Herbert W Armstrong

Following the choosing of the disciples in John I, the scene immediately shifts in John 2 to a marriage celebration in Cana of Galilee, during which Jesus performed His first, and perhaps most famous and controversial miracle. Let us first read the biblical account in the book of John. Jesus' moth ...

The laser is one of man's most incredible and spectacular inventions. It produces a beam of light billions of times more intense than radiation from the surface of the sun. Used properly, the laser has an amazing potential for good - for the benefit of mankind. But the laser also has an awesome, m ...

PHARAOH had just started on a tour to view the livestock damage outside the city, when he was advised to turn back because an especially strong wind was driving the sand. At the same time the king saw two unwelcome but familiar figures carrying a large leather bag, standing on the palace steps. Mose ...

Dear Fellow Ministers: Greetings, this time from smoggy Pasadena! I hope all of you out there in the field are in good health and keeping up the good work. All of us here are fine, except for the smog and human problems which will always be with us. ...

And now, once again, continuing what is prophesized to happen to the United States. My friends, I've been telling you that after we have learned some lessons—and it's prophesized that we shall, we have lessons to learn—we shall learn them. We're going to have to suffer to learn them, I'm afr ...

ELIJAH the prophet had been instructed by God to stay hidden in a city near the coast of the Great Sea during many months of the drought that had come to the ten tribes of Israel. (I Kings 17:8-16.) God Gives Life; The young son of the woman in whose home Elijah stayed had died. He had taken the boy ...

JEHORAM, king of the House of Judah, fled with his family toward his palace when Arabians and Philistines broke into Jerusalem. Before they could get inside, the king's frantically racing wives and children were seized by Arabian riders and whisked away. Jehoram reached the palace and ran to a sec ...

How did humanity come to be here on this earth in the first place, anyway? How did you come to be here? How did the earth itself come to be? You ought to want to know. Many have wondered and many have speculated. Many scientists have devoted their lifetimes to researching and studying this question. ...

DAVID, KING OF ISRAEL, had allowed himself to fall into a dangerous and miserable state of affairs. He had tried desperately to hide his sins. But David should have known that God would uncover them. He was astounded when Nathan the prophet told him that God had revealed matters to him, and that he, ...

Last week I sent over for typing and mailing from the headquarters in Pasadena my "Semi-Annual Letter" for the entire 400,000 subscribers to The PLAIN TRUTH. Either you will already have received a copy of this letter, or it will be enclosed with this one. I hope of course that you will at ...

IT IS time-beginning with a new year-that the readers of The Plain Truth focus attention on the major trends now bringing this world's society to a catastrophic climax-just before the ushering in of the peaceful world tomorrow. Today's conditions were dramatically foretold by Jesus Christ in his ...

It is an exceedingly rare event when the leader of the Chinese nation travels abroad. Emperors never left "The Middle Kingdom" (the meaning of the name "China," signifying the center of things political). It has happened only three times since the Communists came to power in 1949. Therefore, Cha ...

"Do I seek to please men? For if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man [he didn't get it from other men, he got it direct from Christ]. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught ...

What do you think of when someone mentions Easter - brightly colored eggs, bunny rabbits, hot cross buns, Easter parades and sunrise services? Have you ever wondered whether these traditional customs of Easter have any logical connection with the resurrection of Jesus Christ? Few have ever thought a ...

THE Syrian army had been unsuccessful in its relatively small surprise attacks against Israel. The king of Syria therefore charged that one of his top military officers must have been selling information to the Israelite command. He threatened to punish all his top-ranking officers with death if the ...