Herbert W Armstrong

Sexual love has always been the essential ingredient in the observance of St.Valentine's Day. This was true in ancient Rome, during the Middle Ages, and it is true today. Moreover, the mid - February date of this observance has not changed. Only the name of the game has changed, since February 14 ...

Pursuant to the object of Jeremiah's call and work, the first king on David's throne to be disposed of was Josiah, for it was in the thirteenth year of his reign that the call of God came to Jeremiah, as you may know by reading Jeremiah 1:1, 2. Jeremiah himself gives no account of the downfall o ...

Why do so few today really STUDY the Bible? Is it an outdated book as critics claim? Read the surprising answer. Over 1900 years ago, the greatest newscaster the world has ever known predicted today's present chaotic world conditions! He foresaw today's scientific discoveries and technological a ...

After the destruction of the cities on the plain of Jordan, Abraham moved southward to a land called Gerar. Just as God promised, a son was born to Abraham and Sarah. An angel had already told them to name the baby Isaac. Abraham was a hundred years old when Isaac was born. Sarah was ninety years ol ...

WALLS OF JERICHO FALL, IT was on the tenth day of the first month (Nisan in the spring — not January in the winter) that Israel crossed the Jordan river and made camp in Canaan at a spot called Gilgal. The west border of the camp wasn't much more than a mile from Jericho, a thick-walled city swarm ...

The shortest month of the year is ending. This most important Work on earth is driving ahead faster than ever. The first telecast on the number one independent TV station in the U.S. — WOR-TV, New York, brought a very fine response — 786 requests for The PLAIN TRUTH and literature offered. The lates ...

What does the new political trend in America mean? Will separation of Church and State continue? Here is what could happen if God would not intervene! AN OLD controversy has suddenly taken on new meaning with the presidential election of 1960. Here, quoted from the Catholic magazine AMERICA, Feb. 11 ...

God's Feast was observed in SEVEN different places around the world! More people than ever attended. And FIVE new churches have been raised up! "THOU shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine: And thou shalt REJOICE in thy feast. ...

At last! - here we begin a monthly series which will be combined finally to form the long-awaited COOK BOOK! Working with our Home Economics Department at Ambassador, under the direction of Mrs. Van der Veer, are Mrs. Mary E. Hegvold of Pasadena, previously Associate Professor of Foods and Nutrition ...

It is appropriate, at this time, to bring you up-to-date on The Good News. It has had a long history. The Good News was first established in 1933 as a mimeographed monthly paper for members of the Church of God during the days of the OREGON CONFERENCE OF THE CHURCH OF GOD. Thus it antedat ...

The wandering Levite who had come to the home of Micah, an Ephraimite, was warmly welcomed. Micah immediately learned from which tribe the stranger had come and that his name was Jonathan. (Judges 17:5-8.) He had heard that Levites were especially suited to be priests, though he didn't know exactl ...

In a world filled with temptations, it's important not only to teach your children - but to sell them on a genuine value system. A few days ago in one of my college classes I did something I seldom do - I recommended a currently popular movie. There was not only entertainment value, but significan ...

Defiant, rebellious students have turned college campuses into smoldering battlefields on an INTERNATIONAL SCALE! As the new school year begins, educators ask: Why do they do it? We give the answers in this article! Look at what happened to education just this past school year. Dateline Paris: Mobs ...

There is sometimes a fine line between failure and success. This warm, inspiring personal story by a well-known N. Y. cartoonist, a victim of arthritis, shows that physical handicaps need not be a deterrent to a productive and rewarding life. In 1927, just after my seventh birthday, the doctor exami ...

For years we associated the mob with violent ethnic groups, machine-gun massacres, illegal rum runners and concrete-lined coffins. But in the last few years the mob has grown up. Organized crime in America has undergone a radical transformation since the raucous days of Prohibition. Today many a mob ...