Herbert W Armstrong

Mrs. Armstrong and I have just returned from two weeks complete rest at the beach, where we spent eleven days in fasting and prayer. We had both been hitting a pretty hard pace, and sometimes one just has to stop and take time out and recuperate. We return now, greatly refreshed and renewed, not onl ...

Many have regarded the feast days merely as Old Testament customs - archaic curiosities from way back in "Bible times." But God's festival celebrations are always up to date. Here's how to keep them in the 20th century. Sometimes it's hard for certain people to see the Bible as up to date. To ...

Real happiness is a rare commodity today! Does your life reflect the very joy of Jesus Christ? There goes a happy man! How I wish I were like him! This is often the silent thought of people when they see another person who simply radiates real happiness. This or a similar thought often strikes new m ...

Do you have God's Holy Spirit? Do you realize your great NEED for it? Here's an article about YOU - and also to announce baptizing tours to be sent this summer from Ambassador College. There is a real, literal, spirit Personality in heaven at the controls of this universe. He is GOD. If He is ca ...

Greetings from Pasadena! Once again, it is good to hear from so many of you and feel the continuing trend toward unity and stability after our upsets of recent months. Also, I am very encouraged by the continuing growth in our overseas Work. Mr. Colin Adair sent in a report a few days ago that incom ...

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:38 Just how important is it to be baptized in the RIGHT "NAME"? Is it just a matter of saying or hearing the r ...

Question: A few days ago my children asked me a question about the birth of Jesus, which they had been reading. I could not answer it and would appreciate your help. My children want to know why Jesus was laid in a manger - yet the Wise Men saw Him in a house. How could this be? ...

In going through the New Testament to see why it is that we have believed that the Bible says exactly the opposite of what it does say and why it is that we today are practicing customs that are the very antithesis of the things that Jesus did and He said that we should do as He did and Peter said w ...

With the sudden appearance of the receiver on the Ambassador College campus last January 3rd and the resulting confusion, it became vital for the Church to create a swift and authoritative method of communication. Thus, the "Telephone Network" for the Worldwide Church of God was born. Now, in hours ...

ARE ANY of your loved ones going to burn forever in hell fire? Some of them probably are disobeying God. Do you believe in a God who has prepared a horrifying nightmarish place of everlasting torture for those that disobey Him? The most "popular" teaching is that hell means a place of neve ...

GOD Will allow you to enter completely into His tabernacle service only after you have spent seven days and nights in your duties at the door," Moses told Aaron and his sons. "Do exactly as you have been told, or you may have to pay with your lives." (Leviticus 8:1-4, 31-36.) A week later the elders ...

One of the most remarkable proofs of God and of the accuracy of the Bible is the proof of fulfilled prophecy. The various prophecies that we can look at in context of things that God has said, prophecies that have come to pass, things that have already happened, things that are in the process of bei ...

When you attend the Feast you are part of a worldwide - family participating in the greatest family reunion on earth. Have you ever wondered what the Feast would be like if the whole Church could keep it together at one location? Not just everyone in your country, but all of God's people worldwide ...

Now by way of pooling the comments that I, to introduce a subject tonight, let me make a statement I believe that would perhaps sum up our understanding of divorce and remarriage and it is very simply this, that we do simply follow, with some very few exceptions as stated by Christ, the instructions ...

Just days ago Mr. Ted Armstrong appointed Dr. Donald Ward, former academic dean on the Texas campus, as executive vice president of the college in Pasadena. Dr. Ward is already here in Pasadena getting acquainted with those he will be working with and gathering data from administration, faculty and ...