Herbert W Armstrong

Now God created the whole universe BY Jesus Christ, who was the Workman. But instead of electricity and tools, Christ used the Holy Spirit; and He spake, and it was done. When Christ spoke, the Holy Spirit did it immediately; and that's the way all creation came about. Now then, go back and let yo ...

Many readers continue to write Mr. Armstrong, addressing him as "Reverend." Should this be done? Let us understand how and when it became the custom to give ministers this title. The word "reverend" is applied only to God in the Bible - it is not once applied to man. In Psalm 111 ...

Some brethren need to WAKE UP from their spiritual laxity and begin to perform what Jesus commanded! OUR BAPTIZING; tours have discovered a dreadful spiritual condition among some brethren. They have found, for example, that some have been carelessly neglecting Jesus' passover command: "DO th ...

Everything I like is either sinful, immoral, or fattening. You surprised me. Well, it's been some time since I saw this, but I saw it on a little plaque somewhere, and I thought it was rather appropriate as an introduction to the sermon that I have, because it seems like so many of us... think tha ...

The Handwriting Is on the Wall: Did you ever wonder where that enigmatic expression originated? The answer does not lie in twentieth-century graffiti but in the pages of your Bible! Over two millennia ago, during the twilight of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, a series of strange events changed the ...

A Time of Unprecedented Peril: Nobody likes bad news. By nature most of us tend to be optimistic. After all, we've got good reason to be. We've heard the "wolf, wolf" and "the-sky-is-falling" refrains too many times in the past. Every generation has its prophets of doom, its own local donnybrook ...

Is Doomsday at Our Door? For centuries, eschatologically oriented prophets and evangelists have been launching impassioned jeremiads on a perpetually frightened populace. Every natural or unnatural disaster has been seen as a sure sign of the end of the world. Many have become skeptical. Th ...

The Ultimate Global Catastrophe: Continued abuse of the earth's life-support systems could possibly lead to some of the apocalyptic visions pictured in the biblical book of Revelation. It had been almost imperceptible at first. A few abnormal high tides recorded in Miami, Amsterdam and Calcutta. N ...

After nearly six years of dictatorial rule characterized by murder, torture, and oppression, Uganda's erratic President Idi "Big Daddy" Amin at last appears to be slipping from power. Observers believe a coup against him is not only possible, but probable. That can come only as good news ...

It was as, improbable a sight as one could possibly imagine. A Dutch inter-city train stopped dead in its tracks in, the middle of nowhere in central Netherlands. Aboard were a gang of terrorists, holding both crew and passengers hostage. Periodically, as the grim drama unfolded over international t ...

ALMOST every housewife and mother has at some time said to her family, "I won't have any time to cook today. Find whatever you can in the refrigerator, since I am going to be busy washing and housecleaning." With a little planning beforehand, you can complete your work and have a balance ...

Speaking of bears, I hope you haven't run across any. I hear they are around here. That may be a warning to some of you who might make fun of my bald head and Mr. Reedy and so forth. There's a few chapters in the Bible that, if you hurt the victim, you might not want to make fun of us. It certai ...

WHAT THE "BEAST" once did, it is to do again!! Prophecy says the Satanically inspired "MARK OF THE BEAST" is SOON TO BE ENFORCED once AGAIN BY a revival of the CATHOLIC controlled "Holy Roman Empire." Only this time the "Holy Roman Empire" will be called by a ...

Personal from Herbert W Armstrong - You are probably often asked how the Ten Commandments could be a law of LOVE. Here is a way of explaining what love means - an explanation which most outsiders probably never heard before! When the Eternal RULER of the universe first placed man on this planet eart ...

Dr. Harold Lindsell, the editor of the well-known evangelical magazine Christianity Today, published in Washington, D.C., recently proposed "that Saturday be set aside as the day of rest" for all Americans. "Even though the world has vast underdeveloped sources of energy," he sai ...