Herbert W Armstrong

Why was there so much interest in times past in a religious group hidden away in the Alps of Northern Italy, Switzerland, and Southeastern France named Waldensians? Who were these people? What part do they really play in the history of religions and churches? Were they truly reformers before the Ref ...

Since you were unable to take the Passover on the 14th of the first month, I am writing this letter to inform you of a God-given alternate date for taking the Passover. Any person, who, through circumstances beyond his control, is unable to take the Passover on the 14th of Nisan may take the Pas ...

A colleague of mine said. "Faulkner, all you ever write about are principles from the book of Proverbs. I guess he's right. Over the years I've found so many helpful principles in this book that I come back to it time after time. I guess once I master and apply what is in this one little bo ...

Are you afraid? Sometimes overly tense? Unsure of yourself? All of us are at times. There are healthy as well as unhealthy fears. Here in the Los Angeles Calif., area you can be sure I watch for oncoming traffic before crossing a vehicle-choked thoroughfare. And I must admit to having a touch of anx ...

Personal from Herbert W Armstrong - I WISH PARTICULARLY to call attention in this issue to "Now THEY WANT TO DE-SEX THE BIBLE" by Clayton Steep. There is a tendency today to want to UNITE opposites because of hostility-but usually the result is only to produce more competition and division. There is ...

One vital element - if implemented - would revolutionize students' scholastic performance. High schools graduate functional illiterates? Young people scarcely able to read a daily newspaper or write an understandable letter? What is happening in our schools? One recent exam graphically illustrated ...

Have you ever wondered why today's high standard of living hasn't produced more real happiness, more successful marriages? And why it hasn't lessened crime? There is a REASON. This article explains WHY. TODAY, the developed nations are experiencing the highest standard of living in their histo ...

Personal from Herbert W Armstrong - As Ambassador College, Pasadena, opened its doors for the 36th consecutive year, I was moved once again to recall the amazing growth of this Work. Few realize the magnitude to which this worldwide Work of God has grown. It is now a major-scale educational program ...

In the last eight or nine years I have frequently, on this page, told you of personal meetings with heads of state around the world- kings, emperors, presidents, others high in governments - and with leaders in higher education. But WHY all these meetings with world leaders? At first, I did not know ...

Sensational world news accelerates. Of course the big news over here in the Far East this past week was the news of President Nixon's forthcoming visit to Premier Chou En-lai of Red China, at Peking. The President has termed it "a journey for PEACE." I was in Manila when the news broke, ...

Man is beset by an end-time explosion of knowledge. The Bible prophesied it. Yet the Bible also foretold that our people would suffer greatly for LACK of knowledge! What's the answer to this enigma? Read here how our knowledge - AND the lack of it - is destroying us! FACTS, Theories, Books, Librar ...

I am writing personally to you as a subscriber. You may know — as our older subscribers do — it is my custom, twice annually, to answer the questions most asked by our readers. Since my last letter to our PLAIN TRUTH readers, November 25, we have received a quarter of a million additional subscripti ...

Once or twice a year I like to send a personal letter to our subscribers of this very unusual MAGAZINE OF UNDERSTANDING. I write my "PERSONAL" page and articles for you every month. You are constantly in my thoughts. And right now I am deeply concerned about something that I want to write ...

CHANCES are you received a raise fairly recently, but found that the extra money went no farther than did your previous salary. There is a reason for this. If a man gains a six percent raise, inflation eats up this raise in less than one year's time; and with the possible elevation to a higher tax ...

Some believe it will be the ultimate "great escape." And that it could take place at any moment. But what does the Bible say? Many an average person on the street may never have even heard of it until watching religious programs on television or reading the newspaper. The "rapture&quo ...