Herbert W Armstrong

Which of these sins is worse: kidnapping and murdering a 6-year-old child, or losing your temper? Since death is the penalty for sin, we could conclude that there is no difference (Rom. 6:23). But aren't we overlooking something? Throughout the Bible, God reveals that some sins are worse than othe ...

Last month we learned that the Passover, the first of God's commanded annual festivals (Lev. 23), is the beginning, the very first 'step, in God's great master plan of salvation for mankind. It was Jesus Christ, "our Passover" (I Cor. 5:7), who died for our past sins. But accepting C ...

Jesus warned that the end of this age would be characterized by a lack of love (Matt. 24:12). But you need not lack love. Now more than ever before the true meaning of Christian love needs to be understood and practiced. The Apostle John wrote: "He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God ...

My friends, why do you read over here in I Peter the second chapter: "Like newborn babes, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up to salvation?" "...that by it you may grow up to salvation;" Now why would that be in the Bible if anyone already has salvation, and the salvation pr ...

The Church Jesus built was founded on PENTECOST. What is the meaning of Pentecost? Why have the churches lost it? OVER 400 sects and denominations are today competing for the NAME of Jesus Christ. They call themselves "Christian" churches. But are they? Could all - or any - of these confli ...

I have exceedingly good news for you — but right now the newspapers and newscasts are filled with bad news. What's going to shock and stun the whole world, next, in world news? I can tell you — but only as foretold in Bible prophecy. But where are we, now, in the panorama of prophesied world event ...

The Pharisees seize authority from the priests, the "traditions of the elders" replace the Bible, laymen claim to be prophets - these surprising facts are discussed in this ninth installment. THE last installment revealed how laymen came to power through "Judaism" - how they called pagan customs the ...

The mail count for the week ending April 14th was the best we've had in the last eleven months! According to our preliminary count nearly 53,000 letters were received for the week, bringing our monthly total for April to about 93,000 letters. The year-to-date total now stands at 590,000 letters. ...

United Kingdom: On June 5, 6 and 7 all the full-time ministers in the U.K., plus two non-employed local elders, gathered at the Heathrow Hotel near London for a conference to update them on the prospects for the Work in this part of the world. Mr. Harold Jackson, the minister in Lagos, Nigeria, was ...

Bibliography: Armstrong, Herbert W. Here's The Plain Truth About Old Testament Polygamy. Pasadena, California: Ambassador College Press, 1963. Military Service and War. Pasadena, California: Ambassador College Press, 1967. Pagan Holidays - or God's Holydays - Which? Pasadena, California: Ambassa ...

Nuclear world war definitely is eminent according to Biblical prophecy, but what is prophesied to happen in the United States and Candida and the English-speaking people, you need to know, because that is going to affect you and everybody you know and love and your own family and relatives. Not only ...

You have never heard of so many atrocities in such a short period of time before in all of your life: mass murders, slayings, assassinations, bombings, riots, looting, arson, rape, murder, gang fights, never into violence. It seems. And nearly every newscast you hear sounds like the latest obituary ...

THINK of it! NEVER BEFORE in modern history such a ghastly unthinkable tragedy as the MASS SUICIDE of more than 900 people! In a ritualistic "religious" ceremony, parents administering a mixed drink of fruit juice and cyanide, then watching their little ones writhe in piercing painful conv ...

What is a real Christian? Could you give the Bible definition? Jesus gave us the very basis of real Christianity in what is commonly called the Sermon on the Mount found in Matthew, chapters 5 through 7. He pointed out those characteristics, often called beatitudes, which would clearly identif ...

Few grasp the spectacular difference between the original teachings of Christ and today's Christianity. Since coming here," an African student told a white friend, "I've discovered the white man has two gods- one that he taught us about, and another whom he serves. "A mission scho ...