Herbert W Armstrong

A leading Protestant theologian remarked,... It is doubtful whether many educated Protestants today believe in "heaven" and "hell" as literal physical places..." "Yet to many millions hell is frighteningly real! Is there a real hell, a real fire, a real torment — what does the Bible say? THE RESTAUR ...

What are the characteristics of a person following the example set by Jesus Christ? How can you know you are a real Christian? A look of dismay swept over the waitresses' faces as the family with several children entered the busy restaurant and waited to be seated. Families with children alwa ...

For centuries Europeans have dreamed of a united continent. That dream is destined soon to be fulfilled! IT'S NOT a new idea-a United States of Europe. French writer Victor Hugo first used the phrase in the mid-l800s. Before him Voltaire arid Goethe philosophized about it. Beethoven, Mozart and Wa ...

Just what is "Armageddon"? Will it be World War III? Will the armies of the United States and Great Britain be defending Palestine against Russia in that battle? Read in this article the amazing answer. You will probably be astonished! We hear a great deal, nowadays, about "Armageddon ...

A new movement is afoot in theological circles. Its intent is to do away with GOD Himself. You would be amazed to know why modern theologians preach that "God is dead!" "We must recognize that the death of God is a historical event: God has DIED in our time, in our history, in our existenc ...

SHOCKING as it may seem, you may go to "hell"! Many of your loved ones are right now in "hell"! But don't be alarmed! You probably never heard the TRUTH about what "hell" really is — and where all of your ideas on the subject came from in the first place. You probably ...

"Sure I heard screams," the neighbor said. "In fact, they were so loud, I had to turn up the volume of my television set." The screams came from the apartment next door, where vicious robbers had poured lighter fluid over their bound victim and set him afire. Unusual? Not in our sick, self-seeking a ...

Certain dissident voices have been raised, since Jan. 3, deceiving God's people about obeying the government of man! DO WE UNDERSTAND that the GOVERNMENT OF GOD once ruled the entire earth? Do we understand that Satan's major thrust is to turn us against the GOVERNMENT OF God? ...

Some seem to think God's people should never encounter difficulties, meet trials or tests. Is this true? Few understand why Christians have trials! ALL OF God's people meet trials and tests during their Christian life. Trials arise which seem to completely baffle them! Problems come seemingly fr ...

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHY there are churches? Just what IS the CHURCH as an institution? Is there a REASON for it? People take the existence of churches for granted. Most think of the CHURCH as a building with a sharply sloping roof, a steeple pointing heavenward atop and a cross on its face. Indeed Webs ...

THOSE INFAMOUS PHILISTINES, WHEN Jephthah returned to Mizpeh after his victory over the Ammonites, he approached his home to see his only child come out of his house to meet him! (Judges 11:34.) Doing What Seems Right. He remembered then the vow he had made to God before the battle. Jephthah was so ...

"Without energy, drive, constant propulsion, a person need never expect to become truly successful." So says Editor-in-Chief Herbert W. Armstrong in his booklet, The Seven Laws of Success. Just what is drive? Why is it essential for success? And how can we apply it in our lives? In this se ...

Nothing is more characteristic of Rome than the worship of relics. Wherever a chapel is opened, or a temple consecrated, it cannot be thoroughly complete without some relic or other of he-saint or she-saint to give sanctity to it. The relics of the saints and rotten bones of the martyrs form a great ...

When the Abrahamic covenant promises were given to Jacob, he was making a journey from Beersheba to Padan-aram. He had but recently received from his father Isaac the "Blessing," which carried with it those much desired covenants and the special blessings and promises which pertai ...

God created human beings for an awe-inspiring purpose. But few have ever understood that purpose! The Bible reveals man's incredible potential. It shows how God is working out His glorious purpose on earth! ...