Herbert W Armstrong

God is not trying to convert the world now - believe it or not! Now is the time God is calling to salvation only a tiny minority - the firsttruits of salvation. Why? ...

Day of Pentecost - THE CHURCH IN GOD'S MASTER PLAN. Did you know that unless Christ's disciples had been KEEPING the Day of Pentecost THEY WOULDN'T HAVE RECEIVED GOD'S HOLY SPIRIT? Without God's Spirit NO ONE could ever inherit eternal life! Without God's Spirit you can't even WORSHIP ...

Is "speaking in tongues" the Bible evidence of the baptism with the Holy Spirit? Just what IS the baptism with the Holy Spirit? What about "tarry meetings"? Are there people "speaking in tongues" today? Here is the PLAIN TRUTH about this burning question plainly stated. ...

Do you realize thousands of Worldwide Church of God members assemble on the day of Pentecost without really understanding what this Holy Day really means? Test yourself Read this article and see if you do. WE SIMPLY CAN'T understand WHY we observe the day of Pentecost just by reading the scripture ...

Do you know what is the most universally believed false doctrine in the Christian world? That universally believed false doctrine is that all humanity is LOST - consigned to an eternally burning hell - unless they "get saved" by accepting Jesus·Christ as personal Savior NOW! They say that ...

Pentecost, the Feast of Firstfruits, one of God's seven annual Holy Days, pictures an important step in God's master plan of salvation! This Holy Day helps explain the different times when salvation will be offered to different segments of mankind. God's two harvests, God's annual Holy Days ...

Do YOU KNOW what is the most universally believed false doctrine in the Christian world? God's annual Sabbaths were given to keep the true Church in the true knowledge of our Maker's master plan. The one original, yet persecuted Church of God, stands alone in keeping these annual festivals. And ...

It's happening now, all over this earth. Do you know what God is doing? What on earth is God doing? The many facets of God's Church, including the Good News magazine you are now reading, work together to proclaim to all the world the wonderful announcement of God's coming Kingdom (Matthew 24:1 ...

Why are so few being converted today? And why were YOU chosen to be among those few? Here is the real meaning of God's third annual Holy Day Festival - and VITAL to your salvation! THE churches of this world teach that this is the only day of salvation - that all who will ever be "saved" ...

Was the Church of God founded on Sunday? What is the real meaning of Pentecost, and why have the churches lost it? IS THIS the only "day of salvation"? The worldly churches generally teach that all who die unsaved, or do not "get saved" before the second coming of Christ, can never thereafter receiv ...

God's commanded Feast of Pentecost has somehow become buried in modern Christianity. Why did Christ and. the apostles observe this important feast, called the "day of firstfruits"? What does it picture in the plan of God? Should Christians observe this feast today? If so, on what day sho ...

What is the REAL ORIGIN of Pentecost? Where did Catholics, Lutherans and others get the custom of observing "Pentecost Sunday" each year? Does God command us to observe Pentecost? IT IS AN almost universal belief that the New Testament Church was founded on Sunday. Probably each of us has ...

The rich spiritual content of the book of Ruth, so meaningful during the Pentecost season, IS often overlooked. The English Bible does not reflect the original position of the book of Ruth. Today we find it sandwiched between the larger books of Judges and I Samuel. However, in the Old Testament as ...

God's master plan continues to unfold before your very eyes! As you discovered in the last two ministudies, there are seven annual festivals picturing God's plan of salvation for mankind. God instituted these festivals to remind His Church year after year of how He is bringing about His stupendo ...

Whitsunday," says the Encyclopaedia Britannica, is "one of the three major festivals of the Christian Church" (article "Whitsunday," 1973 edition). But you will never find it by that name in the Bible. Instead, you will read of Christians observing "Pentecost," a term derived from the Greek language ...