Herbert W Armstrong

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 - ...

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 ...

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 ...

You are at fault — and I am not going to budge one inch until YOU apologize, and say you're sorry!" "No — YOU started it all." is the quick retort, "and YOU will have to apologize FIRST!" Could this be your home? What's Wrong Here? Almighty God "invented" marri ...

John the Baptist's condition was desperate. He had just been thrown into prison, following his insistence that Herod would be breaking God's law to live in adultery. Then he heard, through several of his disciples, the rumors about Jesus' growing ministry. From the beginning, John had shunned ...

This Xeroxed volume represents the first crude attempt to put the history of earliest ancient times based on the bible into story form. The main sources for this material are the bible and the two-volume 'compendium of world history'. The reader is cautioned that the incomplete account presented ...

A look inside your own trash can will reveal much about the way you live- and about a growing problem in Western society. Here's what you can do about it. You can learn a great deal about a society by studying its garbage. In fact, an entire science is devoted to that very endeavor - archaeology. ...

Question 1: Where did St. Valentine's Day come from? Should Christians allow their children to participate in Valentine's Day activities? What should I tell our children about these customs? Question 2: How could life have existed on the earth before Adam if the sun were created on the fourth da ...

For three decades, the U.S. and Western Europe have enjoyed unprecedented prosperity in a dynamic partnership. But disputes over trade and relations with the Soviet bloc now threaten to rip the Atlantic Alliance asunder. Tempers are rising on both sides of the Atlantic. Political positions are harde ...

Part One: The Plain Truth About Child Rearing: Today the reality of a generation gap stares society in the face. Many parents frankly confess that they do not know their own children. They are like strangers. And this gap seems to have happened overnight. Parents may appear to be close to their chil ...

In the past two weeks, this world has entered into a "whole new ball game". The intervention of the Soviet Union in Afghanistan changes the whole world picture. Or does it? President Jimmy Carter has said this new development has given him a new insight and appraisal of Communist Russia. It gave me ...

What special attributes did David develop that gained him such high favor with God? I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will" (Acts 13:22). So said God of King David of ancient Israel! What a positive evaluation! Of all the people who have lived, God has ...