Herbert W Armstrong

The spaced-out junkie with needle marks up and down both arms and legs, the wino on skid row, the foodoholic who can't get through the day without his coffee and candy bars-all these negative images are conjured up at the mention of the word "addict." But there are habits and, yes, addic ...

WHEN Jonathan overran a Philistine garrison, King Saul called for men to come to Gilgal to get ready for war with the Philistines. Thousands of Israelites obeyed the summons. (I Samuel 13:1-4.) But when they learned that a huge fighting force of enemy foot soldiers, horsemen and charioteers was appr ...

How do human sexual emotions develop? Why do certain youths develop into homosexuals or transvestites? In this article you will read knowledge even sex researchers may not have understood! Many of us may be in for a surprise- or a shock! It does not automatically happen that a young man and woman be ...

Women have had their traditional responsibilities of homemaking downgraded and devalued. Now they are out in vast numbers to prove their worth - but at what cost? Out of throes of inferiority a growing number of women are turning their backs on hearth and home. They are reaching out through a myriad ...

Millions of years ago, according to evolution, our fine feathered friends, the birds, reared ugly, slimy heads from fetid seas, and slithered ashore. Over uncountable aeons of time, they climbed trees, leapt from branch to branch - and gradually grew feathers! As time kept passing, they "learne ...

Suppose you were asked to take a sampling of the adult population in the Western world today. Your assignment is to ask your interviewees: "Do you believe in God as the First Cause?" You would probably find that over ninety percent profess a belief in God as First Cause. But there is a sec ...

For thousands of years man has marveled at the mysteries of the starry heavens. Today he scans the universe, awestruck by its fathomlessness-yearning as never before to understand where he fits in the cosmos. What secrets lie beyond the distant realm of the spiral nebulae? Is there life out there? O ...

"WE WANT A KING!", THE immense gathering of Israelites at Mizpeh in the autumn of the year had resulted in many thousands repenting and pledging themselves to greater obedience to God. (I Samuel 7:6.) It was the season of the Feast of Tabernacles. As soon as it was over the news came that ...

The journalist looked at me, stunned. We were in the press area covering a nuclear disarmament rally. One of the press corps wondered why The Plain Truth would send someone to cover a disarmament rally. "You say in your magazine that God is going to destroy the earth," this woman journalis ...

Strategy to Gain Possession — Birth Pangs of the College. THE Queen Elizabeth docked in New York on March 21, 1947. It was good to be back on solid ground. We returned to Eugene, Oregon, March 25. Immediately I plunged into preparations for establishing the new Ambassador College in Pasadena. All th ...

WITHOUT AN ARMY, WHEN Jonathan overran a Philistine garrison, king Saul called for men to come to Gilgal to get ready for war with the Philistines. Thousands of Israelites obeyed the summons. (I Samuel 13:1-4.) But when they learned that a huge fighting force of enemy foot soldiers, horsemen and cha ...

WHEN I was a teenager back in the late thirties and early forties, I wondered what it would be like to be invisible. I remember so well the movie The Invisible Man starring Claude Raines. It was the story of a chemist who had discovered a formula that made him invisible. Although invisible, he could ...

Alcohol can be either a blessing or a curse, depending on how it is used. Most people who drink alcoholic beverages find them to be a blessing. On the other hand, sadly, there are a few who find - through abuse of such beverages - that alcohol can be a curse. This group includes the approximately 10 ...

I saw a humorous little sign once that read, "Don't feel useless - you can always serve as a bad example!" Unfortunately, this observation describes precisely the good that came out of ancient Israel's existence. Beginning at the Red Sea, Israel failed in their first of many opportunities ...

Man is God's unique physical creation. But HOW is man different? WHAT makes him utterly unlike any other living creature? More important, WHY is he unique? ...