Herbert W Armstrong

A questionnaire was recently mailed to 20,000 new Plain Truth readers. These people could be called "babes in the truth" as they have only received The PLAIN TRUTH for three months. The returns, which are now coming in at a very high rate, are fascinating and valuable because they give us an insight ...

The Pastoral Administration Department (PAD) needs the cooperation of all of you ministers. Repeatedly, we get reports that there is a certain amount of confusion concerning the handling of divorce and remarriage problems. Of course, any doctrinal or policy matters will be decided by Christ's Apos ...

Here is an eye-opening article on a much misunderstood subject. Some ask, "Wasn't tithing just for the Jews?" Others, "Wasn't tithing done away?" Or, "Was it a form of national taxation in ancient Israel?" Or, "Was it to supply material needs to the poor?" ...

My friends why is that today we are in such religious confusion? Why is it that there seem to be more than one Jesus Christ being proclaimed today? And why is it that the message that Jesus Christ brought is not known today? And people believe exactly the opposite, and they can become very much rile ...

An important message for you! the envelope blared. It was addressed to "Mr. Haflod (or resident)." And there was a note to the post office telling them not to bother to return the letter in case of non-delivery. It certainly didn't seem to be an important message. Whoever sent it got my name wrong ...

Now, we need to be conscious of the Babylon of religious confusion that exists in the world today. Beside more than 250 sects and denominations of the Christian religion today in the world, we have Judaism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Islamism, or the Islamic religion, Shintoism, Taoism, agnosticism, at ...

Do you always use God's name with proper reverence and respect? Here are guidelines everyone should know and use. Everyone wants life - happy, exciting, challenging life here and now, and the assurance that such abundant life will continue even beyond this physical existence. How to have this kind ...

And I tell you, the people in this country wouldn't want to live in a world where a communist was ruling the whole world. And the people in communist countries wouldn't want to live in a world where one of our people was at the helm, ruling it. In the hands of man it's impossible. But with God ...

With the Fall Festival season upon us, God's people are in the final planning stages for this year's Feast. One major concern in planning for and attending the Feast is finances. Thankfully, God has shown us the way to handle the financial aspect of attending His annual feast days. God explains ...

Mankind is constantly engaged in a frustrating search for the ultimate answer - The Panacea. We seek solutions to a plethora of problems which constantly plague humanity. Yet real answers elude the world's greatest thinkers - all solutions are at best temporary. But the Creator God has p ...

World violence heats up. WHY? Few realize it's a world held captive, deceived into loving the way of the archkidnapper, but with deliverance and freedom imminent. Now a United States President talks of Armageddon. The atomic scientists warn of doomsday. They have set the doomsday clock one more mi ...

Elbert Hubbard once said, "The greatest mistake you can make is to be continually fearing you will make one." Do you live in constant fear of making a mistake? Do you suppress great creative ideas because you are afraid they will fail? Then remember this: Many errors are serviceable, and s ...

Do YOU, as a member of the body of Christ, have a truly WILLING spirit? Do you have that outgoing, yielding, GIVING attitude of which Christ spoke so often? It's time to CHECK UP on ourselves! Read this searching article and find out about YOU! SUSPICION! Greed! Jealousy! Mistrust! Hate! THESE are ...

WELCOME IN ADVANCE, brethren in Christ, to the greatest Feast of Tabernacles, 1978! My dear children in Christ, let me tell you how you came to be here – actually the largest conclave or convention held on earth. For this is an EIGHT-DAY Festival held annually with Feast sites scattered over the ear ...

The late Sir Bertrand Russell declared: "Religion is based, I think, primarily and mainly upon fear." Presumably he would have agreed with the ancient Greek historian Polybius that the purpose of religion is to keep the masses in check. And one must admit that in many cases they had a point. So much ...