Herbert W Armstrong

Santa's $14 Billion Gift List - What If Your City Had 30 Million People? - On the OTHER Hand... - COUNTRY IN FOCUS: Mexico: News Story 1: Santa Claus must have a huge budget. Last Christmas he brought $14 billion worth of gifts to the United States alone. "No other event inspires as much irra ...

NOWHERE does the Bible instruct Christians to observe the birth date of Christ. Yet, strangely, among the multiple millions who do believe they are commemorating the Savior's birth (not knowing the real origin of "Christmas"), very few have heard the reason why Jesus Christ was born. Duri ...

Members continue to write us for advice in meeting the serious problems which children face in public schools. Should children join clubs, take part in Christmas and Easter plays, participate in sports after school hours? HERE is a recent letter from Illinois which is typical of hundreds we receive. ...

The children of God's people are challenged in this world's schools. This is specially true in the holiday seasons. Most people believe in observing Halloween, Christmas and Easter, and they expect their children to learn something of these days in school. It is natural for teachers to use these ...

The halls are decked with boughs of holly; the stockings are hung by the chimney with care. The wistful voice of Tiny Tim mingles with the strains of "Silent Night" as he wishes a blessing on us, every one. All the world seems at peace. Except you. You, who can no longer in good conscience ...

Sour grapes? A bah-humbug Scrooge? Anti-establishment? Irreligious? NO! None of these. Here's a plain speaking-out about a holiday nearly everybody keeps, religious or non-religious, and nearly no one seems to really understand why! Read this personal-experience article for understanding. It's p ...

Peace on earth, good will toward men" may sound trite and hollow this year. But in spite of terrifying world troubles, the traditional, commercial, chief of the "Christian" holidays looms on the horizon once again. Yet, chances are, you would flunk miserably in a simple test about its ...

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 ...

More people are unhappy, miserable, depressed, discouraged, deep in debt, and violent during the holiday season than at any other time of the year. There is precious little peace on earth or goodwill among men. There doesn't seem to be much of Christ in the commercialized "Christmas" that began la ...

Many Mormons, Presbyterians, Congregationalists, Pentecostals, even some Baptists - in short, the descendants of the Puritans and their friends of 16th century Britain - call Sunday the "Christian Sabbath. "The Puritans objected to many pagan features of so-called Christianity. They prohibited May D ...

Many Mormons, Presbyterians, Congregationalists, Pentecostals, even some Baptists - in short, the descendants of the Puritans and their friends of 16th century Britain - call Sunday the "Christian Sabbath." The Puritans objected to many pagan features of so-called Christianity. They prohibited May D ...

Well good morning brethren; you know the world's religions have holy days and celebrations that they use to worship their God to celebrate certain aspects of their religious feelings towards their God or gods. In Jeremiah 10:3 God says "the customs of the people are vain" and He goes on to say tha ...

Well good afternoon again it's really nice to be here. You know brethren if we look around in the world in which we live and we see so many things that are going on in the world scene we see events that are shaping up in Europe, you see just this past week, just in the last few days a familiar fac ...

Traditional Holidays, Where did Easter - with its hot cross buns, bunnies and Easter eggs - originate? And Halloween - with its ghosts, witches and trick-or-treat? What about Christmas - with its red-nosed reindeer, Santa Claus and gift trading? Why do most professing Christians observe days which 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 ...