Herbert W Armstrong

Seized with fear that a new rival might take his throne, King Herod anxiously awaited word from the foreign travelers. Days passed and there was no news. Eventually he learned that the dignitaries had given gifts to a baby King and had left Bethlehem without reporting back to him as he had asked. Ac ...

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHY there are churches? Just what IS the CHURCH as an institution? Is there a REASON for it? People take the existence of churches for granted. Most think of the CHURCH as a building with a sharply sloping roof, a steeple pointing heavenward atop and a cross on its face. Indeed Webs ...

When I was challenged fifty-four years ago, fifty-four and a half years ago now, and I didn't know very much about the Bible up to that time. I'd been brought up in a respectable Sunday school and church. All I knew was, I thought I knew that there is a God and I thought I knew that, well they t ...

God is not trying to convert the world now - believe it or not! Now is the time God is calling to salvation only a tiny minority - the firsttruits of salvation. Why? ...

WHAT BOTH OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS REVEAL; Many believe, today, that Jesus healed and performed miracles only to demonstrate He was the Christ, but we read of miraculous healings all through the Old Testament. The Israelites, on their trek out of Egyptian slavery, came to Marah. The water was too bitt ...

Here are more principles that will help you solve Bible difficulties - how to determine original word meanings - how to use marginal comments and footnotes - and other basic guidelines to help you better understand God's Word. WORDS mean different things to different people. Bible verses have been ...

You know, brethren, I've been thinking through this week how wonderful this life could be; of the many things that God has made possible for us to enjoy. God tells us to use our senses, that we may learn to appreciate the good things God has made possible for us. And determine what are the things ...

How could the world have become so mixed up? Out of this spiritual wilderness, a voice cries out in clarity and power, with the reassuring truth of the world's only and sure hope! Editor's note: We are printing here, serially, the new book by Herbert W. Armstrong with the same title as this arti ...

THE CRISIS OVER Jerusalem in A.D. 70 has passed. The civil turmoil within the Roman Empire temporarily ceases. But the hopes of many Christians are shattered. Instead of being delivered, Christians continue to suffer persecution as a result of Emperor Nero's example. Each day brings fresh news of ...

Here are more principles that will help you solve Bible difficulties - how to determine original word meanings - how to use marginal comments and footnotes -and other basic guidelines to help you better understand God's Word. WORDS mean different things to different people. ...

The crisis over Jerusalem in A.D. 70 has passed. The civil turmoil within the Roman Empire temporarily ceases. But the hopes of many Christians are shattered. Instead of being delivered, Christians continue to suffer persecution as a result of Emperor Nero's example. Each day brings fresh news of ...

When Jesus was sufficiently recovered from His long fast, He returned to the Jordan River where John was baptizing. Jesus stayed at the outer fringes of the crowd that had gathered, but His cousin caught sight of Him and immediately pointed Him out to the people. "There He is!" John exclai ...

Why is it valuable? How can you tell if you have it? "I am humble and proud of it!" You've probably heard someone say that in jest at one time or another. The statement's humor is based on the conflict between the words humble and proud. Most people understand that humility is the opposite of pr ...

Can men heal the sick today? Does God heal the sick today? Well, I'm not trying to cover the entire truth about it, but just that part here is where we're going through the Scriptures in our series in which we're going through the New Testament to find the true gospel that Jesus Christ brought ...

Pursuant to the object of Jeremiah's call and work, the first king on David's throne to be disposed of was Josiah, for it was in the thirteenth year of his reign that the call of God came to Jeremiah, as you may know by reading Jeremiah 1:1, 2. Jeremiah himself gives no account of the downfall o ...