Herbert W Armstrong

This is a long overdue tribute. A leader among us has been misjudged - maligned - persecuted and character assassinated. It's time I speak up. Brethren, sometimes I think we are poor judges. God says to us: "Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?" ( ...

The Handwriting Is on the Wall: Over two millennia ago, during the twilight of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, a series of strange events changed the course of history. King Belshazzar held a mammoth banquet and invited all of his subordinate rulers to attend (Dan. 5:1). During the festivities, Belshazza ...

Question: "My son and daughter are of high school age. What instruction should I give them regarding dating and the modern custom of 'going steady'? I know they need the benefits of social contact with those of the opposite sex for their personality development. But I don't want to give t ...

Speaking of degrees of sin, smoking may be a milder sin – but nevertheless a SIN. Here is the story of how this came into the doctrine of this Church. It may come as astonishing news to some of our members, but the truth is, I personally did smoke – until a little more than 51 years ago, that is. As ...

Alcohol has always been a traditional part of Asian society. Yet in most Asian countries alcoholism has not reached the epidemic proportions seen in the West. Why? Southeast Asians, and especially the Chinese, drink copiously, yet addiction to alcohol seems to be uncommon. There is a reason. Most dr ...

Dear Co-Workers With Christ:    I am writing from Bucharest, Romania. I am spending two or three weeks at the Otopeni Clinic, famous over all of Europe, recharging tired batteries. I have kidded about being thirty-seven going on thirty-six. It is acknowledged by all, so far as I know, ...

For hundreds of years, numerous critics have been sitting in judgment of the Bible. Now it's about time we saw the Bible's judgment of them. WHY HAVE the majority of scholars - and even theologians - sought to discredit the authority and inspiration of the Bible? What is it about the Bible that ...

Much of education in today's world is impersonal, incompetent, irrelevant. Education in Tomorrow's World will be pleasantly different. Here's how. ...

Not far from my home in British Columbia, Canada, is the site of one of the great marvels of God's awesome creation - the sockeye salmon run in the Adams River. Every four years mature sockeye make their arduous 300-mile trip up the Fraser River , passing through the Thompson River and into Shuswa ...

WE NOW MOVE FORWARD in time. It is a few years after the Israelites' conquest of most of Canaan. Joshua has become more than a hundred years old, and is aware that his life is nearing an end. (Joshua 23:1.) Realizing that it would be wise to again remind the Israelites what their attitude toward G ...

My friends get out your Bibles and have a shock because I think there is nothing more shocking than to learn that the Bible says exactly the opposite of what you've been taught to think it says. Why have you not heard the gospel of Jesus Christ? We've been hearing a gospel about Christ and about ...

Some of us have lived through the "war to end all wars," some through the war that was fought to "make the world safe for democracy" (or was it communism?). Most have lived through the "police action" in Korea and the national disgrace in Vietnam. The United States in p ...

Never in history have two nations spurted from virtual obscurity into incredible, unprecedented national wealth and power. Was it merely chance? A fluke of history? Or were they given this wealth for a reason? This installment explains just why these birthright peoples enjoyed nearly three - fourths ...

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? ...

Remarkable shifts in political power, left-right clashes over economic and military matters beset key nations of Western Europe. Where is an increasingly polarized and unstable Western Europe headed? Western Europe is in the throes of almost whirlwind political changes. Sudden and often radical shif ...