Herbert W Armstrong

THE popular cliche these days is that the world no longer has leaders of the stature of Churchill, Adenauer or de Gaulle. One historian, Ronald. Steel, recently declared that we are living in a time of "pygmies" when it comes to leaders. Another historian, Barbara Tuchman, has said "t ...

Purpose: To summarize the questions and difficulties which have arisen both inside and outside the Worldwide Church of God regarding the proper observance of the Pentecost Holy Day. Background: Pentecost (Greek, "fiftieth [day]"), called the Feast of Weeks, or of Harvest, or of Firstfruits ...

The surprising manner in which beautiful Ambassador College cam pus was providentially opened; and the first nation-wide baptizing tour. YES, THAT eventful year 1946 marked the very beginning of the ORGANIZED Work of God in these last days. And, as TWELVE is God's number of organizational beginnin ...

Why do the ministers visit with you in your home? How IMPORTANT is a ministerial visit to YOU? Of what value is a visit to you? These visits are VITAL to your growth and to your overcoming! Learn from this article how you can make this service God provides truly profitable in your life. GOD ALMIGHTY ...

Just imagine what it's going to be like with 144,000 singing. We really are experiencing a foretaste of the World Tomorrow. There are those who have their own battles to fight, and yet that's a part of the Christian life. Today is the Last Great Day, and it is picturing the completion of the fes ...

Will the President's assassination really change anything? Will a deep sense of morality, Christian conscience, respect for law and order begin to be evidenced in the United States and abroad? Read the stern answer - gathered from present-day news and the pages of your Bible! "THE land is FUL ...

I am returning from one of the most successful trips so far in this exciting NEW DIMENSION in God's Work. We are making a stopover for a few days in New York. On arrival at the Teterboro (New Jersey) Airport — just across the Hudson River from New York City — we were met by cars to bring us to our ...

News of the Work - THE ENTIRE mailing list for The PLAIN TRUTH and for our Co-Workers was maintained personally by Mrs. Herbert W. Armstrong in 1934. She carefully addressed each magazine or envelope as it was sent out. When people wrote in changing their addresses or requesting any other literature ...

Dr. Meredith was a rare example of one who served his Creator above all else. Although we were shocked to hear of his death recently, he lived a rather long, a very interesting and an extremely productive life. He was the second son of Clarence Dexter Meredith of Wabash, Indiana and Elizabeth Ann Cu ...

From the experiences of a teacher in China, we can learn something about our goal as Christians. I found the story of Qu Xiao in a newspaper I bought in Guangzhou, China. I started reading it casually, and then found myself becoming absorbed as I began to realize that the story contained a lesson fo ...

The question naturally arises, "How did the prince, the highest branch of the cedar of Lebanon, get to the isles of the sea?" To get to the bottom of that which is involved in the reply to this question we will need to understand some of the characteristics, and acquaint ourselves ...

Here are practical principles you can apply to make the coming Festival of Tabernacles profitable both physically and spiritually. MOST OF GOD'S people have been anxiously watching their calendars for the day when they can leave their daily routine behind, bind their second tithe in their hand, an ...

At twenty-two sites in twelve countries around the world, over 63,000 of God's people assembled to REJOICE before Him in keeping the "best-ever" Feast of Tabernacles in the Philadelphia Era of God's Church! Over 54,000 brethren congregated at seven sites in the continental United States and Cana ...

Centuries ago the prophet Isaiah condemned insincerity (Isaiah 1:10-15), and in one of His most stinging speeches Christ criticized the religious leaders of His day for their hypocrisy (Matthew 23). When Christ preached His sermon on the mount, there wasn't a Pharisee within range who didn't wan ...

The high point of the year? Most members of God's Church would say it is the Feast of Tabernacles. The Feast is an event for which we begin to plan many months in advance. And then, in eight short but marvelous days, it's all over for another year. It should not surprise anyone that the Feast co ...