Herbert W Armstrong

The advanced age (78 this month) and failing health of Pope Paul VI - Supreme Pontiff of the 650 million-member Roman Catholic Church – have prompted widespread speculation in Catholic circles about the coming papal succession. Vatican specialists acknowledge that the next pope-electing conclave wil ...

DOOMSAYER preachers intone it; TV commentators broadcast it: newspaper headlines emblazon it. The evidence seems all too persuasive - pollution, sexual excesses, wanton violence, continuous wars between nations, would indicate that the human race is skidding into its self-made vat of destruction. An ...

Mr. Armstrong views TV special, speaks to churches, reads letters - President Ephraim Katzir of Israel tours excavation site in Jerusalem - A Personal Letter from Garner Ted Armstrong - Answers to questions regarding the News - Intervention averts imminent death for 'the miracle baby' and mother ...

What does the new political trend in America mean? Will separation of Church and State continue? Here is what could happen if God would not intervene! AN OLD controversy has suddenly taken on new meaning with the presidential election of 1960. Here, quoted from the Catholic magazine AMERICA, Feb. 11 ...

Our greatest NEED is being fulfilled! More churches are starting. And many more ministerial candidates are gaining EXPERIENCE. JOYOUS news comes of the first Sabbath services in two new churches? On the Sabbath, July 8, the first services were held in Little Rock, Arkansas, and Memphis, Tennessee, f ...

A woman at the bank told my wife and me that she had finally gotten a divorce after 23 years. "Wished I had done it sooner!" she exclaimed. "The flame went out long ago. Now I'm free." My wife and I, speechless, tried to hide our sorrow and disgust. Twenty-three years, two sons ...

God's people were BLESSED and encouraged during the recent Passover Festival. Again this year, it was the largest attendance of modern times! CERTAINLY one of the most enjoy able and successful Passover seasons of modern times was recently observed! With the growth in numbers and spiritual charact ...

Diplomatic forces now at work give the Vatican an opportunity to play an important new role in an Arab Israeli settlement and, simultaneously, increase Roman Catholic influence in the Holy Land. One of the long-festering issues of the Middle East is the problem of who governs Jerusalem and its relig ...

SUCH an ancient ritual as water baptism seems passé in the Western world. Today's sophisticated brands of society religions no longer require baptismal rites - especially those entailing total immersion in water. Most people dismiss water baptism as an antiquated ceremony to be releg ...

Here is the little-known, but gripping inside account of England's royal family - of Elizabeth II. A queen has been crowned - a queen of the oldest ruling dynasty in the world! For weeks London has been filled with festive preparations for the coronation of Elizabeth II. The whole world waited in ...

Plans for Church Unify have suddenly speeded up. Pope Paul meets Orthodox Patriarch, summons "separated brethren" to unify talks, receives personal letter from U.S. President requesting joint meeting! In three short days - January 4 to 6 - the entire future of Christianity suddenly changed ...

In the early part of the 20th century it British explorer set out on safari through the darkest part of Africa in search of a lost civilization. After trudging through vine choked jungles for several interminable days in suffocating heat. he came upon a remote native village. He approached t ...

"Put CHRIST back in CHRIST-MAS" urge church leaders - but was He ever really IN it? You would be SHOCKED if you knew the PLAIN TRUTH ABOUT CHRISTMAS! PEACE ON EARTH-GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN!" may sound a little shop-worn this year - in view of Viet Nam, The Congo, Cuba, The Berlin Wall, a ...

Let's face it. making ends meet is not always easy. God certainly does promise to provide for all our needs and even to bless us with more than our needs require - when such a blessing is good for us. But such a blessing may not always be the best thing. Sometimes what we need for our own characte ...

Jesus commanded: "Man shall live by every word of God." How can we prove that he included the Old Testament in that command? - that he meant all the Bible? Did you ever observe people going to Sunday school or church on a Sunday morning? And did you ever notice what a large portion of them ...