Herbert W Armstrong

"Repent, and be baptized... and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit!" (Acts 2:38). Be baptized! Does this Scripture apply today? Is WATER BAPTISM still ESSENTIAL FOR OUR receiving the SAVING power of the Holy Spirit? Or is baptism just a form of initiation into some church? Why do ...

Question 1: "I would like to really study the Bible. Could you please set forth a step-by-step plan by which someone may effectively study the Bible?" Question 2: Why do you use the expression "Holy Spirit" instead of "Holy Ghost" in quoting scriptures? ...

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!" ...

Thousands have asked if the New Covenant does away with God's Commandments. Here's the TRUTH on this question. NEARLY everyone has been taught that the old covenant was the ten commandment law - that the new covenant contains only grace and promises, but no law. Hence it is argued that since the ...

Thousands have asked if the New Covenant does away with God's Commandments. Here's the TRUTH on this question. NEARLY everyone has been taught that the old covenant was the ten commandment law - that the new covenant contains only grace and promises, but no law. Hence it is argued that since the ...

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 ...

What is the fourth fruit of the Holy Spirit? Gal. 5:22. Longsuffering is an old English word for patience. It is also forbearance and clemency - which is the ability to have mercy. One who is short-tempered and easily upset with the faults and inadequacies of others is inviting real trouble f ...

Probably I have NEVER written you a letter as important — as URGENT — as this! First, this morning's news is MORE SERIOUS than most people will realize! I tell you soberly, it means we are now right on the very DOORSTEP of the MOST SERIOUS CRISIS, and WORLD TROUBLE that has ever happened in all hi ...

IS "SPEAKING in tongues" the BIBLE evidence of baptism with the Holy Spirit? Is this "baptism" for us today? What is the Bible teaching about "TARRY MEETINGS? In the year 1906, a new movement sprang up, known as the "Pentecostal movement," which has swept this country and others like a prairie fire. ...

"THE BEAST TO ENFORCE SUNDAY-"MARK" AGAIN!! WHAT the "beast" did before, it is to do again. Prophecy WARNS that the "Mark of the Beast" will soon be enforced by a REVIVAL of the "Holy Roman Empire"! Only this time the MODERN "Holy Roman Empire" ...

Question: Should a minister be called "Reverend"? Answer: In Psalm 111:9 we read: "... He [God] hath commanded his covenant forever: holy and REVEREND is His name." Other translations of this verse describe God's name as "glorious," "awesome," "inspiring awe," "majestic" and "terrible." Th ...

Question 1: "Is it true that the early Christians practiced Communism? I have heard some make this claim." Question 2: "Why is Rahab counted among the faithful? Isn't it plain that she committed a sin by lying in order to protect the two spies?" Question 3: "Why did Christ not mention all of the c ...

DID IT EVER STRIKE you as most unusual that the great God should have raised up the ancient nation Israel to be His chosen people? Consider these seemingly paradoxical facts: God says He is not a respecter of persons. Is He, then, a respecter of nations? Does He have a favorite? Did you ever realize ...

I certainly want to thank the festival choir and all of those who are participating in the special music. It's been absolutely excellent, and we really appreciate it. I don't know what's wrong with Texas, but I've got another announcement here this morning. This is an emergency. This pertain ...

The year 1648 was a memorable one. Europe's devastating Thirty Years' War ended. Much of Germany lay prostrate. The mystical Holy Roman Empire of the German nation was reduced to a meaningless, mythical and hollow name. Within the empire, there was squabbling among many petty, and not so petty, ...