Have you noticed how what starts as slang can completely alter the meaning of a word? Take the word unreal, for instance. Today, people often say unreal when they mean fantastic, astounding or much better than expected. The party my teenage daughters went to last night was "unreal." The ne ...
The Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes contains a message vital to the Feast of Tabernacles and your salvation. Wealthy. Wise. Well thought of. These positive words describe ancient Israel's King Solomon. Yet Solomon wasn't satisfied with life; he was filled with depression and despair. Why? And ...
Personal from Herbert W Armstrong - Recently I sat down and allowed myself to reminisce for a few moments on my life. It has been a RICH life, full of the joys of accomplishment and also full of opposition and bitter persecution. My mind went back to age 19, when I had a job just a few miles north o ...
For tens of thousands of God's people around the world, the Feast of Tabernacles is the happiest time of the entire year! That's because the Feast has been ordained by God to be a family oriented get-together. Both parents and youths of God's Church look forward to the Feast with great anticip ...
Personal from Herbert W Armstrong - No matter how joyful is your anticipation of the soon-coming world tomorrow in the Kingdom of God, your anticipation falls far short of the realization you will experience! TODAY I SAT down in a comfortable lounge chair and allowed myself to reminisce for a fe ...
How many times have you observed the Feast of Tabernacles? Twenty, 10, five? How many times will you observe the Feast in the future? It's hard to say, isn't it? We don't really know whether it will be five or six times or 10 times or more - or less - do we? What if you only had one more Feast ...
Jesus commanded His disciples to observe the New Testament Passover, not by slaying a lamb in Jerusalem, but by washing one another's feet and partaking of unleavened bread and wine. But how many of us have realized that the New Testament Feast of Tabernacles is just as different from i ...
The Early Crew Robert C Smith - Good News - July-September 1973
Have you ever wondered how the many facets of preparation for the Feast of Tabernacles are accomplished? An advance crew prepares the way to help guarantee the success of God's Holy Convocation every year. We call that preparation group the "Early Crew." Read about their work and learn how YO ...
Did God really mean for us to be "peculiar"? (Titus 2:14.) Or did He mean something else entirely than the usual modern meaning of the word? This amusing article will help you see in what way you should NOT be "peculiar" - especially at the Feast of Tabernacles. IN THE King James translatio ...
What's a Feast? Leslie L McCullough - Good News - January-April 1971
Just what IS the Feast? Have you ever stopped to ask yourself this question? Read, in this behind-the-scenes article by the Festival Director of God's Church, exactly what it takes to make God's Feast of Tabernacles so different and successful. THE Feast of Tabernacles is many things to many ...
It's time for the Feast of Tabernacles! How are you approaching this Feast? Will this be JUST ANOTHER YEAR? You CAN make this Feast a TURNING POINT in your life if you're willing to put forth the effort. Read in this article seven steps to the most profitable Feast ever. THERE MAY well be only F ...
God's great Fall Festival climaxes the plan He is working out here on earth. This time of rejoicing, recreation, and spiritual rejuvenation is VITAL to your life. Learn from this timely article how to use every moment profitably. THE WHOLE WORLD desperately needs what YOU are going to r ...
IN ORDER to really rejoice at the Feast this year, we all need to strive to maintain good health and physical vitality. In the past, too many of us have neglected the laws of health during this season to our own detriment and that of others as well. This year, let's be extra careful not to ...
Is there Proof IN THE NEW TESTAMENT that Christ, the apostle Paul and the New Testament Church observed the Feast of Tabernacles? - and Proof that we too are commanded to observe it? THE CHURCH OF GOD today is a New Testament Church. And in the New Testament is PROOF - astounding proof - that the ap ...
Bigger, better, and more meaningful than ever before, the Feast of Tabernacles will soon be observed by brethren around the world! To know what is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, and how to really REJOICE in the Feast... read this important article. AS WE ASSEMBLE around the world, or as we look toward this Fe ...