Herbert W Armstrong

The ruins of an ancient desert temple bear an important message for us today! The first view of the ruined city is unforgettable. As you approach the ancient site, the narrow road begins to curve around low hills. Soon, a final turn - and there it is! You suddenly look down on a spectacular array of ...

THOUSANDS of ministers and missionaries on every continent claim to be the servants of God today. Hundreds of churches claim to be doing God's work in our age. But how many men or churches do you suppose God was using back in the time of the Flood? How many was He using at the time of the Exodus? ...

My friends, why do we have a different Gospel? Why do we hear a different Gospel today than the Gospel that Jesus preached 1900 years ago? Why have most of us grown up believing in many instances, the very opposite of the teaching of Jesus Christ? Oh, of course we've heard a lot about Christ, we+* ...

Read how this important book can change your life. President Ronald Reagan of the United States proclaimed 1983 "The Year of the Bible." To religious leaders this was an opportunity to focus the eyes of the nation on the book of the year. Yet how many people who have even read the Bible en ...

A favorite song of recent years is titled "What the World Needs Now Is Love, Sweet Love" - but before the world can have love it must have hope! Every morning we wake up to a cacophony of fear and despair, chaos and cruelty, coups and corruption. In the newspaper, over the morning cup of c ...

At last we come to that shocking period in Jewish history when "Judaism" commenced. Here is how Greek tradition replaced the Law of Moses in the third century before Jesus' birth. THE ONE hundred years following Ezra and Nehemiah can properly be described as a time of peace and prosperity for ...

It is with deepest disappointment that I regret that I am forced, once again, by hostile actions by my son, Garner Ted, to bring you up to date with the PLAIN TRUTH. Diametrically contrary to what he has always said he would never do, he has, not only "raised a hand against his father," in ...

INTERNATIONAL DESK - EARLY in the morning of July 9, 1984, York Cathedral caught fire. The wooden vaulted roof of the south transept was destroyed. The interior suffered extensive damage. Only the determined efforts of more than 100 fire fighters saved one of Europe's largest Gothic cathedrals fro ...

Amos, herdsman of Tekoa, was sent from God with a powerful message of correction for the ancient House of Israel In spite of relentless opposition, he fearlessly indicted the nation for its hollow, meaningless piety, social injustice and general immorality. Amos' message must not be lost on our mo ...

Amos, herdsman of Tekoa, was sent from God with a powerful message of correction for the ancient House of Israel. In spite of withering opposition, he fearlessly indicted the nation for its hollow, meaningless piety, social injustice and general immorality. Amos' message must not be lost ...

Have you tried to induce others to read The Plain Truth or listen to the World Tomorrow program? Perhaps your wife- your husband- one of your family- a close relative, or friend? Have YOU tried to change others' views? Have YOU started to "preach" to them? If you have, you have probably ...

ELECTION IN RHODESIA, VIOLENCE IN TURKEY: The culmination of five days of voting in Rhodesia witnessed an impressive 63% turnout at the polls, (the government had hoped for 60%) in that nation's first universal-franchise election, with blacks voting in force for the first time. ...

Few comprehend the long-term objectives of Pope John Paul II with regard to Poland and all of Eastern-and Western-Europe. There is no doubt about it now. As a result of his dramatic trip to his Polish homeland last June, Pope John Paul II is firmly established as the most charismatic leader in the ...

Everybody has seen people on busy street corners and in large public buildings zealously attempting to hand out religious literature to all passersby. And you yourself may have even had a person with a 'Christian message" knock on your door. These are common, everyday occurrences; and most people, ...

A very large segment of the population of the Western world attends church - on Sunday mornings. Why do they go? What do these churchgoers believe, and why? The plain truth is a little shocking - and illuminating! Nothing is so astonishing as the truth! It is often stranger than fiction. Most peo ...