Herbert W Armstrong

How should we view the American custom of celebrating Thanksgiving Day? The Thanksgiving holiday was established in comparatively recent years. It is, of course, not mentioned in Scripture - but the principle of attending and celebrating national holidays is made clear in Scripture. Thanksgiving Day ...

Many Mormons, Presbyterians, Congregationalists, Pentecostals, even some Baptists - in short, the descendants of the Puritans and their friends of 16th century Britain - call Sunday the "Christian Sabbath." The Puritans objected to many pagan features of so-called Christianity. They prohibited May D ...

Question: How should we view the American custom of celebrating Thanksgiving Day? Answer: The Thanksgiving holiday was established in comparatively recent years. It is, of course, not mentioned in Scripture - but the principle of attending and celebrating national holidays is made clear in scripture ...

One of the greatest of all sins is the sin of INGRATITUDE! Although Americans observe Thanksgiving, millions still do not know what it means to be thankful. You need to know how, when, and to WHOM to be thankful-no matter what country you live in. STOP LOOK, and listen. You'll see multitudes of un ...

Each year the people of the United States and Canada set aside a national day of thanksgiving. Why? Do the inhabitants of fabulously rich North America really know the cause of their manifold blessings? Few people around the world understand the origin and purpose behind the American and Canadian cu ...

As we prepare to celebrate our Bicentennial Thanksgiving day, do we Americans realize the real source and the true extent of our many blessings? Have we Americans carelessly forgotten the real meaning of Thanksgiving day? Truly no other nation in the history of the world has been so greatly blessed ...

Materially speaking, the United States and Canada are undoubtedly two of the most blessed nations, in history. Never have two nations risen to such dizzying heights of prosperity and technological advancement. Truly we live in "bountiful lands" -but have we forgotten the source of those bl ...

To many Americans Thanksgiving Day means sumptuous turkey dinners, family reunions and football games. Most seem to forget that the very name of this traditional holiday means to give thanks. But give thanks to whom? For what? And why? In 1630 the little 350-ton Arbella was plowing westward through ...

To many Americans Thanksgiving Day means sumptuous turkey dinners, family reunions and football games. Most seem to forget that the very name of this traditional holiday means to give thanks. But give thanks to whom? For what? And why? In 1630 the little 350-ton Arbella was plowing westward through ...

As we Americans prepare to celebrate our Bicentennial Thanksgiving holiday, the abundant blessings and priceless privileges we all enjoy should be especially appreciated. Yet with privileges come responsibilities. Last summer, The Plain Truth sponsored a Bicentennial essay contest for the teen-age m ...

To many Americans Thanksgiving Day means sumptuous turkey dinners, family reunions and football games. Most seem to forget that the very name of this traditional holiday means to give thanks. But give thanks to whom? For what? And why? In 1630 the little 350-ton Arbella was plowing westward through ...

Fall harvest festivals are a part of every civilization called Feast of Harvest or Harvest Home celebrations, feasts of in-gathering. All of them have one central theme, that of Thanksgiving. A Thanksgiving Day makes sense for an agrarian rural society, with the smells of hay and apple cider, shocks ...

Several years ago when my wife and family and I were living in Missouri, saw a sign up in a store about the time of Thanksgiving that really struck me as being, I never seen a particular sign like this, but I think that the individual that put it up summed up quite a bit of the attitude and the feel ...

Many Mormons, Presbyterians, Congregationalists, Pentecostals, even some Baptists - in short, the descendants of the Puritans and their friends of 16th century Britain - call Sunday the "Christian Sabbath. "The Puritans objected to many pagan features of so-called Christianity. They prohibited May D ...

To many Americans Thanksgiving Day means sumptuous turkey dinners, family reunions and football games. Most seem to forget that the very name of this traditional holiday means to give thanks. But give thanks to whom? For what? And why? IN 1630 the little 350-ton Arbella was plowing westward through ...