Herbert W Armstrong

THE PROTESTANT movement today is on trial. The Protestant Reformation has spawned a veritable Babylon of hundreds of differing denominations. They vary in faith and practice all the way from fundamentalist Quakers to modern Congregationalists, from primitive Methodists to Christian Scientists, from ...

Are you like many people who say. "I believe in God, but He seems so distant so unreal to me"? Have you wondered: "Where is God? Has He gone off somewhere? Why doesn't He show Himself in some way? How can an invisible God be real to me?" But think about it for a moment. Almost ...

Do you want to be loved and understood? Of course you do! Everybody does. But many people live and die without ever having felt truly loved and understood Why? What's the reason for this paradox? According to statistics, a great number of those over 55 years of age do not participate in a ...

A WOMAN IN LONDON, England, a radio listener and PLAIN TRUTH subscriber, writes, "We do not agree with a lot of your teaching." Now there's nothing unusual about that. I would estimate that about 99.99 percent of you who read this column did not agree with a lot of our teaching when you first hear ...

On an island west of Turkey, a man named John experienced a strange series of visions. He recorded them in the controversial biblical book of Revelation. Climaxing all the blood and gore pictured in the first nineteen chapters is a thousand-year reign of peace and prosperity revealed in ch ...

Personal from Herbert W Armstrong - The most costly non-specialty automobile is the Rolls-Royce. In early 1962 I bought one in London. I was spending probably more time in England then, because of the English campus of Ambassador College, than at Pasadena. I paid £11,000 for it. Extravagance? Perhap ...

Does God exist, is the Bible the authentic word of God, does it carry authority, is it actually the creator God supreme mind and propose who created everything, is it that God speaking to mankind? Unless there is some such authority no one can determine the difference between right and wrong and Leg ...

It was just a little plant. It had probably taken root from a seed that had blown into our cactus garden. I was amazed as I watched it grow to full bloom during the next few weeks. It was massive - at least 3 feet high and 4 feet wide. In the fall, it died; brown pods dropped onto the ground from in ...

Does the Bible REALLY condemn such things as dancing, card playing, drinking, theatergoing? Here is a frank, straight-from-the-shoulder explanation of what GOD regards as "sinful." CAN YOU be a completely dedicated Christian without being some kind of "freak"? Without missing out on the interest and ...

It has now been almost six weeks since I wrote you. I told you then, that despite Satan's vicious and often massive attacks to DESTROY God's Work, it was in the best condition ever. It was PLUNGING AHEAD in a NEW burst of power, coming in on the homestretch of our race to FINISH the tremendous c ...

EVERYONE thinks he knows what real outgoing LOVE is - but few do. Even fewer realize the absolutely vital importance of having it. EVERY human being is just naturally interested in his own things. He knows nothing else! He is interested in his own pleasures. His own happiness. His own profit. His ow ...

Are you important to God as an individual? How interested is He in the details of your life? How much does He care what happens to you? You may have little doubt that God will help you when you are in serious trouble - in a life-threatening situation, for example. But what about those bothersome day ...

This week's letter comments focus on the Feast of Tabernacles and Mr. Armstrong's forthcoming China trip. The closer we get to the Feast, the more excitement and enthusiasm we're seeing as people begin to anticipate what they feel will be the most spiritually rewarding Feast ever. ...

Personal from Herbert W Armstrong - A woman in London, England, a subscriber, writes, "We do not agree with a lot of your teaching. " Now there's nothing unusual about that. I would estimate that about 99.99 percent of you who read this column did not agree with a lot of our teaching whe ...

Some of God's people are not us yielded as they should be. Some want to hold back from a total commitment. Are you in this category? Read this article and find out! EVERYONE in God's Church who has repented, been baptized and has God's Holy Spirit is required to tithe as a point of obedience. ...