Herbert W Armstrong

Very shortly after my original marriage in 1917, an angel appeared to my wife in a dream. He descended from the sky, put his arms about both of us, said God was calling me soon to a most important commission. At the time I was embarrassed, suggested she tell it to the preacher at the church on the c ...

The Church Jesus built was founded on PENTECOST. What is the meaning of Pentecost? Why have the churches lost it? OVER 400 sects and denominations are today competing for the NAME of Jesus Christ. They call themselves "Christian" churches. But are they? Could all - or any - of these confli ...

Question: What is "The Synagogue of Satan"? Answer: Many readers have sent us this question. You read of the "Synagogue of Satan" in Revelation 2:9: "I know," spoke Jesus Christ, "the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN." The common idea is that thi ...

When Waldenses Began: From the New International Encyclopedia, article Waldenses: The name given to the followers of Peter Waldo and his successors in modern times. In modern times, there are two things you need to discern especially about the Waldenses. First, how old are they? Do they go all the w ...

No conspiracy was more clever - or more successful. Here, retold at last, is the diabolical plot that erased from the minds of men the knowledge of the Plan of God as revealed in the Gospel of the Kingdom. ONE of the least-known facts of history is that a knowledge of the millennium - and of God's ...

Through the Babylonian Mysteries, Satan distorted the Truth about the Godhead and the Holy Spirit as spoken of in the first chapter of Genesis. He distorted the facts concerning himself, and Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Was he going to turn Noah and his experiences also to his benefit after t ...

WHAT IS man?" asked the psalmist David in Psalm 8:4. Is man an immortal soul in a material body? Is death the separation of body and soul? What really happens to a man at death? And what about the atheist who believes that there is no HOPE OF LIFE AFTER DEATH? These questions have puzzled - yes ...

WHAT is man?" asked the psalmist David in Psalm 8:4. Is man an immortal soul in a material body? Is death the separation of body and soul? What really happens to a man at death? And what about the atheist who believes that there is no HOPE OF LIFE AFTER DEATH? These questions have puzzled - yes ...

INTERNATIONAL DESK - EARLY in the morning of July 9, 1984, York Cathedral caught fire. The wooden vaulted roof of the south transept was destroyed. The interior suffered extensive damage. Only the determined efforts of more than 100 fire fighters saved one of Europe's largest Gothic cathedrals fro ...

Personal from Herbert W Armstrong - WHY are the churches divided? Have the churches failed? Do we really understand what is the real PURPOSE - the divine MISSION - of the Church Jesus Christ founded? Did Jesus Christ intend his Church to become divided? Did Jesus Christ give his Church the commissio ...

Personal from Herbert W Armstrong - How grateful we should be that the great God has seen to it in all ages that HIS TR UTH could not be erased from human accessibility! Ever since the time of Jesus Christ there have been organized conspiracies to destroy the Bible. Jesus Christ started God's Chur ...

Should a Christian observe Christmas? How did Christmas originate? Answer: Look at the FACTS of history. Did you know that in Great Britain, for example, "the 25th of December was a festival long before the conversion to Christianity? (See the Encyclopedia Britannica.) That in the Roman Empire, ...

Prominence in England: In America too exists now the principal remnant of the Seventh Day Baptists. They have nearly disappeared in England though in the 17th century so numerous and active were they as to have called forth such writers as these who wrote treatises against them and about their Sabba ...

Do you know why Christianity is so divided? Where is God's truth being proclaimed? Human annihilation is nearer than we think! In a world torn by strife and hatred, man has devised several frightful ways by which he can destroy all living things! Year by year, this condition grows worse. What is t ...

Why do so few today really STUDY the Bible? Is it an outdated book as critics claim? Read the surprising answer. Over 1900 years ago, the greatest newscaster the world has ever known predicted today's present chaotic world conditions! He foresaw today's scientific discoveries and technological a ...