Herbert W Armstrong

QUESTION: "Is it wrong for women to wear pants? Many people quote me the scripture found in Deuteronomy 22:5 to teach against it." ANSWER: Deuteronomy 22:5 reads: "A woman shall not wear anything that pertains to a man, nor shall a man put on a woman's garment; for whoever does these thi ...

GOD'S FANTASTIC ARMY! WHEN Gideon saw fire spitting up out of the rock on which he had placed food for his strange guest, the young Israelite was quite startled. He stared in awe as the food was swiftly burned to cinders after his guest had merely touched the rock with his staff. When he looked up ...

For the beginning of our Church History lectures I would like to let all the class know that we are going to be taping the class this year, with the possibility in mind of sending the tapes out to the field Ministry if they would like to kind of get filled in on what's happening in some of the Amb ...

And once again, why don't we have better news today? If mankind had listened to the message that God Almighty sent by Jesus Christ, if the world believed it and followed that way we would have good news today. But instead we have to tell you about the good news of the world tomorrow. Because Jesus ...

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 ...

How should we view the American custom of celebrating Thanksgiving Day? The Thanksgiving holiday was established in comparatively recent years. It is, of course, not mentioned in Scripture - but the principle of attending and celebrating national holidays is made clear in Scripture. Thanksgiving Day ...

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 ...

Question: How should we view the American custom of celebrating Thanksgiving Day? Answer: The Thanksgiving holiday was established in comparatively recent years. It is, of course, not mentioned in Scripture - but the principle of attending and celebrating national holidays is made clear in scripture ...

Yes it's a wonderful thing that news is going to be good, tomorrow. There's a reason why it isn't good today and it isn't good because we haven't made it good, it isn't good because human beings don't know the way of peace. We are reaping exactly what we've been sowing. Now there is ...

When did the New Testament Lord's Day start? By what authority? The answer is shocking. I was shocked 58 years ago — at age 34. I was challenged! I felt my marriage was In jeopardy. My wife announced she was going to start keeping the Sabbath - Saturday! To me, that was religious fanaticism! "My w ...

And my friends we can know the world tomorrow. For, although no man can predict the future, no mortal, no human power knows what's going to happen, as a matter of fact we don't even know what a day is going to bring forth. No fortune teller can tell us, no astrologer, no crystal ball gazer — you ...

He answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of the prophet Jonah: for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the [great fish - and I explained yesterday the word is not whale at all but ...

Who were the first pagans? Would you recognize a pagan if you saw one? You do not fear to call "pagan" the ignorant, uncivilized naked pygmies of the dark African jungles, the head hunters of Borneo, or the Australian aborigines. But have you ever realized that many of your best - dressed, ...

Several months ago I used the space in this column to point out the many danger signs of war so prevalent around the world. Now there are many more. Hence, Part Two. Since the debacle of Vietnam, Americans have crawled into a shell. We do not want to be involved in any more "foreign" wars ...

Dutch-Speaking Region: Mr. Bram de Bree, Regional Director of the Dutch-speaking Work, reports that the income for that area, comprising the Netherlands and the Flemish part of Belgium, is holding its own at a year-to-date increase of four percent. De Echte Waarheid (PT), circulation 18,425, added 1 ...