ...

What is a toy? What are toys for? Just what should you look for in buying toys for your children? Is there a purpose to playing? Are toys wrong for children? Are toys all that important? TODAY the gun ranks as the biggest seller of the toy line! Matched six-guns of the Cowboy and Indian era are ofte ...

It was late in 1933 - the very depth of the Great Depression. Ed Smith was a well driller by profession, but nobody seemed able to afford to have wells drilled. Ed and his wife Emma attended services I was then holding in a one-room country schoolhouse 12 miles west of Eugene, Ore. Ed made no profes ...

Sabbath services had ended and I was in a hurry to get home, my mind savoring the pot roast and strawberry shortcake awaiting me there . Why are people bunching up in the aisle again, I asked myself, and what is holding up this line? Eventually weaving my way up toward the front of the line the ...

Life is a series of decisions leading to success or failure. How would you like to be able to make the right decision EVERY TIME. learn how, in this vital article that can change your life. HOW many times has your life, your happiness, your self-respect been upset and disturbed because you've made ...

Grass!" exclaimed my 9-year-old daughter, with flashing eyes and a buoyant grin. Grass? you may be thinking. His daughter became excited about grass? Well, not exactly. You see, she was not actually excited about the grass, but by what she intended to do with it. But to understand that, we must ...

My mother died, about midnight. I was holding her hand - praying for her, urging her to "hang on," as she grew weaker. But one moment she was alive - and the next, dead. What HAPPENED at death? What happens NEXT? Did my MOTHER die - or only a PART of her? Is she still CONSCIOUS? Are the de ...

GREETINGS, in Jesus' name! I'm sending you the special letter with news about the coming PASSOVER and DAYS OF UNLEAVENED BREAD. And I have GOOD NEWS for you! This year, for the first time, we will be holding the full eight day's Feast at FOUR SEPARATE LOCATIONS! And, for the first time, the Pa ...

...and printed on our new presses, In three editions around the world - a dream of 39 years come true! YOU ARE holding in your hands something I envisioned thirty-nine years ago - a dream come true at last! This is the first edition of The PLAIN TRUTH to be published in FULL COLOR - inside as well a ...

The world this minute stands on the very brink of the FINAL NUCLEAR WORLD WAR! There has never yet been a nuclear war! It could ERASE ALL HUMAN LIFE FROM THIS PLANET! It won't happen. But we do need to know and UNDERSTAND the real GRAVITY of the world situation AT THIS MINUTE! For the past ten yea ...

Caught in Newspaper Business Trap: GETTING back into the newspaper business was a tragic mistake. A too dear price now had to be paid to learn an important lesson: when God once truly calls a man into His ministry, he must "keep at it, in season and out of season" (II Tim. 4:2). And if he attempts, ...

The mounting crisis in Italy bears watching this week. Caretaker premier Guilio Andreotti is trying to piece together the 40th postwar Italian government. This time he is under intense pressure from the Communists to be included formally for the first time in positions of actual power, holding cabin ...