Herbert W Armstrong

A friend asked me where and how I come up with my ideas for this column issue after issue. "It's easy," I said. "First of all, I read a lot," "Read a lot? How do you find time to read?" he asked. "With all the Work's publications, personal Bible study and praye ...

Why haven't you heard the gospel of Jesus Christ? The same gospel that Jesus himself proclaimed? You've been hearing a lot about a gospel, but you've been hearing a gospel of men about Christ, not the gospel that Christ preached or the gospel of Christ, but a gospel of men. Within about 22 yea ...

My name is Johannes Maree so what? It didn't mean much to me - other than that I was named after my father's eldest brother - till I read the article in the June-July Youth 81 about family trees (more formally known as genealogy). It sounded quite exciting, so I decided to take up John Halford+* ...

Personal From Herbert W Armstrong - As our readers know, my new book titled Mystery of the Ages is appearing serially in The Plain Truth. This issue carries chapter 2 - "Mystery of Angels and Evil Spirits." In my book I give some personal experiences with the very real, but invisible spirit world. I ...

A lot of responsibilities and opportunities constantly vie for your attention: school and school assignments, your part-time job, chores at home, sports, going out with friends, books you want to read, club activities, parties and other social occasions, getting proper sleep. Does it seem, sometimes ...

Was the Protestant movement a sincere attempt to restore New Testament Christianity? Do the "fruits" show that it was motivated and guided by God's Spirit? Read the startling TRUTH in this fifth installment of the series of articles based on Mr. Meredith's eye-opening book! We have alr ...

A currently popular movie is entitled Close Encounters of the Third Kind, And several other movies and scripts are being written about close encounters between human beings and extraterrestrial beings. I have found a very interesting, very exciting story that deals with these subjects. It has sp ...

Fulfilled prophecy is a powerful proof of God! Read here how one little-known book of the Bible challenges the skeptics - and wins. Could an obscure prophet from an insignificant vassal state achieve total accuracy in his pronouncements against the terrifying superpower of his day, the Assyrian Empi ...

Was Jesus man, God or what? Where did he come from? Was he really divine? Here, from the book of John, are the answers. Almost all human beings either have or have had a "best friend," or a "closest buddy"- someone with whom they have shared a side of themselves seldom seen by others. Though Jesus l ...

Few people are aware of the drastic turn of events soon to befall our nations. The most startling book of this generation is Mr. Armstrong's forthcoming book revealing tremendous prophecies closed and sealed until now! This is the fifth installment. WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE. Very soon the most colossa ...

Not everybody who grows old, grows up. There is a vast difference between age and maturity. Ideally the older we are, the more mature we should be; but all too often this is not the case. What's the result? Problems in personal lives, on our jobs, in our homes and with God's people. As managing ...

HAVE you ever tried to read the Bible, only to throw up your hands and exclaim; "I can't understand it"? You're not alone if you have. Here is an eye-opening example of the appalling lack of biblical understanding and outright ignorance of the "Book of all books" among professing Christ ...

It's time America and Britain really FACED the problem of effeminate and homosexual men in our midst! It's time we learned the ANSWER to this revolting situation! "Someday we'll outnumber you, and then you'll be the abnormal ones and we'll be the normal" So says the homosexual to ...

You have probably read that Jesus was born in 4 B.C. Yet B.C. means "before Christ"! How could Jesus Christ have been born "BEFORE Christ"? Read the surprising answer! The real time of the birth of Christ has mystified millions! You may have been puzzled when you were in school – especially at Chris ...

This is the first of a series of articles taken from the editor-in-chief's book by the same name. The book, originally on "The New Morality," was first published in 1964, with a first press run of 250,000 copies. Seven subsequent printings added 208,500 more copies. The current edition w ...