Herbert W Armstrong

Things continue to move along at a rapid pace. On August 31 a board meeting was conducted on the campus at Bricket Wood. For any official board action it is necessary that three members of the board from the United States be present in the meeting. (Les McCullough, Raymond McNair and I were there fo ...

Man's survival capabilities are now being weighed in the balance. Many heads of state, scientists, futurists, ecologists and others of the intelligentsia have already found them wanting. Twentieth-century man is in a state of shipwreck and the prospects for viable lifeboats are very few indeed. Bu ...

The U.S. Newsstand Program is slated to distribute 495,000 co pies of the January edition, and we plan to have a monthly turnover of nearly 800,000 by the end of this fiscal year. A recent Bulletin article announced that we had acquired approval to distribute the P.T. through 17 major airports acros ...

Greetings from Pasadena! Once again, it is good to hear from so many of you and feel the continuing trend toward unity and stability after our upsets of recent months. Also, I am very encouraged by the continuing growth in our overseas Work. Mr. Colin Adair sent in a report a few days ago that incom ...

The Plain Truth Newsstand Program has just acquired approval to distribute through an additional 19 major airport outlets in the U.S. This is in addition to the 17 airports we mentioned in a recent Pastor's Report. The 19 airports are located in: ...

Are the Ten Commandments "NEGATIVE" and therefore a WRONG form of law? OFTEN we hear the basic Law of God impugned as negative, and therefore not good. God is often conceived as a stern, wrathful God, who angrily says to us: "THOU SHALT NOT!" God's truth is sometimes looked upo ...

Are the Ten Commandments "NEGATIVE" and therefore a WRONG form of law? Often we hear the basic Law of God impugned as negative, and therefore not good. God is often conceived as a stern, wrathful God, who angrily says to us: "THOU SHALT NOT!" ...

Jesus commanded: "Man SHALL live by EVERY Word of God." How can we prove that He included the Old Testament in that command? - that He meant ALL the Bible? ...

ROBERT OGUIER was seized, bound and eventually led to a small room. A band of "professionals" came into the room. One of them tried to convince him to change his religion. Mark Levitt was seized, bound, a hood put on his head and taken to a small attic. He also was visited by professionals ...

It doesn't seem possible, but the time has already come to direct our attention toward the 1985 Feast of Tabernacles! Focus your mind now on the most joyous Festival — and also the largest convention — held anywhere on earth. About 133,000 of our brethren will gather for eight days in the glorious ...

HUNDREDS of millions of people around the world are looking forward to the Christmas holiday season. Families will soon be busy putting up Christmas decorations. Holly, mistletoe and evergreen will deck the house. And just the right tree will be chosen and decorated with tinsel and ornaments. Christ ...

SPARE THE ROD?: The U.S. Supreme Court recently approved of use of corporal punishment in public schools, but only as a last resort after teachers have exhausted other milder forms of punishment. Psychologists and other experts disagree as to whether there is ever a need or justification for ...

The world is full of nominal Christians - but how many are Christians in deed? The Christian Bible makes it clear that mere belief is not enough. A United States Senator recently quoted a very moving, yet indicting poem, "Listen Christian!" (by Bob Rowland), which reads as follows: ...

What Is the Mark of the Beast? Better be sure whether this brand is upon you! Without it, no man will be able to buy or sell! With out it, you may be tortured even to death! But with it, you shall suffer the SEVEN LAST PLAGUES OF GOD! Some used to say this mystic "mark" was the fasces on t ...

Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong has now directed that the name of Worldwide News changed to The Good News. This change will be carried out next issue. The tabloid format will continue however - at least for the time being. Non-members will not be renewed and the subscription price will be removed. ...