Herbert W Armstrong

THE SUN WAS sinking below California's Pacific Ocean horizon Dec. 28, 1980, as John Mabry of Troy, N.C., fidgeted in the Ambassador Auditorium, anxiously awaiting to perform the piece he had practiced for so long: Brahms' Rhapsody in G Minor. In less than five minutes it would be over - the enti ...

What does it mean to repent? Is real repentance just an emotional feeling? Is it merely feeling sorry for having made some mistakes in one's life? Let's examine several basic scriptures detailing God's definition of real repentance. How is sin defined in the Bible? I John 3:4. Has every ...

Being a teenager today isn't easy. There are difficult choices to be made - choices that can change your life. Many of these choices involve questions about who and what we are. Like the question of establishing our masculinity or femininity. Let me quote one young man to make my point: "When ...

Part Seven: PLAIN TRUTH ABOUT CHILD REARING - Rearing a child is never easy, but for one person to function as both mother and father is the toughest job of all. Yet it is increasingly common today for a parent to find himself or herself in this double role. Those who have enjoyed the companionship ...

I thought about this sermon for quite some time, it's one of the sermons to me that's fascinating, at least the subject is, and yet it's difficult to be understood and yet it's simple. That sounds ambiguous, I know, sounds paradoxical but it really is simple, and yet it's profound and very ...

What should be your attitude toward the world? What about unconverted relatives, neighbors and friends? Here is the answer which may surprise you! MANY TIMES, you have heard God's ministers expound the scriptures PROVING this is the true Church of God! You have read articles in the Good News and P ...

Question 1: "I would like to really study the Bible. Could you please set forth a step-by-step plan by which someone may effectively study the Bible?" Question 2: Why do you use the expression "Holy Spirit" instead of "Holy Ghost" in quoting scriptures? ...

Hopefully all conference travel forms are in the mail to us as they are desperately needed from all of you. It is getting very difficult to secure late reservations on airlines with the approaching holiday season. Also, it is harder for our office to expedite late travel details amidst the flurry of ...

Where shall we find that mysterious number 666? Does the pope wear it on his crown, identifying him as the BEAST of Revelation 13? Or must we look for it elsewhere? Here are all the Scriptures speaking directly of this number: "And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or th ...

Question 1: Is it permissible to borrow from second tithe? I've heard that some scriptures say this is all right. Question 2: In Ecclesiastes 1:4 Solomon said that the earth abides forever. But in II Peter 3:10 we read that the earth will be burned up. I know that the Bible does not contradict its ...

The news headlines are "CHRISTMAS SHOPPING BIGGEST EVER!" Already there are reports that merchants are being caught short — Christmas shopping is so much bigger than they anticipated, they didn't stock enough goods! People are beginning to SPEND MORE FREELY! ...in the Christmas shopping ...

We all need to be more concerned with the needs of others than with ourselves. Everywhere he looked there was dust. Elijah had followed God's instructions and was taking the trail to Zarephath. The effects of the devastating drought were widespread. Crops were failing and animal herds were gradual ...

Some years ago I was invited to visit the home of a young member of the Worldwide Church of God in Asia. He was a student, and lived with his parents. His parents, however, belonged to one of the Oriental religions. This made it difficult for him to live a Christian life, and he had several question ...

Millions have been led to think they are saved, who are only deceived, and don't know it! - Here is a frank, daring article, making the truth PLAIN! It's difficult to believe, but it's true - in today's religious confusion millions have supposed they had salvation spiritually - they have bel ...

One commentary says: "The last book of the Bible is, for most Christians, one of the least read and most difficult.... For the most part modern readers find the book unintelligible." The reason for this, the commentary continues, is that Revelation is full of symbols "of a type that we do not use an ...