Herbert W Armstrong

According to Josiah's wish, his grandson, then eight years old, was to succeed him. But he was removed from any opportunity to reign after ten days' time. Neither did Josiah's eldest son, Eliakim, succeed his father because the people of Judah believed he would regard the king of Egypt as thei ...

EVERYONE WANTS to have a happy life - close friends, a strong marriage, good health, a meaningful career, personal satisfaction. Did you realize that at the Feast of Tabernacles this year, the way to achieve these things will be explained for you for eight days, in the sermons and sermonettes at ser ...

In this eleventh installment, Mr. Armstrong continues his early married life, business experiences in Chicago, and the beginning of God's intervention, sweeping away his business. Shortly after our second daughter, Dorothy, was born, I persuaded my younger brother, Russell, then twenty, to come ba ...

I have made an interesting discovery about young people. Most of you have heard the words of Christ, "It is more blessed to give than to receive" (Acts 20:35), and I have discovered once you get the idea, you are often better givers than grown-ups. Since most of you have limited spending m ...

I have just had a visitor in my office, on MOST URGENT business! It was Mr. Albert J. Portune, manager of the business office of the most important activity on earth — the great WORK OF GOD! I'm going to have to rush this letter to you by AIRMAIL because of the very serious URGENCY. The receipt of ...

The November 1973 Arab oil embargo signaled a dramatic end to the days of cheap and plentiful energy that Western society had enjoyed for so long. In spite of its initial shock and trauma, the real significance of the energy crisis has gone unnoticed. Contrary to popular belief, it is not exclusivel ...

Begin now to focus your mind on the most joyous eight days of this year - to be anticipated and enjoyed by the LARGEST number of people to be gathered at any convention, assembly or festival on earth. More than 120,000 happy brethren will share this time of rejoicing. The time has come that I must r ...

I had just met her that morning as we stood under an awning outside of Garden City High School on Long Island, New York. We were attempting rather unsuccessfully to shield ourselves from the intermittent drizzle that had dampened the day, but not our spirits. I had just graduated from high school, a ...

I WON'T TALK much about Youth 05, when I first became a teenager - or Youth 10 when I was an 18-year-old "adult" and had come to know more than my father. I felt sorry for my father then - in the year 1910. I had been born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa, and when I was 20, my father move ...

Personal from Herbert W Armstrong - The visit to Communist PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA was a significant FIRST! It was the first time a world church leader from the world of Christianity had been invited to visit, speak publicly and meet privately with leaders of the vast People's Republi ...

MEDIA increases in radio and television coverage continue to mount for Mr. Herbert Armstrong's programs. We have now purchased time on six additional 50,000 watt stations bringing the total number of 50 KW stations to 22. Our total number of radio stations (including 50,000 watters) has increased ...

The very fate of the Bible as the revealed Word of God-the evidence of the existence of God - hangs on the answer to this momentous question: Did God keep the promises of national wealth and greatness He made to the patriarch Abraham? The Jewish people did not fulfill these promises. They do not ref ...

INTERNATIONAL DESK: The problems of small newly independent nations that need help. AFTER SEVERAL days in the heat, dust and dirt of the "fourth world" I was enjoying the respite. It was 10 o'clock at night, but the hotel's restaurant was still crowded. Not surprising, because it was just about ...

The Middle East is in ferment. At the center is Islam. It is time to dispel widespread myths and misconceptions about this important religion, and to see what the Bible says about Islam and the world's future! Not since the days of the Crusades has religion played such a crucial role in world affa ...

IT IS revealed that Jesus was "Emmanuel" - that is, "God with us" - GOD in the human flesh. He was both God and man, divine, as well as human. Can God die? Was Jesus really dead, or did only his body die? Was Jesus the Divine One alive during the three, days and three nights a bo ...