Herbert W Armstrong

Most of our lives are full, exciting, even hectic. We come home to a comfortable environment - maybe to a family that loves us. But it's not enough. There's still an emotional void that nags at the back of our minds. It's hard to put our fingers on exactly what's wrong, to pinpoint the mi ...

Believe it or not, assembling together in local groups or churches may lead to loss of salvation to many - unless these pitfalls are avoided! HERE is what our newly converted brethren need to know. TRUE, we are commanded not to forsake assembling ourselves together - and so much the more in these la ...

We—and the whole world—are at a crucial turning point in the history of mankind. And in the life and work of God's Church! The death of Pope Paul VI may trigger a drastic, crucial and pivotal CHANGE in world affairs—and also in GOD'S WORK to which He has called you and me to be co-workers with C ...

Our First Child: FOR SOME four months after our wedding day we lived on the North Side of Chicago, near the lake. During that brief period we had occupied two furnished apartments and one furnished room. About Thanksgiving time, 1917, we moved into a single room on the South Side. We sub-rented this ...

Personal from Herbert W Armstrong - I AM writing a new book titled Mystery of the Ages. It will appear serially for the next several months in The Plain Truth. Why have I written this book? Why is it so important now? In this Personal I would like to explain. I have lived a long, active, interest-pa ...

There is a spiritual disease as common as the common cold - but seldom recognized for what it really is. What are its symptoms? How can you tell if you are afflicted with it? ALL diseases have symptoms. Red eyes, runny nose and a hacking cough are all symptoms of the common cold. Self-righteous ...

There is only one place on earth where the government of God is administered — and even that has been sidetracked. Now Christ, the living Head of the Church, sets it back. THE WORLD DOES NOT realize that the GOVERNMENT OF GOD once ruled over the earth. God's government does rule the UNIVERSE! ...

Worse slaughter than occurred under Hitler's rule is taking place right now. Up to 55 million innocent lives will be snuffed out this year! This article explains what this terrible slaughter is, and what it means. A sorrowful and tragic prophecy from the Bible has already come to pass in our day a ...

Most people, if asked what they consider important for the success of nations or individuals, would place wealth, position, education, intellect, natural abilities and talents at the top of their list. But these things count for little without another ingredient - one that is not inherited or inborn ...

A crisis grows over the "adoption triangle"-the adopted, their biological parents, their new families. We asked vibrant 87-year-old Henrietta Wiens to tell about her life as an orphan, in the hope it may help other adopted persons. At the turn of the century "orphan trains" were ...

All members need to be updated on the history of the Philadelphia era of God's one original Church as founded in A.D. 31 by Jesus Christ - especially the past 15 years of its life. Jesus Christ said that in the world His Church would have tribulations and persecutions. He did not foretell clear sa ...

Personal from Herbert W Armstrong - Some of the teachings in the Bible are a little hard for the average thinking mind to understand. James tells us to count it all joy when trials, ordeals, reverses beset us. Troubles a joy? That's pretty hard to accept, isn't it? And, for the average person, a ...

Believe it or not, assembling together in local groups or churches may lead to loss of salvation to many - unless these pitfalls are avoided! HERE is what our newly converted brethren need to know. TRUE, we are commanded not to forsake assembling ourselves together - and so much the more in these la ...

Well greetings everybody; you're living in a world that is just filled with religious confusion. I wonder if you ever stop to think about how many religions we have. In other parts of the world we don't think of much here in the United States, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Shintoism, Hinduism, ...

Do we really know what He meant? Christ said, "Go ye and LEARN what that meaneth" (Matt. 9:J3). Knowing can mean your eternal life! WHAT IS our goal - really? Is it a hazy, not too vivid, all-encompassing kind of thing, like "to get into the Kingdom," "to show love," or "to do the Work of ...