Herbert W Armstrong

or the first time in my life, I am en route to a Communist country, behind the "Iron Curtain." I am going to Bucharest, Romania, as a guest of the country, at the personal invitation of President Nicolae Ceausescu. I am looking forward to this visit with considerable interest, since I have ...

Why does the Bible omit mention of the birthdates of such men as Abraham, Moses - and even Jesus Christ? Is the day of one's birth of any great importance? Here's the surprising answer! Search your Bible! How many birthday celebrations do you find? A Pharaoh in Egypt celebrates his birthday by h ...

We look forward, now, to the most significant fall Festival season in our lifetime. We know by many world-shaking events we are in the very LAST DAYS— the coming of Jesus Christ back to earth in SUPREME POWER AND GLORY is NEAR! Looking at world events and God's PROPHECIES we know that time is now ...

While reading an article about the Middle East recently, I was struck by a statement attributed to a venerable Moslem holy man. He asserted that, "Everything must begin with God's name." Now at first that may sound like so much hocus-pocus. The whole idea may seem trite and hyper-religio ...

Is it true that only poor people are likely to be "saved"? WHY are some people rich - and some poor? Abraham Lincoln is reputed once to have said: "God must love the poor because He made so many of them." Was Lincoln right? It is commonly assumed that – because of certain Biblica ...

THINK OF IT! Less than two weeks, until we should all be gathered together in God's huge new Tabernacle! I shall certainly expect to see you there! Remember God commands our presence there, unless we are prevented by circumstances beyond our control. I believe the big new aluminized-steel Tabernac ...

The most effective form of advertising is by word of mouth: that personal recommendation. Mr. Herbert Armstrong mentioned recently that he would like to see all of us recommending The Plain Truth to our friends outside the Church: at the same time encouraging them to become regular readers. ...

How can YOU be a more effective help in the Church of God? How can you have a greater part in SERVING your brethren? Here are ways you can be a valuable servant - ways you may well have overlooked! MANY continually ask, "What can I do to serve in God's Church?" They are eager and very de ...

God intends your loving cup of marriage to be brimful and running over with joy and pleasure. Here's how it can be. How pleasurable is your marriage? Are you enduring a living death when you could be enjoying the many pleasures God makes possible in marriage? Last month you were asked to rate the ...

Today there is an increasing desire for total security. We want our five acres somewhere - land, home, something permanent. But is this temporal life something more than the much sought after mammon of material? Is there such a thing as a commitment to spiritual values that far transcends a paycheck ...

AFTER THE DEATH OF JACOB AND his twelve sons in Egypt, their children grew in about two and a quarter centuries to a population probably between two and three million in that land. But Israel's children became slaves: "And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation. And the ch ...

AFTER the death of Jacob and his twelve sons in Egypt, their children grew in about two and a quarter centuries to a population probably between two and three million in that land. But Israel's children became slaves: "And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation. "And ...

Is money such a great evil? Is it something the Christian shouldn't really want? Does God dislike luxury? Just what should a Christian's attitude be toward material prosperity? "MONEY isn't everything," you hear people say. And it's true. Money - material prosperity - isn't everyt ...

Question 1: Recently I received a surprise visit on the Sabbath from an old school friend who is not in the Church. After she had left I felt guilty of breaking the Sabbath by talking about material things. What should I have done? Question 2: My husband complains that I spend too much time praying ...

Where is the one and only true Church today- the Church founded by Jesus Christ in A.D. 31? Seven major eye-opening proofs identify it unmistakably. Proof Four: THE TRUTH ABOUT ISRAEL, The Holy Bible is essentially the book of and concerning the nation Israel. It is concerned with other nations ...