Herbert W Armstrong

Now stop and think for a moment. Why did God ordain the human relationship of MARRIAGE? Animals reproduce. But animals do not marry! Animals are born with instinct. They need little or no teaching. As soon as a calf is born, it will begin to stagger to its feet, while the cow just stands waiting. ...

What's happening to the "service professions"? Take a look at big city hotels, restaurants, cleaning establishments, cab lines, custodial businesses and bus lines - a subtle new pattern becomes obvious. Surly, disgruntled waiters; irritated, short-tempered clerks; careless, impersonal people strug ...

GOD RULES HIS MINISTRY, HANNAH, wife of Elkanah the Levite, was at the tabernacle praying when she was startled by the harsh voice of Eli, the high priest. He accused her of being drunk. (I Samuel 1:12-14.) Prayer was so rare in Israel that Eli did not realize Hannah was praying. Having become lost ...

Well now, we've been going through the book of Romans and we're up now to one of the favorite chapters of mine, the eleventh chapter. I was just making a brief little outline of Romans up-to-date from the beginning. In chapter one Paul addresses his letter to all that are in Rome. Now remember h ...

Personal from Herbert W Armstrong - I HAVE BEEN somewhat amused at a clipping sent me containing an article concerning myself in the Catholic Herald, published in England, issue of September 1, 1967. Frequently clippings are sent me of hostile slanderous, defaming attacks, falsely accusing, persecut ...

CRIME is generally defined as "deviant behavior contrary to the accepted codes of society." Society will not survive if most of its people break most of its laws most of the time, so man has instituted punishment for serious crimes in an attempt to stop criminal behavior. Nevertheless, crime has flo ...

Now, He had answered and said that the very first thing that would happen was this, "Take heed that no man deceive you." Others are going to be deceived but "take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, that I am Christ..." Now, He didn't say that ...

Greetings! A very nice young man said to me one time, "Mr. Armstrong, I got saved last night. I gave my heart to the Lord." "Well," I said, "Isn't that wonderful; what do you mean, you gave your heart to the Lord? Just how did you do that? Was the Lord there?" "W ...

A year ago I wrote all subscribers to The Plain Truth an unusual letter. For the first time in 27 years I was in position to GIVE something very fine, such as I had never been able to do before. And now I can offer YOU a gift just as fine ABSOLUTELY FREE, with even postage paid. I doubt if anything ...

MILLIONS are seeking excitement and thrills through the allure of gambling. From bingo to black jack, roulette to horse racing, gambling is fast becoming a worldwide scourge. And beneath the glitter and glamour is the sinister shadow of the underworld! This article explains how to kick the gambling ...

I simply have to write you about it! Last night I enjoyed one of the most moving experiences of my life. It was Sunday night — the third and last of the first of the new PUBLIC APPEARANCE meetings being conducted by my son, Garner Ted Armstrong, in the large and beautiful NEW auditorium in Calgary, ...

Why "organization"? Isn't there something inherently evil in being "organized"? What is the Church? Why a "church"? Is the Church which Jesus built only a loosely connected, disorganized, autonomous group of local "churches" - or is it, according to the Bible, an organization? I'M NOT le ...

David and Pam chose natural childbirth at home for the delivery of their second child. The rate of children delivered outside of hospitals in America has increased each year by 30 percent between 1975 and 1980 alone, according to the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics. The number of parents ...

The Plain Truth Is Published: SURELY NOTHING could have started smaller. Born in adversity in the very depths of the Depression, this Work of God was destined to grow to worldwide power. But I did not realize its destiny then. There were no illusions of grandeur. It was not through any planning of m ...

If we are living in the end time, we need to know it. You've heard them all: Armageddon. The Second Coming. The beast. The number 666. The Great Tribulation. The Day of the Lord. What do these seemingly strange biblical symbols mean? Is it possible to know? Is it really possible to understand Bibl ...