Herbert W Armstrong

We have heard the overkill statistics repeated until we can almost quote them from memory. We know the great powers are armed to the nuclear teeth and in possession of ultrasophisticated weapons-delivery systems. We have seen more and more nations clamoring to become members of the nuclear cl ...

Where did the custom of exchanging valentines originate? How did Christians come to inherit this ancient Roman custom? Why do we find no such practice commanded anywhere in the Bible? A Christian Custom? It is time we questioned why parents encourage children to celebrate St. Valentine's Day - whe ...

Do you really yearn for God's Kingdom to be set up on this earth? Jesus Christ commanded His followers to pray for that very event. In light of present world conditions, the Kingdom of God is mankind's only hope. True poverty cannot be described, only experienced. The poverty and inhumane ...

Question 1: Should we buy foreign-made products? Question 2: Recently while reading the Book of Psalms, I found a number of strange words and letters between the verses in the 119th Psalm. Can you tell me what these mean and what purpose they serve? Question 3: In John 9:3, Jesus told His disciples ...

THE PLAGUES OF EGYPT, GOD AGAIN spoke to Moses after Moses and Aaron had to leave Pharoah's court. "In the morning," He said, "Pharaoh will go out to bathe at the edge of the river. He won't want to receive you in court so soon again, so go along the river bank till you reach his ...

Now, once again, my friends, what is the difference between the Church, the True Church, that Jesus Christ said He would build, and that He did build - the Church that He said the gates of hell shall not prevail against - and all the other churches, denominations, sects, organizations and cults and ...

GREETINGS! brethren, in the name of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ! Again I am writing the Good News-LETTER on the train, in the very heart of the awe-inspiring and magnificent Canadian Rockies. We are on our way home, again filled with JOY and reverent GRATITUDE for the continuing blessings of ...

Will the next two decades bring human extinction - or the dawn of a new world of peace and incredible achievement? SUDDENLY this world has become different! It was never like this before. Look at the change in the last 80 years - then look at the change in the last 10. What will another 10 years be ...

The world, as the new year dawns, is poised on the brink of momentous change. Fast-paced events are already unfolding in Western Europe and in the Middle East as the world heads into the. Politically storm-filled mid 1980s. The stage has been set by two major events. The first was the stunning colla ...

I have just completed arrangements for continuing the EVERY- NIGHT broadcasts right thru the summer — now THE YEAR 'ROUND — and also for enlarging The PLAIN TRUTH to twice its present size, on better paper, two colors, and soon to come out EVERY MONTH! That, to all our Co-Workers, I'm sure will ...

Jesus had no doubt spent many months in Capernaum during each year over a span of at least 18 years. He knew many of the people; and He actually knew the families from which He would eventually choose His disciples. Millions assume that Jesus recognized His disciples through some mysterious, mystica ...

This chapter prophesied in great detail the events which shaped the Persian, Seleucid and Ptolemaic Empires down to the time of Christ (verses 1-32). It is an out­standing example of the historicity of the Bible and of fulfilled prophecy. The following lists of kings are given so that the interactio ...

Part Five: THE PLAIN TRUTH ABOUT CHILD REARING - Why should child rearing be the most misunderstood issue facing parents today? We pick up the story, in this installment, with the preadolescent or early school years. The preschool years are crucial in a child's development. So are the earlier scho ...

IT SEEMS to make little difference that famine, starvation and disease lurk in India, or Pakistan; or that the United States of Europe nears reality; or that nuclear overkill means each human being has, specially reserved just for him, at least 150 tons of TNT in explosive equivalent. The main thing ...

WHEN Moses struck the rock at Kadesh and no water came out, painful moments passed. Some of the people began to hoot and jeer. Moses and Aaron glanced nervously at each other. Vexed and impatient, Moses did the very next thing that came to his mind. He lifted the rod and again whacked it down on the ...