Herbert W Armstrong

SKEPTICS scoff at the Bible. A revelation from God to man? How could it be, they ask, with so many different translations? Which of the more than two dozen commonly known translations is God's revelation? Why are there, I ask you, so many translations? Is there only one which is right? Don't the ...

First my credentials: I'm twenty-three years old and have been associated with the Worldwide Church of God long enough to know what's going on, or most of it anyway. So here goes: The most nettlesome thing most young people find about the Church is its teaching that the "world" (meaning ...

Mexico rose above predictions of failure, hurdling obstacles of race, riot and altitude to host the XIX Olympiad in record form. But experts say something is missing from these noble games, and the next Olympics are seriously threatened! What really happened in Olympic City - what does it mean to yo ...

Several years ago — in 1964 — we published and offered free of charge to subscribers of The PLAIN TRUTH, as an educational service, a 334-page book on the subject of sex and marriage. It was a seriously needed book. Never before had there been a book like it! But the moral revolution has accelerated ...

THE GOSPEL of the Kingdom must be preached! As a light that shines in a dark place, the message of hope for the future must be spread abroad. It must be figuratively shouted from the rooftops of the world - the voices of God's servants must be raised like a trumpet blast to reach a war-torn ...

Where did the matter of the universe come from? Did it appear in some mysterious way? Has the universe always existed? Is the universe infinite? Astronomers do not know the basic answers of WHY this universe exists - WHERE the laws governing it came from. But there is a missing key that unlocks the ...

By the teenage years, "playing with Grandpa" and other contact with older people is often left behind. Are you missing out? What do you think of when you hear the word elderly? The dictionary states "somewhat old, past middle age, approaching old age." Is that the connotation the ...

Do you agree with The WORLD TOMORROW program and articles you read in The PLAIN TRUTH magazine? Do you enjoy some of them, but not others? What do YOU do about them? Better check up - and BE SURE! "Attaboy, Mr. Armstrong!" say some listeners to The WORLD TOMORROW. "Give it to 'em! L ...

Was Pharaoh doomed from the start - predestined to have his mind set against God's will as his nation tumbled in ruins around him? Was it impossible for the hardhearted Pharaoh of the Exodus to have changed, even if he had wanted to? And if Pharaoh didn't really have a chance, what about the Isr ...

A young girl's compelling example poignantly illuminates God's definition of friendship. Rachel de Beers was a young girl who lived in South Africa during the 19th century. Her family was poor, and Rachel and her younger brother Jamie worked as shepherds tending the family's cattle. One day Ra ...

Why have a Church? What is a church? What PURPOSE does it serve? Should YOU attend a Church? Read the plain TRUTH from your Bible! It will surprise you! WHAT a paradox. What confusion! Almost no one seems to know WHAT is a church, WHY have a church, and what the church is supposed to accomplish, and ...

Have you ever wondered why so many capable and intelligent families that have a good sense of personal responsibility hang on the edge of financial disaster? Monetary problems, it seems, plague just about every other family you know. Financial experts tell us that arguments and worries over making e ...

One thousand years of Persian history is missing from today's history textbooks. Most writers begin their account of Persia about the time of Cyrus the Great. A few archaeological notes usually precede the story. But the real history of Persia (or Iran) for a thousand years before Cyrus has been d ...

Every parent has problems controlling his or her children occasionally, even in Sabbath services. One member quite seriously told her minister, "I know I'll miss the next two years of services now that I have a new baby." Is this the fate of parents with young children? Are new mothers a ...

Never before has a college degree been so important for success. Yet increasing numbers of young people are finding college frustrating and meaningless. What is wrong with higher education? Why doesn't a LIBERAL education answer the profound human questions? This article reveals the missing elemen ...