Herbert W Armstrong

Where did man come from? Did he evolve from primitive ape-like creatures? The latest evidence has thrown anthropological theories into disarray and is compelling some drastic changes in evolutionary thinking. Hardly a week goes by, it seems, without somebody finding a new-or should we say "old" bone ...

The history of Assyria differs greatly from the history of Babylonia. Babylonia was divided into numerous semi-independent regions and city-states. Its dynasties were usually shortlived. Assyria, by contrast, had unusually centralized government. Not more than two or three royal families dominated t ...

Jacob's sons had happily returned loaded with grain from Egypt. But suddenly a worrisome thing happened. When the sons began to take the grain out of their sacks, each one was shocked to find a bag of money in the very top of his sack - the same amount each had paid the Egyptians for his part of t ...

I have IMPORTANT NEWS for you! We are opening a campaign of dynamic evangelistic meetings in San Antonio—starting Sunday night, June 21. NEVER has San Antonio and its surrounding area heard the shocking, sobering FACTS that are going to be disclosed during this lively campaign—facts I cannot give yo ...

Why do we need to meet every Sabbath? Is it important? How much do YOU need the Church? Read the answers in this article. SOME members reading this issue of The GOOD NEWS magazine at this moment do NOT attend weekly Sabbath services at their local church! Some of those attending, come under protest, ...

Divorce, separation, upside-down homes with mother in control, uncooperation between parents are some of the greatest handicaps to proper child training - and a direct source of juvenile delinquency! Read, in this article, how to train your children together! "Any program to combat juvenile del ...

In almost every mind there is fear and worry, and we're having our struggles and our problems and our troubles. Almost every life is empty and we try to invent every idea of a pastime or a pleasure just to crowd out our own emptiness and feeling of unhappiness and all that sort of thing, and pass ...

In November, 1981 - a year and a half ago - I wrote an article with the heading: "How Subtly Satan Used Makeup to Start the Church Off the Track." Ministers preached on it from pulpits over the world. Most women in the Church did "come out from among them" of the world, and ceased painting colored d ...

Public enemy No. 1! That's how death can be described. For truly it will slay us all, and at a time of its own choosing. But paradoxically, although we all know we will die, very few know exactly what death is. Certainly death must be the least understood although most relentless enemy! Yet it nee ...

How often most of us have made decisions against our better judgment! Ironically, the most important decision in all history may have been made" ... against my better judgment." We know the situation. Others tell us plainly a particular course of action can come to no good. Our own experience - past ...

At the Crossroads - and a Momentous Decision: IT WAS humiliating to have to admit my wife had been right, and I had been wrong, in the most serious argument that ever came between us. Disillusionment, but to my utter disappointed astonishment, I found that much of the popular church teachings and pr ...

The universe: evidence for evolution, or the handiwork of a Creator? A new study resolves the enigma! Is belief in a living intelligent Creator unscientific? Is the scientific method the only way to view reality? The existence of a Creator is generally viewed by spokesmen for the scientific establis ...

Bridging the Gap Between Human Man and the Ultimate Spirit-composed Sons of God. A human manufacturer sends along with the instrument or device he manufactures an INSTRUCTION BOOKLET describing what his product is intended to do with full directions for accomplishing its purpose. The most perfect me ...

Every month, the work's Editorial Services Department receives hundreds of letters from readers responding to the Church's publications. The majority are positive and complimentary; they come from people who are thrilled with the truths they are discovering and who want to express their apprecia ...

DID IT EVER STRIKE YOU as most unusual that the Great God should have raised up the ancient nation Israel to be his chosen people? Consider these seemingly paradoxical facts: God says he is not a respecter of persons. Is he, then, a respecter of nations? Does he have a favorite? Did you ever realize ...