Herbert W Armstrong

Some of the youths at the second camp at Orr, Minn., may have misunderstood what I said to them about COMPETITION. Truly, COMPETITION, not cooperation, is the attitude Satan inoculates into human minds. But that does NOT mean all sports are wrong or banned in God's Church, college and schools. The ...

Is it best for your children to date unbelievers? Here is the BIBLE answer to a crucial Problem our young people have to face, reprinted from the October: 1953 issue. DATING is a custom which has been practiced, in differing ways, since the beginning of history. If rightly directed, it can be a natu ...

Two Sabbaths ago, in a sermonette before the Pasadena Headquarters P.M. congregation, Mr. Dwight Viehe, a local elder, referred to my letter to you dated June 25. He elaborated on my letter. What he said is important and timely at this critical time. I want to share it with all of you, and I repeat ...

The way to act and live that gives those who dare to do it increased pleasure, fun, good time, enjoyment. The "forbidden fruit" that is sweeter, more desirable. The concept, though unrealized, is that God is unjust and unfair, forbidding us really to enjoy life. As a consequence, sin is th ...

During Tuesday's all-day service in the Hall of Administration, Mr. Rod Meredith explained the intent and meaning of Romans 13 regarding our being "subject unto the higher powers," and how Paul's instruction specifically applies to our present confrontation with the state of California. Here are ...

You know, most churches pay no attention to Pentecost. I remember as a boy growing up in a Protestant church ... The Quaker church it really was. There are several kinds of Quaker churches, by the way. The original old-fashion type where I understand they'd twiddle their thumbs; they'd wait for ...

Have we had any instruction lately in the Church on water baptism? I'm sure I haven't spoken or written on the subject for a long time. And what I'm going to tell you will be a little different than anybody else would give it to you. is water baptism essential to salvation? Why do we nee ...

Just as the invisible adversary Satan has been leading this world toward the final violent WORLD CRISIS at the CLOSE of this age—so the same insidious and subtle unseen adversary has been seeking to destroy GOD'S CHURCH! Satan has been doing his utmost to deceive and mislead God's Church into SE ...

In one of the last two speeches Mr. GTA made while still a member of God's church, was a SOLEMN PROMISE, which shows he cannot be trusted in what he is now saying! Following is a direct quote from the tape of his sermon before a group of area churches at Rochester, New York, May 27, 1978. These st ...

Where is the one and only true Church today-the Church founded by Jesus Christ in A.D. 31? Seven major eye-opening proofs identify it unmistakably. Proof Six (Continued): WHAT AND WHY THE CHURCH? What about the "loner" Christian who says, "I will serve Christ in my own way"? What ...

Do you realize not one in a hundred knows what it is-how to get it when you receive it? Don't be too sure you do! Here, once and for al4 is the truth made so plain you will really understand it! In the April issue, we learned that salvation is deliverance from the spiritual consequences of sin ete ...

Whether you think yourself "religious" or not, vast CHANGES are going to take place in YOUR LIFE. These will be either for good - or for eternal DEATH. YOU have a rendezvous with destiny! WE LIVE in an age of lying and deceit. An age of hypocrisy and ignorance in religion, in education, in politics. ...

Campaign Gets Under Way Despite Opposition: YOU'LL never get far, Mr. Armstrong," said a resident of the Jeans neighborhood whom I met on the roadside one day. It was during the time I was holding three meetings a week at the Jeans school house, 12 miles west of Eugene, Oregon. This followed the s ...

Is the construction of a temple in Jerusalem necessary to fulfill prophecy? The future holds some startling possibilities. Will there have to be a temple in Jerusalem before prophesied end-time events can take place? Must sacrifices be offered on the Temple Mount? Or will a physical building and sac ...

Here's the only ray of light piercing the foreboding gloom in the news of the world today. Today's news portends nothing but greatly increased world catastrophe coming, a rapidly accelerating disturbance and chaos in world conditions. Every indication of today's news points toward worse and wo ...