Herbert W Armstrong

Question: You define " psalteries" in The Bible Story by parenthetic expression as "bagpipes." I don't find this definition current among the dictionaries at my command. I would be gratefully pleased for the elucidation of this point. Answer: Dictionaries are not perfect! The E ...

Do you realize what's just ahead for YOU? Here we are, having just entered another new year. But also-a million times more important—we are right on the very threshold of a N E W W O R L D! You probably never thought of this before. But consider! If I said to you, "Jesus Christ has shown me t ...

Germany stands today at the fulcrum of world decision. The dominant force of a third world power bloc of growing potential, Germany must act! Will her decision bring peace at last - or war? The Berlin situation is bogging down in the mire of international politics. The United States leader of the We ...

Throughout the ages of man, philosophers, mystics and visionaries have pondered the meaning of human existence. Why was man placed on this good, green earth? What, if anything, is God doing with His human creation? Does God have any kind of plan, or is man merely some kind of uncontrolled, divine ex ...

How many realize that every one of us has opportunity to teach outside the classroom? "What a wonderful sight!" Richard Ames and I, both faculty members of Ambassador College, were standing on the stairs of the lobby of the Ambassador Auditorium, waiting for the procession that would start the annua ...

Have you succumbed to today's WORLDWIDE SPIRIT OF COMPLACENCY? Are you letting down in your prayer and Bible study - not doing your part in supporting God's Work? Or, do you continually Prod yourself - to make certain that you "bear much fruit"? RIGHT NOW God's Work is in a crisis! W ...

Many would say, "Don't tell me Satan could be using me! The devil can't use me – I'm in GOD'S CHURCH! But maybe we need to understand more about HOW Satan works to DECEIVE – and a deceived person DOESN'T KNOW he is deceived – else he wouldn't be, would he? LET'S MAKE SURE! TRULY, it' ...

In telling you the PLAIN TRUTH on this vital subject, it is realized this truth strikes home to every fourth reader. It's realized, too, that some will become offended at the TRUTH. It is not our purpose, however, to offend people, but rather to please God and to carry out His solemn commission to ...

NEXT morning the troubled king of Egypt arose early to observe a strangely murky sky. When he parted the curtains to get a better look, he knew that another woe had started. Huge black and red locusts were streaming by. Many of them were attaching themselves to the outside of the window and crawling ...

This is a last reminder to be sure to attend the all- important meetings of GARNER TED ARMSTRONG—my son and co-pastor on "The WORLD TOMORROW" program—starting NEXT SUNDAY NIGHT. Letters in response to the T.V. and RADIO programs in Springfield, and the large newspaper announcements, indica ...

Read here how to face life's cares and stresses. It does take more than mental gymnastics. "You ought to be able to write on being positive," said the editors of this magazine when the staff asked me to write this article. "After all , you just got engaged!" The fact is, right ...

Enoch was translated that he should not see death. Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. Yet the Bible reveals they are not in heaven today! Where are they? Here's the astounding truth. ENOCH WAS "translated." Where did he go? Was he immediately taken to heaven? No! Because Jesus Himself said ...

Why be baptized? WHAT IS baptism? Is it a religious "rite" required by this or that church? Should it be done in infancy? Should you be sprinkled, poured upon, dabbed at with a damp cloth - or immersed? What IS a valid baptism in God's sight? "REPENT!" screamed the panting, per ...

Now as I have showed you before and I want to just repeat a little bit to bring you up-to-date because I want you to have this background in mind in the present program. Before God had created matter, there was no physical matter, just outer space. God is composed of spirit, not matter. The Word was ...

In an effort to mislead and draw away God's people and tithes, the misleading idea is now being circulated that this MAN (not Church) also preaches the Gospel. So, why not divide your tithe, sending half to the man and half to God's CHURCH - or else send it alternately to each. Satan is subtile, ...