Herbert W Armstrong

Have you ever noticed the italics in the King James Version of the Bible and wondered what purpose they served? Why are the words "the son" italicized in so many verses of the genealogy in the third chapter of Luke? Italicized words were first used in 1560 when an edition of a Bible, known ...

NBC News asked me, "Do you believe the world is going to end soon?" I had to say, "No, I don't. And as a matter of fact, the gospel of Jesus Christ has nothing whatsoever to do with the end of the world." Oh no, that's gonna be like a cold shower to some people. Why them fighting words, didn'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 ...

Why do dangerous criminals often go free? Why are the innocent sometimes imprisoned? How do we help the victims of crime? FRIGHTENINGLY, it happens again and again in the United States! Killers, muggers, rapists, sex molesters-many who even have confessed to their-grisly crimes-are released from pol ...

Are Hebrew terms for the Creator God - rather than English or Greek titles - the only ones accepted or recognized by God? Is some one name absolutely essential for salvation? Here's evidence from the original texts of the Bible. Must we use only Hebrew terms when speaking of the Creator? Shoul ...

Now we come to a most vital distinction, and a bit of Bible truth known to but a very few. Very few, indeed, have ever noticed that the promises to Abraham were twofold. But the Bible itself makes sharp distinction between these two phases of the promises. The spiritual promises - the promise of the ...

Theologians have frequently used Romans 13 to justify their teaching of ''Christian" participation in warfare. The theological argument about this text concerns the command to be subject to the higher Powers. If the higher governmental powers require us to fight, then we must fight. Such reasoni ...

Can you be truly happy and joyful in a world of confusion, sadness and corruption? Can you be so without false pretention? Yes, you can and you should, if you are a true Christian. Joy is an attribute of God. It is of God. It is a "fruit of the spirit" - the second fruit after love - followe ...

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 ...

Question: Why Are Italics Used in the Bible? Answer: Have you ever noticed the italics in the King James version of the Bible and wondered what purpose they served? Why are the words "the son" italicized in so many verses of the genealogy in the third chapter of Luke? Perhaps you think the ...

Is "Jehovah" the Father's NAME? In whose NAME are we to pray? Must we use only Hebrew names - instead of English names of God? Here is the TRUTH on this misunderstood subject! THERE is only one NAME "under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved" (Acts 4:12). What is t ...

GREETINGS! in Jesus' name: Again it is time I report to you the progress of God's precious work, as time races on in this chaotic "TIME OF THE END" to the very END OF THIS AGE. This has been, perhaps, the most hectic month in the history of this great work. As time grows short, the wor ...

You need to be prepared. You need to know why - and when and where - the next nuclear holocaust will strike, and how to escape. This article makes plain why God allows war - and the provision He makes for those who seek His protection! SCORES of thousands were caught unprepared in Hiroshima and Naga ...

The subject of reincarnation is attracting new attention. What is it all about? Can reincarnation explain the Inequities in this life? Is it possible you have lived before? Who are you really? Now you can know! Is IT FAIR? The vast majority of human beings spend their whole lives in poverty and want ...

Few today realize that God lays claim to the first 10th of all our increase - wages, produce, etc. Still fewer really believe God's promise to bless those who obey His law of tithing, as revealed in the Bible. No one can afford to be in ignorance of this fundamental financial law of God and ...