Herbert W Armstrong

YESTERDAY, as I write, Mrs. Armstrong and I celebrated our forty-ninth wedding anniversary. There's nothing special about a forty-ninth anniversary, as such-except, as Mr. Gerald Waterhouse, PLAIN TRUTH regional Editor for The Philippines, might point out, it is seven periods of seven years each, ...

"In the beginning... God said, Let us make man in our image…in the image of God created he him, male and female created he them…heirs together of the grace of life…that as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God." God never intended there be any "battle o ...

For the first 2000 years of human history, Africa — and Egypt in particular — was the vortex of world politics. Today Africa is militarily a void. Its native population borders on savagery in many areas. Its culture is universally primitive. Egypt and Ethiopia — once the world's leaders — are toda ...

The Feast of the Nativity of St. John is set down in the Papal calendar for the 24th of June, or Midsummer-day. The very same period was equally memorable in the Babylonian calendar as that of one of its most celebrated festivals. It was at Midsummer, or the summer solstice, that the month called in ...

Radioactive waste - the "thousand-year problem" - threatens the world of tomorrow. Some thirty blocks from Utah's State Capitol building and downtown Salt Lake City is a 3.4-billion pound pile of rather ordinary - looking sand. Nobody thought it was dangerous. And contractors reported th ...

Many in God's Church are being lured back into the world! Countless others find its pull so strong that their spiritual growth is being stunted. You need to know - and avoid! - this deadly trap which Satan is using to ensnare the very sons of God! THE salvation of many in God's Church is hanging ...

Could God trust you to rule a galaxy? Here is a fascinating glimpse of the future! What and where will you be one billion centuries from now? Will you be dust and ashes, long since gone and forgotten? Or - ? Today, planet Earth is our home. It is a unique place. But it is not the only place. From he ...

There is as much confusion surrounding the message Jesus brought as there is about the personality of the man Himself - which is to say that there is an enormous lack of true understanding. Even the word gospel is usually misinterpreted or misunderstood - connoting to most minds something smacking o ...

Are you like many people who say. "I believe in God, but He seems so distant so unreal to me"? Have you wondered: "Where is God? Has He gone off somewhere? Why doesn't He show Himself in some way? How can an invisible God be real to me?" But think about it for a moment. Almost ...

"What would happen if everyone believed like you and would not fight?" Have you ever heard this question? To many people today it is almost incredible that some Christians will not fight in war. In the last chapter, we saw writings of the leading churchmen in the first few centuries. They ...

INTERNATIONAL DESK - The shower head fell into the bathtub again this morning. It always does when I try to adjust it. Not that it really matters-the hotel doesn't have any running water today anyway. Or electricity. The cleaner (if that is what you call the man who comes in twice a day to rearran ...

Your health is a matter of CAUSE and EFFECT! There are REASONS for sickness and there are LAWS which will promote better health. The MAKER'S INSTRUCTION BOOK reveals those laws of good health. You need to understand and apply them! God gave to the ancient Israelites basic laws of health which - if ...

Free societies are gradually disappearing! Within a few months you have seen the world's largest democracy revert to a virtual dictatorship, with mass arrests and loss of personal freedoms. In free, democratic nations, including the United States, we see the loss of many personal freedoms we ...

"No human need ever become a failure!" Editor-in-Chief Herbert W. Armstrong proves this in his booklet, The Seven Laws of Success, and shows how to be successful in life. This booklet is so valuable, you couldn't afford to buy it. But if you don't have a copy, you can't afford to be ...

"In the beginning... God said, Let us make man in our image... in the image of God created he him, male and female created he them ... heirs together of the grace of life... that as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God." God never intended there to be any " ...