Herbert W Armstrong

Here is a clear, simple explanation showing how YOU can keep God's festivals if you live with unconverted relatives. HOW SHOULD you observe the annual festivals if you are at home with unconverted members of the family? How can you keep from offending them? What should you do if you are unable to ...

PART FOUR: A WORLD HELD CAPTIVE - Here is the concluding installment of this eye-opening series! Now once again, let's Understand the dual relationship concerning the first man Adam, and Jesus Christ the SECOND Adam. The first human, Adam, was mortal. And the tree of LIFE, freely offered him, symb ...

A boulder balanced at the edge of a cliff will fall if given a push. We know it won't go floating off into space, because the physical law of gravity always operates the same way when an object is allowed to fall. There are other laws just as sure as gravity that, if adhered to, will result in a h ...

In this series of studies covering God's seven annual festivals, we have learned that God has a plan for reproducing Himself through mankind. The first six festivals show how those called of God through the ages - especially since the first coming of Christ to the end of the Millennium - fit into ...

A surprising report has just been submitted to me by Mr. Raymond F. McNair, Senior Editor of The PLAIN TRUTH. It had come to my attention that a growing uncertainty was occurring among some in the Church over the matter of counting the day of Pentecost. More than a quarter century ago, when the Head ...

Special Music Masterpieces - Festival of Music 2 - Cassette 3 Side A: Hallelujah by Ludwig van Beethoven; Performed by The Young Ambassadors ...

My friends, one of the most shocking things that can possibly happen is to wake up to find out that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is not what we have believed at all and that we have not heard it. And that what we have believed is exactly the opposite of what the Bible says and what Jesus actually taug ...

Fortunately for us, a young man asked Jesus about how to have eternal life - and we have Jesus' answer recorded! Adam and Eve, way back there in the Garden of Eden, were told that they could have eternal life if they would just partake of the tree of life in the midst of the garden. Unfortunately, ...

We like to remember the accomplishments of our fellow human beings. We set up philanthropies and foundations named after great individuals in the hope that what they've done won't fade like the proverbial blade of grass. But there's one unique memorial that honors someone who's still alive-a ...

Mr. Armstrong's series of broadcasts on Hebrews produced thousands of requests for this intriguing article. FEW MYSTERIES of the Bible have attracted more interest than the mystery of the identity of Melchizedek. Who is he? You will read in Hebrews 6:19-20 that Jesus Christ, after His resurrection ...

A letter from a Plain Truth reader brings up this basic question: How clearly must God speak on a subject before we obey Him? Most churchgoers refer to God as "the Lord." Did you ever wonder why? Even people who are not religious talk about the "Lord," if only when some major cri ...

Ambassador College at Big Sandy has been BORN AGAIN! And what a glorious resurrection! WHAT an exciting start! The Big Sandy campus came alive with a burst of love, harmony, dedication! Ambassador at Big Sandy, Tex., is only a two-year junior college at present (though it may become more within the ...

Was the Festival of Tabernacles a part of the "law of Moses"? It is commanded in the New Testament? Did the apostle Paul observe it after everything was "nailed to the cross?" YOU are now a part of the true New Testament Church of God, if you have been baptized and have received the Spirit of God. Y ...

Once we have been converted and put into God's church, should we continue to meet with our acquaintances on Sunday, or send our children to Sunday School? ON THE recent baptizing tours, it has come to our attention that one of the most important problems that new converts face is how to separate f ...

Whitsunday," says the Encyclopaedia Britannica, is "one of the three major festivals of the Christian Church" (article "Whitsunday," 1973 edition). But you will never find it by that name in the Bible. Instead, you will read of Christians observing "Pentecost," a term derived from the Greek language ...