Herbert W Armstrong

You don't have to be a scholar to prove that the Bible is inspired. You don't need to be an expert in the Greek or Hebrew languages. It isn't necessary to spend hundreds of hours in historical or archaeological research. Don't misunderstand! These tools are useful in fine tuning unclear pass ...

FROM JUDAH had come a prophet who troubled King Jeroboam of Israel at Bethel. He predicted that one day the bones of the false priests would be burned on the altar there. (I Kings 13:1-6.) On his way back to his home in the nation of Judah, he stopped to rest in the shade of an oak tree. There he wa ...

"Spare the rod and spoil the child," says the old axiom. Is spanking - corporal punishment - the most important aspect of effective child rearing? In an age when child beating is at an unhealthy high, perhaps it would be better to spare the child! Dr. Rowine Hayes Brown, medical director of Cook Cou ...

Now, to see just what He did preach, the example that He did set, what the early Church under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and the leadership of the Apostles did believe and what they did preach and the customs they did follow, we are once again going through the first four books of the New Te ...

How much of what you believe about religion is really true? How do you discover doctrinal truths? And if you do finally find the right doctrine, are you courageous enough to face and accept it? In a back-page ad appearing on a fairly recent number of the Plain Truth, we tested the Bible know ...

Personal From Herbert W Armstrong - Forty years ago I attended the entire San Francisco Conference for the drafting and signing of the Charter for the United Nations. On June 23 to 26 of this current year, the 40th anniversary of that Conference was held In San Francisco. So far as I know, I was one ...

WHAT IS REAL SUCCESS? Just what is true success? Do you know? What would you give to achieve outstanding success in life? This first in a series of lessons shows you how to start on the road to real success! WHAT IS "success"? Is making a great deal of money, and experiencing the pleasures ...

Now, for the past two or three weeks, we've been going through the prophecies, what's going to happen to the United States. But I think we're all very much concerned also about what's going to happen to Russia. So now let's come to the prophecies of Russia. We've been getting into a lot ...

My friends, why is it that in this world today, so filled with what we call Christianity in our Western world, we have still to hear the real gospel of Jesus Christ? Why is it that men accepted Christ, the person of Christ, that they began to formulate their own gospel about his person, that they ac ...

DAVID, KING OF ISRAEL, had allowed himself to fall into a dangerous and miserable state of affairs. He had tried desperately to hide his sins. But David should have known that God would uncover them. He was astounded when Nathan the prophet told him that God had revealed matters to him, and that he, ...

O BRETHREN, attend to this excellent lesson: We should often watch and pray, for we see this world is near to a close. We should be very careful to do good works, seeing that the end of this world is at hand. One thousand and one hundred years are now completed, since it was written, "It is the ...

Terrorist bombs left eight dead and scores badly injured in London's two best-known parks. In less than 15 years, more than 2,500 civilians, soldiers and policemen have been killed by terrorist acts in the anguish over Northern Ireland. When will it end? "MAKE A CHAIN," wrote the prophet ...

As competition for available work grows, your job will increasingly depend on your work habits. Read why the work ethic is such an important quality. Layoffs and long-term unemployment are no longer fears for many of our readers. They are facts of life! Even if you hold a steady job - even in these ...

EDUCATION - VITAL KEY TO SUCCESS IN LIFE. Education is in a state of turmoil today! Students are dissatisfied, true educational values are lost, universities have become faceless factories. But education is vital for true success in life! Here is why, and how you can secure the right education in yo ...

Some day historians will look upon the 20th century as part of the dark ages. Oh, we think we are enlightened! Has not the 20th century seen great strides in medicine, transportation, communication? Undoubtedly. But mere knowledge and technology is not enlightenment. Our age has probably less unders ...