Herbert W Armstrong

Where did CHRISTMAS come from? How did NEW YEAR'S Day celebration start? How did we come to observe EASTER? What is the true origin of Hallowe'en, St. Valentine's Day, and, other so-called "Christian" holidays? Where did we get SUNDAY? In the seventh chapter of the Book of Daniel is an amazing ...

The multitude of people which was predicted for the house of Joseph never was realized while they dwelt in Samaria, their Palestinian home; but the increase of the Saxon race is acknowledged to be phenomenal. National statistics show that Russia doubles her population in 140 years, Spain in ...

Prove all things! God commands us to! Against what will we check the NEW MOON dates of God's Sacred Calendar to be certain they are correct? ALMANAC DATES for the new moon sometimes disagree with those on the Sacred Calendar. Here is a point that has in years past caused some church members to bec ...

SCREAMING terrorized people of all three families - Korah, Dathan and Abiram - rushed wildly and aimlessly in all directions. Then the quivering mound of ground suddenly collapsed and fell back into a deep, yawning chasm! Tons of soil and rock slipped off the vertical sides of this horrifying hole a ...

Does it make any difference which days we observe — or whether we keep them? Does the Bible establish whether we are to keep certain days holy to God? Were these days given to ancient Israel only? Are they binding today only on the Jewish people, while Christians are commanded to keep holidays such ...

"THE EARTH OPENED ITS MOUTH!", SCREAMING, terrorized people of all three families — Korah, Dathan and Abiram — rushed wildly and aimlessly in all directions. Then the quivering mound of ground suddenly collapsed and fell back into a deep, yawning chasm! Tons of soil and rock slipped off th ...

As an elderly apostle, John confronted many of the same problems that face God's Church today. What can we learn from his mission and message? For almost 40 years mankind has lived under the threat of the bomb. To what degree the hideous weapons that man has devised might be used is unknown, but t ...

How many professing Christians have even so much as ever heard of the Feast of Tabernacles? Few in today's "Christianity" realize that Christ, His apostles and the New Testament Church of God all observed the Feast of Tabernacles. Why, then, don't those who profess to be Christians foll ...

Few people in the world today keep God's Holy Days. But what significance do they have for God's Church? My wife and I attended our first service in the Church of God in August, 1951. We were living near Portland, Ore., and had heard from friends that Herbert W. Armstrong would be preaching ...

Most people don't believe the Bible is inspired. Can you be absolutely sure the Bible speaks with divine authority? When Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes" (Matt. 7:28-29). Either Jes ...

The election of a "born-again" Christian president has focused attention on the most significant movement among American Protestants. It has also tempted Evangelicals to become involved with the election of candidates as well as the election to grace. President Jimmy Carter unabashedly con ...

Does the Bible say all will be saved? Or is it possible some will be forever lost? Here's what God's Word teaches about universal reconciliation. But I don't wa-a-nnta be saved!" "You better straighten up and fly right or I'll show you. I'm going to throw you in the lake of fire. ...

Few questions are of greater consequence. Read here the truth about love, law and grace! You hear this age characterized as everything but what it really is. Newscasters trumpet our era as the space age, or the age of technology, or the computer age. Yet at this time of incredible technological achi ...

On an island west of Turkey, a man named John experienced a strange series of visions. He recorded them in the controversial biblical book of Revelation. Climaxing all the blood and gore pictured in the first nineteen chapters is a thousand-year reign of peace and prosperity revealed in ch ...

Just how much should YOU do, and what part does GOD play in overcoming your human nature? What is the role of self-discipline and determination in a Christian's life? This article will show you how important your willpower is in overcoming sin. Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong has said many times, "G ...