Herbert W Armstrong

WHILE the book of Acts gives us the KEY which shows the beginnings of the false religious system under Simon Magus, it does not describe its activities in any great detail. The Acts, however, performs its purpose in exposing who started the whole mess. God leaves it to the epistles, Revelation and a ...

Tomorrow's cities are going to surpass your wildest imagination! They will be the most exciting, the most spectacular, the most modern up-to-date cities the world has ever known. They will be like sparkling jewels on the landscape-filled with radiant beauty, with peace and prosperity, with happy, ...

"Strong meat," asserted the Apostle Paul, "belongeth to them that are of full age..." (Heb. 5:14). But what is strong meat? Is it to be equated with ranting, shouting, apoplectic hellfire and brimstone sermons? Does strong meat refer to "powerful" correction and rebuking? Or is it something ...

If the head be corrupt, so also must be the members. If the Pope be essentially Pagan, what else can be the character of his clergy? If they derive their orders from a radically corrupted source, these orders must partake of the corruption of the source from which they flow. This might be inferred i ...

When Elizabeth I, Mary's half-sister, ascended the throne, Britain breathed a sigh of relief. In that same year (1558) England lost control of Calais — her last piece of Continental real estate. England was now forced to look elsewhere for an empire. She could no longer hope to expand her power an ...

Incredible, but true! The world's knowledge doubled in the last ten years. But our troubles also doubled in the same ten years! In this enlightened 20th century, an astounding KNOWL EDGE GAP? Unbelievable! Yet it happened! Think of it! In one short decade, scientific and technical knowledge double ...

The three-nation Camp David summit starting today could prove to be a turning point in the intractable three-decades-long Middle East dispute. The stakes are high. The consequences of failure could be disastrous. As some observers have speculated, failure at Camp David could result in a fifth Arab-I ...

The next big surprise in Egyptian history is the dating of Ramesses the Great and Dynasty XIX. Few scholars were willing to consider the evidence, presented in 1945, for dating Ramesses about seven centuries later than the conventional dating (see "Theses for the Reconstruction of Ancient Histo ...

Suddenly the U.N. is faced with a new, mighty crisis - how to keep the flames of war in Asia from spreading. Even Pope Paul VI has felt compelled to call upon world leaders to find a way to peace. Pope Paul VI has spoken out to world leaders. Stop the "fresh flames of discord" while there ...

Again, GREETINGS, in Jesus' name! Here is BIG NEWS for all members of God's true Church! The construction engineers are now on the building site, and the actual work on the huge new Tabernacle is under way! The contract for the building of the big new Tabernacle near Gladewater, Texas, has been ...

I am enclosing your annual receipt for the tithes and offerings you have sent for God's Work during the year 1979. Separate receipts have been made for the Church and for Ambassador College. With all my heart I thank you, on behalf of Jesus Christ, the living HEAD of this Church of God. We are beg ...

The population explosion and the threat of widespread famines in the near future are real. World leaders, prominent scientists, and people who have troubled themselves to study the problem are deeply concerned. Newspapers, magazines and professional journals carry articles on a regular basis discuss ...

VIRTUE IS REWARDED, RUTH, the young Moabite woman, had real affection for Boaz, the wealthy, elderly Israelite grain grower. She hoped that Boaz would marry her. Baaz, who himself was probably a widower, hoped that it would be that way, too. But there was another man in Bethlehem who was more closel ...

Engagement - and Wedding Night. ONCE A COUPLE IS ENGAGED TO BE married - then what? What should be their standard of conduct? Virtually everybody, today, would assume that "necking" is completely within the bounds of propriety after a definite engagement. But is it? Let's look rationally ...

This month we published another issue of The PLAIN TRUTH. Therefore, as I did two months ago, I send you The GOOD NEWS in the form of this Good News LETTER. And it is G O O D N E W S ! In ways exceeding our wildest dreams, God is proving, more this year than any so far, that this is HIS work, sparke ...