Herbert W Armstrong

An admiring fan had just attended a spectacular recital by a world-class pianist. Overcome with awe at the pianist's skillful playing, the fan raced up to the artist and exclaimed: "Oh, that was wonderful - beautiful! I'd give anything if I could play the piano like that!" "No you ...

As farm kids become a smaller and smaller minority, I'm more than happy to say I grew up on a farm! What's it like to live on a farm and come from a small town in the middle of America's breadbasket? It's worlds apart from the big city. Our family farm is 3 miles south of Carmi, Ill., a town ...

All of us at some time in our lives have either read or had read to us the biblical story of David and Goliath. As a young man growing up on a dairy farm, I used to ponder and try to visualize, while doing my early morning chores, what took place between David and Goliath. Faced with problems of my ...

Many criminologists advocate the death penalty for capital crimes. But others say capital punishment doesn't deter crime. Many feel it is cruel and inhuman. Is there a workable alternative to capital punishment? This article examines both sides of the controversy. Joseph Bernard Morse, at age 20, ...

The peaceful, wooded neighborhood of White Oak, Texas, may seem a long way from the horrors of World War II, but it was there that I talked to a man who had survived three years in a Nazi concentration camp. Today he tells his story in hopes that what happened in Europe 40 years ago will not happen ...

When was the Old Testament completed? Who authorized the building of synagogues in Judea? In this fifth installment you will learn how the Jews continued under the Government of God to the time of Alexander the Great. THE canonization of the Old Testament by the members of the Great Assembly was the ...

President Kennedy acted fast to force steel industry to back down on its announced price increase. What prompted such drastic action? Behind this question lies the startling challenge to the job of every American! Just four days after signing a "noninflationary" contract with the Steelwork ...

Do you realize the real significance of Pope Paul VI visiting Palestine? Events that are very soon going to totally ALTER THE WHOLE FUTURE OF YOUR LIFE are happening so fast right now, that it is hard to keep up with them. Just four days ago a TREMENDOUS EVENT occurred at Bonn, Germany. Chancellor E ...

Many a school boy has heard of Odin, the great Norse hero. But how many realize that Odin was a real king of Denmark? That he founded the kingdom of Denmark in the days of David, king of Israel? That he visited Solomon's temple? of that Odin was the first Danish king to cross the Atlantic — as did ...

Pursuant to the object of Jeremiah's call and work, the first king on David's throne to be disposed of was Josiah, for it was in the thirteenth year of his reign that the call of God came to Jeremiah, as you may know by reading Jeremiah 1:1, 2. Jeremiah himself gives no account of the downfall o ...

Sexual love has always been the essential ingredient in the observance of St.Valentine's Day. This was true in ancient Rome, during the Middle Ages, and it is true today. Moreover, the mid - February date of this observance has not changed. Only the name of the game has changed, since February 14 ...

Why do so few today really STUDY the Bible? Is it an outdated book as critics claim? Read the surprising answer. Over 1900 years ago, the greatest newscaster the world has ever known predicted today's present chaotic world conditions! He foresaw today's scientific discoveries and technological a ...

After the destruction of the cities on the plain of Jordan, Abraham moved southward to a land called Gerar. Just as God promised, a son was born to Abraham and Sarah. An angel had already told them to name the baby Isaac. Abraham was a hundred years old when Isaac was born. Sarah was ninety years ol ...

WALLS OF JERICHO FALL, IT was on the tenth day of the first month (Nisan in the spring — not January in the winter) that Israel crossed the Jordan river and made camp in Canaan at a spot called Gilgal. The west border of the camp wasn't much more than a mile from Jericho, a thick-walled city swarm ...

The shortest month of the year is ending. This most important Work on earth is driving ahead faster than ever. The first telecast on the number one independent TV station in the U.S. — WOR-TV, New York, brought a very fine response — 786 requests for The PLAIN TRUTH and literature offered. The lates ...