Herbert W Armstrong

John the Baptist's condition was desperate. He had just been thrown into prison, following his insistence that Herod would be breaking God's law to live in adultery. Then he heard, through several of his disciples, the rumors about Jesus' growing ministry. From the beginning, John had shunned ...

This Xeroxed volume represents the first crude attempt to put the history of earliest ancient times based on the bible into story form. The main sources for this material are the bible and the two-volume 'compendium of world history'. The reader is cautioned that the incomplete account presented ...

A look inside your own trash can will reveal much about the way you live- and about a growing problem in Western society. Here's what you can do about it. You can learn a great deal about a society by studying its garbage. In fact, an entire science is devoted to that very endeavor - archaeology. ...

Question 1: Where did St. Valentine's Day come from? Should Christians allow their children to participate in Valentine's Day activities? What should I tell our children about these customs? Question 2: How could life have existed on the earth before Adam if the sun were created on the fourth da ...

For three decades, the U.S. and Western Europe have enjoyed unprecedented prosperity in a dynamic partnership. But disputes over trade and relations with the Soviet bloc now threaten to rip the Atlantic Alliance asunder. Tempers are rising on both sides of the Atlantic. Political positions are harde ...

Part One: The Plain Truth About Child Rearing: Today the reality of a generation gap stares society in the face. Many parents frankly confess that they do not know their own children. They are like strangers. And this gap seems to have happened overnight. Parents may appear to be close to their chil ...

What special attributes did David develop that gained him such high favor with God? I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will" (Acts 13:22). So said God of King David of ancient Israel! What a positive evaluation! Of all the people who have lived, God has ...

In the past two weeks, this world has entered into a "whole new ball game". The intervention of the Soviet Union in Afghanistan changes the whole world picture. Or does it? President Jimmy Carter has said this new development has given him a new insight and appraisal of Communist Russia. It gave me ...

I HAVE JUST COME from the funeral of one of our granddaughters whom Mrs. Armstrong and I loved very much. This particular granddaughter was very special to us, because of circumstances under which she was born, which resulted in a partial handicap through life. I always called her my "Princess. ...

WHY SHOULD we want to study the Bible? What IS the Bible? How shall we study it, in order to understand it? At the very beginning of this course we need to ask, and answer, these questions. We know God has commanded, "STUDY to SHOW THYSELF APPROVED UNTO GOD." But WHY should we se ...

Do you find yourself having to struggle to achieve regular Bible study? Here are some helpful tips. How does a housewife, with a couple of preschoolers always clinging to her skirt, do it? How does a busy worker, with only so many hours in a day, manage it? How important is it, really, to study God+ ...

Look anywhere in the world and you see racial group strife. Millions being tortured, maimed, killed. But why? What is the underlying reason for a world filled with hate and killing? "I hate you," is a powerful statement. It brings tears, sorrow, disillusionment. It can also cause more hate, torture ...

Why do young people feel their elders don't understand them? WHY do so many youths REJECT everything their parents stand for? Well more than one half of the world's population is under twenty-one. Suddenly youth is in revolt, Are these youthful voices the wave of the future? "Like, man - you'r ...

Read this eyewitness report about the startling meaning behind America's newest air weapon - and the world's largest air plane - the C-5A. Marietta, Georgia. The U.S. does it again! American ingenuity has built the world's largest airplane, the C-5A Galaxy. Far wider than a football field, Ame ...

A great religious combine is plotting at this moment. Innocent millions will be unsuspectingly sucked into a whirlpool of religious superstition - or be martyred. WORLD religious and political heads are being duped by a sinister force masquerading under the name of religion! With the appealing sloga ...