Herbert W Armstrong

Begin now to focus your mind on the most joyous eight days of this year — to be anticipated and enjoyed by the LARGEST number of people to be gathered at any convention, assembly or festival on earth. More than 100,000 happy brethren will share this time of rejoicing. Stop and THINK of the real PURP ...

ISRAEL BREAKS CAMP, A MONTH had passed from the time Moses had the tabernacle built and put into operation. It was almost a year since the Exodus. God now told Moses that there should be an exact account, tribe by tribe, of how many males of twenty years and older were among the Israelites. (Exodus ...

Most people don't believe the Bible is inspired. Can you be absolutely sure the Bible speaks with divine authority? When Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes" (Matt. 7:28-29). Either Jes ...

"He came unto his own, and his own received him not" (John 1:11). Why did the Jews reject Jesus? Why do most Christians refuse to accept the authority and rule of the Christ they profess? Here are straightforward answers to these bold questions! THOSE who call themselves Christians marvel that the J ...

Let's be sure we understand what our lives are all about! Here we are in the middle of the ninth decade of the 20th century. We know we are in the very last decades of the 6,000 years of human life on this earth. And at the end of that 6,000 years, Jesus Christ will come IN HIS GLORY AND SUPREME P ...

Remember back to your high school days when there was a particular group you wanted to break into. Maybe it was the athletic clique, or perhaps the scholar's corner, or the popular cheerleader's circle. How painful it was when you were rejected because you didn't quite meet their standards. Wh ...

The resurrection of Christ was NOT on Sunday morning. Yet today it is almost a universal custom among professing Christians to celebrate Sunday as the "Lord's Day." WHY? The incredible TRUTH about the origin of Sunday observance is published for the first time in The PLAIN TRUTH. BELIEVE ...

"He came unto his own, and his own received him not" (John 1:11). Why did the Jews reject Jesus? Why do most Christians refuse to accept the authority and rule of the Christ they profess? Here are straightforward answers to these bold questions! Those who call themselves Christians marvel ...

Alcohol can be either a blessing or a curse, depending on how it is used. Most people who drink alcoholic beverages find them to be a blessing. On the other hand, sadly, there are a few who find - through abuse of such beverages - that alcohol can be a curse. This group includes the approximately 10 ...

Many have NOT REALIZED they have been NEGLECTING to keep the Sabbath as they should! We need to WAKE UP to the real SERIOUSNESS of this! Here is surprising, eye-opening NEW TRUTH for many of our members! MANY OF US HAVE BEEN in the predicament of the rich young ruler. He came to Jesus asking, "Good ...

I was sitting at the main hotel in Lagos, Nigeria, with three of our African ministers. And I looked over and saw a group of Nigerian men dressed in their extremely colorful native garb. Each wore a long robe with baggy trousers embroidered in fancy colors and gold, shining in the sunlight, and ...

Jesus said, "Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her." The question is, Why? Just days before His crucifixion Jesus returned for the final time to Bethany, a village less than two miles fr ...

This year's Feast of Tabernacles is very significant. You need to be reminded again why God ordained this Festival - just where we are now in the unfolding panorama of world events - the true significance of this year's Festival. Let's be sure we understand what our lives are all about! Here w ...

AFTER beginning the siege of Samaria, King Shalmaneser of Assyria returned to his country, leaving only part of his army to continue to bottle up the soldiers and civilians in the capital of the ten tribes of Israel. The Israelites were discouraged when they saw that enough of the Assyrian army had ...

AFTER beginning the siege of Samaria, King Shalmaneser of Assyria returned to his country, leaving only part of his army to continue to bottle up the soldiers and civilians in the capital of the ten tribes of Israel. The Israelites were discouraged when they saw that enough of the Assyrian army had ...