Herbert W Armstrong

Helmut Schmidt, considered by many to be a real leader in the Western world, has won re-election in West Germany. But major problems loom on the horizon during his new term of office. Unwilling to take political chances in an increasingly uncertain world, West German voters, on Sunday, October 5, re ...

Just what is the "beat" way of life the younger generation is embracing? Why do today's teenagers lack any real sense of purpose? Here are the surprising answers! LONDON. "I held it! I held it!" screamed the girl in a state of ecstacy. "She touched George! She touched George!&q ...

The world was shocked - stunned, by the death of Dr. Martin Luther King. Then, in swift succession, riots, arson, looting and killing broke out in dozens of U.S. cities. World leaders flocked to his funeral. Eulogies and praises for Dr. King could be heard - even from those who only weeks before had ...

Russia, short of food, is forced to buy wheat from U.S. Canada sells grain to starving China. 50,000 drought-stricken square miles of Brazil goes up in flames in 1963. Drought returns to U.S. What does it all mean? Today the world faces a major population explosion. Over three billion people now inh ...

Advertisements counsel us: "Enjoy life, buy our product, come to where the action is, life begins in our new model home." In effect, "it's a world where everyone seeks his pot of gold and hopes to find the really good life in doing so. But there's a MISSING DIMENSION in the search for happy and ...

Will the dynamo of Asia be content to remain only an economic giant? What can we expect from its new prime minister? Can militarily vulnerable Japan continue to rely for its defense upon the United States? These are vital questions as Japan moves into the mid 1980s. The economic picture throughout A ...

In the book of Revelation we find a disturbing vision of four fearsome horsemen (Rev. 6:1-8). Each of these horsemen is a symbol of the four major punishments to be inflicted upon a rebellious mankind — probably in the not-too-distant future! Each represents the final, end-time culmination of the ma ...

Can deserts and near-deserts be reclaimed in time to prevent massive starvation in a world threatened by population explosion? Here is a challenging, on-the-spot report from an international conference on this vital subject. Tucson, Arizona. More than one third of the earth's land surface is arid ...

An explosion of biological knowledge is promising earthshaking discoveries. Among them are genetic engineering, test tube babies, control of the aging process, suspended animation, and even the prospect of man-made immortality! But these prospects are raising a welter of ethical and moral questions. ...

The history of Assyria differs greatly from the history of Babylonia. Babylonia was divided into numerous semi-independent regions and city-states. Its dynasties were usually shortlived. Assyria, by contrast, had unusually centralized government. Not more than two or three royal families dominated t ...

Again I send you GREETINGS from London. I try to personally write a letter to each one in our vast radio audience who also is reading The PLAIN TRUTH, at least twice a year. Right now I am gravely concerned—as YOU need to be— about the new turn in world conditions. You need to KNOW what these alarmi ...

Late in 1978, several dissident, former Church members trooped into the law offices of Hillel Chodos in Beverly Hills with a list of so-called improprieties they said were occurring within the Church. After hearing them out, Chodos went to see Lawrence R. Tapper, deputy attorney general of the state ...

Millions are experimenting with " pot" (marijuana), tripping on LSD, or are hooked on heroin! Thousands are "turning on," "tuning in," dropping out. The shadowy, surrealistic world of drugs is emerging as youth's greatest "cop-out." Here are the sobering fac ...

How can we say we're really educated if we do not know what, why, and who we are? If we don't know why we're on the earth, if we don't know what is our individual purpose, if we don't know what human life is all about? Ironically, as I was saying, last time we have now come to the educated ...

This is the first time I have ever written a personal letter to our subscribers to The PLAIN TRUTH. But it's for a very special reason! I am excited about what I feel will be a thoroughly enjoyable, instructive, helpful, sometimes amusing, and always really INTERESTING gift for you — something NEV ...