Herbert W Armstrong

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 ...

"I am not an animal! I am a human being!" exclaimed John Merrick, the so-called "elephant man," called this because he was sadly deformed by a physical debility that twisted his features to loosely resemble that creature. Yes, John Merrick knew he was not an animal, but these day ...

We have all experienced it. We come home at night and reach for the familiar switch. But instead of the room being bathed in light, there is a flash, a "pop" and darkness. The light bulb burned out. And we think, Why did that have to happen just now? In these days of mass production, a b ...

Good morning, I came from the Pocono's, Mr. Meredith was in Wisconsin Dells, we had about 5,400 people there in Pocono which is about 500 people more than they expected, I hope that, that occurs at every Feast site, I just added a third here, either that or people were going here and there instead ...

I too was watching for a couple of minutes as Columbia landed today? And as Mr. May was talking about, there were a number of people. A great team responsible for what happened today in the last couple of days, even though it wasn't as successful in terms of the time it was able to spend in outer ...

The troubles in the world today are appalling, never has the world been in such trouble except just before the flood, "as it was in the days of Noah" it is once again now. Violence all over the world, immorality, everything going downhill, everything wrong, it's at the end of Satan's dominion. A ...

Have you called a retailer or service-oriented establishment requesting information about the product you ordered days or even weeks ago, only to be told, "Oh, we promise to get that out to you first thing tomorrow"? Or, "That check was put in the mail yesterday." Again: "Th ...

Do you fully comprehend the GREAT GULF that lies between our Church - God's Church - and ALL OTHERS? WE NEED to take stock once in a while to realize the true nature of OUR calling. We need to understand the place of God's true Church in the tremendous historical events now unfolding before our ...

And I'm going to ask you the question this afternoon or this morning rather, and that is why did God kill the firstborn. This has a great deal to do with what we've been keeping here the last several days, and maybe we can even go back a little bit before that period of time, but doesn't that ...

As most of you know by now, the receivership has been (for all practical purposes) lifted from the WCG, AICF and from Ambassador College. How did it affect the College? What about Ambassador's future? The imposition of the receivership did have serious repercussions on Ambassador College. In all, ...

I think since Mr. Rea certainly went through a lot of experiences on his trip last time I am not going to repeat practically word for word what he told you, but I did talk to Mr. Mulk about this a little bit and I felt myself that the one thing you'd be more interested in than anything else, would ...

We highlight the most significant developments. If you had been in your 20s at the time of The Plain Truth's inception in 1934, you would have lived your adult life during a momentous time in the world of religion. In the past half century, several great events and issues of the day have centered, ...

National character and temperament reflect much of how we feel about each other. Let's take a positive look at cultural differences and see how to respect them. My wife and I along with our 10-year-old daughter were waiting for the number 4 bus on King David Street in Jerusalem. It was the first w ...

With the passing of America's 199th birthday and with preparations being made" of the coming bicentennial celebrations. one largely overlooked fact is that the United States is the world's oldest surviving republic and one of this planet's oldest continuing governments. Even more remarkab ...

Should You Join a Church? A listener writes: "I have been listening to your program on the air for about two years. I have been converted since I first heard you. When I was converted I joined the ( - a popular denomination - ) church. I am like you; I don't believe in denominations, but I felt I ...