Herbert W Armstrong

With a speed that surprised even Vatican "insiders," the secret conclave of cardinals elected Cardinal Albino Luciani, 65, as 263rd Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church last Saturday during the first day's balloting in the historic Sistine Chapel. Although Cardinal Luciani had been mentioned as be ...

Now we are in 1969! But 1968 — that was the year that was! Just LOOK at the facts — how the world skidded DOWNWARD — DOWNWARD — yet this Work of God was propelled by the living Christ UPWARD — UPWARD, in its biggest year of GROWTH! Here is a brief, quick reminder of how the world went: January 16: B ...

The previous two ministudies covered prophesied events leading up to and including the first six trumpet plagues of the "Day of the Lord." This concluding study of the most eventful year of earth's history focuses on the final punishments God must bring upon a world that refuses to heed ...

The Swedes, too, have a remarkable history which modern critical historians have largely rejected. Rejected, not because the historians have disproved the facts, but because they simply do not want to believe the records. Who today would believe that there was an Odin? — a god who made his appearanc ...

The origin of the American Indian has puzzled Europeans from the day Columbus' sailors set foot on the Caribbean isle. Yet, just four centuries earlier, the New World was common knowledge to the educated in North Europe and the Iberian Peninsula. Its natives were even embracing the faith of the Ro ...

I have to write you about a situation so URGENT that I am having to dictate this letter over transoceanic telephone from England to our Headquarters in Pasadena, California, so it may be typed there yet today and mailed immediately to you. Over here in England, the Christmas decorations are out alre ...

If the Bible truth were known, thousands would never have "chosen" the ministry as their profession! Should you teach, preach, or "witness" for the Lord? How does God call His true ministers? "I'VE BEEN called to preach!" said the eager young man to the elder pastor. "HOW do you know you've been ...

Mankind's pollution doesn't stop with his environment - he has polluted his mind, morals and spirit also. Even the Gospel has not escaped man's polluting touch. The Good News of God's Plan for man was no sooner proclaimed by Jesus Christ of Nazareth than men determinedly set themselves to pe ...

You and I are faced, right now, with the most serious problem ever to confront any of us. This is more important than our own lives. It's too big for us, alone. We're going to have to have a lot of help from God. But we are going to have to wake up to the real seriousness of it—we're going to ...

None of us seems to find enough time to accomplish all we would like to in this life. Do unrealized potentials die with us? Or are there future opportunities - somewhere beyond death? The answer may surprise you! When Albert Einstein died in April 1955, at, the age of 76, a heated race came to an ab ...

Will the next decade or two bring human EXTINCTION - or will Century 21 dawn on a WORLD OF PEACE, with incredible scientific achievements? SUDDENLY this world has become different! It was never like this before. LOOK at the change in the last 70 years - then LOOK at the change in the last TEN. What ...

When Jesus looked out over Jerusalem, He wept (Luke 19:41). Why this outburst of emotion? It was not merely the realization that the city would soon be destroyed in a devastating war (verse 43, 44). It was concern over what the populace of that glittering metropolis was doing to itself to bring that ...

LEARNING TO BE A KING, TO SHOW his appreciation to Abner for helping unite Israel and for bringing Michal to Hebron, David prepared a feast for him and his men. Thus David's first wife was at long last given back to him, and at the same time Abner had the vengeful satisfaction of ruining Ish-boshe ...

The letter was written by a young boy named Peter. He had been taught about God — told God would protect, preserve, heal. But his brother, Tommy, was dead. Why? Why does God allow tragedy? Why do innocent babies suffer? Why the caprice of tornado, hurricane or typhoon? Why, if there is a God, does G ...

Blizzards, rampaging floods, lashing hurricanes whipping up waves the height of seven-story buildings. Something is DRASTICALLY WRONG with the weather! What does it all mean? SCREAMING headlines are pointing up alarming changes in the weather. "Century's Worst Cold Wave Smashes South," "Blizzards ...