Herbert W Armstrong

Often we hear one say, "I want that baptism with the Holy Spirit and FIRE." Or: "I have the baptism with the SPIRIT, - now I want that FIRE! Do such persons know what they are asking? The common belief that we should desire that baptism with FIRE springs from texts showing God will purify and cleans ...

iSaludos del departamento hispano! As you might have noticed in the May 21 edition of the Worldwide News, the Pasadena evangelistic campaign, conducted by Mr. Meredith, had a sizeable number of La PURA VERDAD (Spanish PT) readers in attendance. One of those invited will probably be baptized within a ...

Now THREE Ambassador Colleges are in full swing. Also, THREE more new churches have just been established and GROWTH is evident everywhere in God's Work! THE SANTA FE "Superchief" from Chicago rolled smoothly and quietly into the Pasadena station. Showing the distinguished silver hairs of rich mat ...

What is meant in the Holy Scripture by "his brethren" and "his sisters"? Was Mary the mother of other sons and also daughters? NOT long ago we received a letter from a sincere inquirer requesting biblical proof on whether Christ really had brothers and sisters. "Please do not send me the views of th ...

Is there a commission to the Church to preach the gospel? Or is the only real mission to preach and teach to local congregations? What is the plain truth from your own Bible about the work of the ministry? AIN'T NO need to build no walkway - ain't goin' nowhere!" was the sarcastic ret ...

Hundreds more brethren are now able to attend Passover services in the places GOD selects. THIS WAS a record year for attendance at the Passover and Festival of Unleavened Bread in the modern history of the Church of God. The number is impressive because it represents people whose entire LIVES are s ...

Because of the requests of so many of our readers, we are again publishing this eye - opening article. Do you realize God has purposely closed much of the Holy Bible from human understanding, until now? Look at the pitiful spectacle! - hundreds of different sects and denominations, all confused and ...

Here is PROOF that nothing in the universe except God has been existing forever. He alone is without beginning of days or end of years. Consider for a moment. Could God be anything but eternal? He reveals Himself as the Creator of all there is: the material universe, angelic beings, light, life. Now ...

Believe it or not, assembling together in local groups or churches may lead to loss of salvation to many - unless these pitfalls are avoided! HERE is what our newly converted brethren need to know. TRUE, we are commanded not to forsake assembling ourselves together - and so much the more in these la ...

GREETINGS from the Queen Mary in Mid-Atlantic! We are now returning home to America after a very profitable and successful trip through the Holy Land, Europe and Britain. While on this trip which has been so vital for the Work of God, I have been receiving an entirely NEW concept of the future of th ...

WHY DO you believe the things you believe, do the things you do? The chances are you never stopped to ask your­ self that question. You have been taught since childhood to accept Easter as the chief of the Christian holidays. You have supposed it is part of the true Christian religion to observe ...

As a member of the Church of God, do you have any obligation to an ORGANIZATION? Is church attendance, tithing, Holy Day observance and attendance at God's Feasts REQUIRED of you? "I'VE NEVER been much for goin' to Church!" one hears exclaimed from time to time. "I don't belon ...

The battle lines are drawn! Your office launched a State vs. Church lawsuit — to test the strength, power, and the very existence of the Constitution of the United States. THIS, MR. ATTORNEY GENERAL, is a battle you can't win! Realize it or not, you have chosen to do battle against the livin ...

Mr. Armstrong explained that in order to really understand the purpose for Ambassador College, one needs to go right back to the beginning. He reviewed how Lucifer rebelled against God and then later wasted no time in the Garden of Eden. Adam cut himself off from God and all of Adam's progeny has ...

Mrs. Armstrong's critical illness and healing; Mr. Armstrong's first miraculous answer to prayer, are among events covered in this 17th installment. Where is the one TRUE Church today? That is the question that haunted my mind in the late spring and the summer of 1927. That is the question that ...