Herbert W Armstrong

Where and when did the custom of observing Lent originate? Here are amazing FACTS about this 40-day period of penitence that will surprise you! Believe it or not, Lent was observed 2,000 years before Jesus was born! It was still being observed during the lifetime of Jesus and in the days of the apos ...

Question: Should a Christian Woman Obey Her Unconverted Husband? Answer: This question has troubled many women who have been called to a knowledge of the truth before their husbands have been called. They are faced with a tremendous problem which may cause much needless worry and anxiety until the p ...

How did customs, celebrated long before the birth of Jesus, come to be called "Christmas"? It was that festive season again. The little children were filled with anticipation and excitement. The whole family was busy putting up decorations. Boughs of holly and evergreen were assembled and ...

How did customs, celebrated long before the birth of Jesus, come to be called "Christmas"? It was that festive season again. The little children were filled with anticipation and excitement. The whole family was busily involved in putting up decorations. Boughs of holly and evergreen were ...

I must write this letter a bit early this month, because this is the year's shortest month, and I am in the Far-East. This letter must be mailed first to Pasadena Headquarters and then sent on to you. The first of my public appearance campaigns in world capitals was originally scheduled to begin t ...

Question: How Should a Christian Woman Obey Her Unconverted Husband? Answer: This question has troubled many women who have been called to a knowledge of the truth before their husbands have been called. They are faced with a tremendous problem which may cause much needless worry and anxiety until t ...

How should we measure the value of human life? "Life is infinitely more precious now!" exclaimed Margaret Thatcher after escaping the Brighton bomb. But not everywhere is life precious! "Life is cheap in Mexico," wrote Bruno Lopez from San Juan Ixhuatepec. His remark was in reference to damage payme ...

How should a Christian woman obey her unconverted husband? This question has troubled many women who have been called to a knowledge of the truth before their husbands have been called. They are faced with a tremendous problem which may cause much needless worry and anxiety until the plain teaching ...

(Editor's Note: Following is the essence of an official Church news release given to the press Thursday, June 6.) The Prime Minister of Tunisia, Mr. Hedi Nouira, received Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong, Mr. Stanley R. Rader and Mr. Tokuo Yamashita at noon, June 5th in the Palace at the Casbah in Tunis. ...

How did customs, celebrated long before the birth of Jesus, come to be called "Christmas"? It was that festive season again. The little children were filled with anticipation and excitement. The whole family was busily involved in putting up decorations. Boughs of holly and evergreen were assembled ...

I have GOOD NEWS — but today's newspaper does not! Listen to the front-page headlines: "ISRAELI TOLL WORST SINCE OCTOBER WAR" — "100 FEARED DEAD IN RUSS AIRLINER CRASH" — "ART THEFT ALARM DID ITS WORK BUT POLICE HAD QUIT FOR THE DAY" — "RHODESIAN FARMERS LIVE IN ...

This is an emergency letter. I am having to RUSH it AIR-MAIL!! Here we are, in the very midst of the most furious Christmas shopping spree of all time. Many of our Co-Workers are spending lavishly, buying presents — (as they suppose) — for CHRIST'S BIRTHDAY! But are they giving their birthday pres ...

Desiring to make it into God's Kingdom is an admirable goal - but it is not enough. There is a still higher goal than this! What should the real Christian goal be? Most longtime readers of The Plain Truth will answer, "Why, my goal is to enter the Kingdom of God!" Isn't this what Christ said the ...

This will be my last letter to you before the great Feast of Tabernacles—perhaps the greatest in 1900 years. I have just reread a letter I wrote and sent yesterday to our ministers and their wives. And as I read it, I felt that it is exactly what I want now to say to you. So here it is: WHERE WE ARE ...

Here are ways to improve and heal damaged relationships between mates! Is your marriage as happy as you want it to be? Or is it troubled? Did you know that a marriage doesn't have to remain perpetually locked in unhappy categories astutely labeled by one marriage counselor as the Spare-Time Battle ...