Herbert W Armstrong

This letter is being written high in the air, with mingled emotions of thanksgiving and gratitude, hope and JOY! My most fervent heart-rending and prevailing prayers of the last ten months, combined with yours have been answered! Messrs. Portune, Antion and Dart — all Vice Presidents, Mr. Stanley Ra ...

I've heard many people talk about sin, but they leave me wondering what sin is - what it is a person must give up as a Christian. I want to change and give my life to God, but I don't know what to repent of. When I look at my past, it seems to me I've been a lot better than some people I know. ...

Was the Festival of Tabernacles a part of the "law of Moses"? It is commanded in the New Testament? Did the apostle Paul observe it after everything was "nailed to the cross?" YOU are now a part of the true New Testament Church of God, if you have been baptized and have received the Spirit of God. Y ...

PURE SPECULATION? No! There is a Biblical account of a man who actually was Christ's brother. His life story is full of lessons for us. James - the author of the book of James - is very distinctly called "the Lord's brother" (Gal. 1:19). His mother was Mary. Let's briefly examine his story and ...

Are the Ten Commandments negative, and therefore a wrong form of law? Often we hear the basic law of God impugned as negative, and therefore not good. God is often conceived as a stern, wrathful God, who angrily says to us: "Thou shalt not!" God's truth is sometimes looked upon as a reli ...

You are going to be surprised by the NEW FACTS you will learn about life after death in this article - facts you may NEVER have been taught, but information your Bible has ALWAYS contained. Is death the end of everything? Just what IS the chance of YOUR coming back to life, of living again? ...

I saw a very interesting cartoon the other day. The subject is a representation of the Ten Commandments on the usual two tablets of stone, and all over the face of it are remarks, queries, corrections, and suggestions, as if made by an editor going over copy for possible publication. The implication ...

Her eyes were alive with excitement and her face, although somewhat flushed by a flurry of activity, was fresh and radiant as she greeted me with an enthusiastic, "Hi! How have you been?" Her hurried planning was in preparation for a dinner honoring those responsible for Outreach, a program ...

The world is plagued with many times more troubles and evils today than when I was a boy. There was only a fraction of the crime. Divorces and broken homes were rare by comparison. But today crime, revolt, riots, violence, wars - and the nuclear mass-destruction weapons - present the world with the ...

You are going to be surprised by the NEW FACTS you will learn about life after death in this article - facts you may NEVER have been taught, but information your Bible has ALWAYS contained. Is death the end of everything? Just what IS the chance of YOUR coming back to life, of living again? ANYONE i ...

What is prophesied to directly affect and to happen to the United States? As I've been saying you have to know where the United States is mentioned in the Bible prophecies to understand it. We're mentioned more often than all other nations put together in the Bible. But we're not mentioned und ...

Several, probably not realizing it, have been accusing Jesus Christ, the living HEAD of God's Church. Be sure YOU don't! I WRITE THIS IN the form of an OPEN LETTER to a number of ex-ministers and dissident members who have gone out of God's Church in a spirit of accusation, disagreement, emoti ...

Why does the Bible omit mention of the birthdates of such men as Abraham, Moses and even Jesus Christ? Where did the custom of celebrating birthdays begin? SEARCH your Bible! How many birthday celebrations do you find? That of a Pharaoh who celebrated his birthday by hanging his chief baker (Genesis ...

We were driving home after a long day's work, my youngest son and I. My son, who usually plays the strong, silent type, turned to me and said, "Hey, Dad, let's stop and get some flowers to take home to Mom." My wife was ill with stomach flu. "Good idea," I said, "she'd ...

Why were the Pharisees in New Testament times divided among themselves? Why did they come to Jesus to ask Him to settle disputes? Here is the answer! PREVIOUS installments of this series have shown how the Pharisees and the other chief leaders of the Jews disregarded the Word of God. They had accept ...