Herbert W Armstrong

Have you felt this way? Some brethren feel they are not a vital part of this great work because they are not being used as ministers or full-time employees. Perhaps they have no direct responsibility in their congregations. The result? Some let feelings of discouragement and despondency come over th ...

Letters continue to ask, "Were you ever a 'Jehovah Witness'? Members of that sect have told me you were." Although I have stated positively and definitely on the radio program a number of times that I never belonged to the sect known as "Jehovah Witnesses," or the Seventh Day ...

Following is further dialogue from Mr. Stanley R. Rader, submitted Jan. 1st, 1979, which was scheduled to appear in the Pastor's Report on January 3rd. This Pastor's Report containing this material was ordered cancelled by C. Wayne Cole on Wednesday, the third. Ted Armstrong was less than can ...

Question 1: "A neighbor of mine thinks Christ, between the ages of twelve and thirty, was in a foreign nation. Where does the Bible say He lived during those years?" Question 2: "I have been listening to your program on the air and reading The PLAIN TRUTH for the past few years, Your ...

(Editor's Note: The following press release by Mr. Rader was distributed to news media representatives — TV, radio, newspapers — in his office on Friday morning, February 16.) Last week I disclosed the discovery of a reporter's transcript of an improper hearing granted by Judge Pacht ...

Last week was a very busy week, one of the reasons being that we've had a member of our printer's technical staff from Kentucky working with us here in Pasadena. This man (Bob England) is actually paid by the printer but his job is to look after our interests in Kentucky. We had meetings and ...

Just four months remain until the opening of Ambassador Graduate School of Theology and progress is rapidly being made. The full-time faculty of the school has now been appointed. Some part-time faculty members have also been named, and a few others are still being considered as finer points of the ...

This time I have to give you bad news which at the same time is very GOOD news. The other day Mr. Leroy Neff, our treasurer, called a special meeting of all department heads. In the past two months we have gone considerably over budget, and cash reserves are at dangerous levels. But the reason is GO ...

TV NEWS and DOCUMENTARIES right now, inspired by the signing of SALT-II by President Carter and Brezhnev are picturing the imminent possibility of a war so FRIGHTFUL words cannot express it. Brezhnev was quoted as saying those left alive, in such a war, would envy the dead! This OUGHT TO WAKE US UP! ...

LETTERS continue to ask, "Were you ever a 'Jehovah Witness'? Members of that sect have told me you were." Although I have stated positively and definitely on the radio program a number of times and in articles in The PLAIN TRUTH that I never belonged to the sect known as "Jehovah Witnesses," or ...

Question 1: I Peter 2:21 says, "Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps." If Jesus were not teaching celibacy by His example, why didn't He marry? Question 2: Should Christian brethren close personal letters to one another with the phrase &quo ...

It is natural to sympathize with the underdog - the fellow who is persecuted or picked on. But why is the person in that position? Have you ever had a "suffering hero" complex, a state of self-pity in which you feel everyone is down on you? Chances are, you probably have. Most of us have it on ...

A number of you have been asking about several booklet projects that have been "hanging fire" for some time I did have the opportunity to discuss them all with Mr. Armstrong today. In addition, we have some news on the Healing booklet. The Wonderful World Tomorrow booklet will be reprinted shortly. ...

Which FAMILY must the Christian put first - the natural human family or the GOD Family into which he is begotten? IF YOU ARE really a Christian, you are a begotten child of God - begotten into the GOD FAMILY. God says, through the apostle John, "Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it dot ...

Greetings from Pasadena! Mr. Herbert Armstrong is back from a successful trip to the SEP camp at Orr, Minnesota. He wanted to go back to speak to the kids for the final session this year, and I'm sure it was very encouraging and inspiring to everyone concerned. ...