Herbert W Armstrong

"For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ" (John 1:17). Was Moses ever acquainted with grace and truth? Did Jesus ignore the law? Did these two prophets - one the founder of Israel and mediator of the Old Covenant, the other the Son of God and the Mediator o ...

GREETINGS, in Jesus' name! This is both a reminder and a report. Here we are already well into another calendar year. The annual Ministers' Conference has been in session here at World Headquarters for almost a week, and in another two or three days God's ministers will he returning to their p ...

Using resourcefulness - "hiring yourself" - will give you quite a head start in looking for summer employment. THERE'S A STORY about a college student who worked very little one summer and ran out of money about midway through the school year. In a hastily written telegram to his father, ...

Not since the closing years of the Great Depression have so many Britons and Canadians been unemployed. U.S. unemployment is at a nine-year high. Yet millions of jobs are opening monthly and millions are hired! Here is how you can locate a job - the one YOU need. Others have succeeded. So can YOU! F ...

Few comprehend the long-term objectives of Pope John Paul II with regard to Poland and all of Eastern-and Western-Europe. There is no doubt about it now. As a result of his dramatic trip to his Polish homeland last June, Pope John Paul II is firmly established as the most charismatic leader in the ...

I am not an animal! I am a human being!" exclaimed John Merrick, the so-called "elephant man," called this because he was sadly deformed by a physical debility that twisted his features to loosely resemble that creature. Yes, John Merrick knew he was not an animal, but these days evol ...

on Soviet Communism! This summer we sent Mr. Eugene Walter to the Soviet Union for a first-hand report. Here revealed is the shocking story of mismanagement in agriculture and industry - and the truth about Communist education and the Soviet police state! Leningrad, U.S.S.R. In one of my first few d ...

Before we can solve the logic of the 56-year cycle and its implications, we must see eclipses as a phenomena occurring regularly during the year. They can occur only at certain specified times. Solar eclipses occur only at the very moment of the new moon (the molad or conjunction), lunar eclipses 14 ...

Some of our members need to learn to what Church they belong! DO YOU know what Church you belong to? When your friends ask you, "What is your church? What denomination do you belong to?" - what is your answer? Do you tell them you are an "Armstrongite?" - or a member of the " ...

In a recent conference with the other ministers here at Headquarters Church, Mr. Armstrong made a final decision about the use of tape recorders in Church services and College classrooms. You need to know WHY such a decision was made! DURING the ministerial conferences in January, the subject of tap ...

It is time to dispel widespread myths and misconceptions about this important religion and to see what the Bible says about Islam and the world's future! EDITOR'S NOTE: This article appeared two and a half years ago in Plain Truth, In view of the large increase our circulation since that time an ...

This tenth installment reveals the truth about the Jewish sects in Palestine in the days of Christ. ALL the sects of Judaism in the New Testament period had their roots within the time of religious anarchy after the death of Alexander the Great. That was the time the Egyptians and then the Syrians d ...

The Bible is nearly always misunderstood, often maligned, misused, ridiculed, twisted and even, to some, a source of embarrassment. Yet the Western world owes more to this misunderstood book than most realize or would care to admit. Below are a few specific keys to help you improve your Bible perspe ...

The Roman calendar on your wall originated with Julius Caesas about 45 B.C. But God gave Israel a DIFFERENT calendar! Without a knowledge of it you can riot obey the Creator! WHAI is the true calendar provided by God? Has God left it up to each individual to follow whatever calendar he pleases! Or i ...

Here are the amazing FACTS that have been hidden for centuries. Here are the shocking revelations of authentic history and the Bible! Easter was observed 4000 years ago among the pagans! - but you can't find one word in the entire Bible that Jesus or the apostles ever observed it! Where did you ev ...