Herbert W Armstrong

THE WESTERN WORLD has taken the existence of churches for granted. WHY was the institution of the church ever formed? WHAT is its purpose? Such questions seem never to have occurred to most. In the average mind, a church is a building with a steeple atop, and a cross on its facade. Indeed Webster de ...

"Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of." So went one of the maxims in Poor Richard's Almanac, published by Benjamin Franklin. And a wise maxim it is! Do you realize how fragile and temporary this physical existence is? Do you really appreci ...

Are you showing enough respect for your mother and father? How much are parents the responsibility of children in the Church of God? My parents are dead. They both died at the age of 80, 10 years apart. Each had had a happy, productive life, and both were members of God's Church. I live in ...

Death is NOT the separation of body and soul! Read how the fable of the immortality of the soul crept into the Christian world TWO centuries after the Crucifixion. Ever since human beings appeared on this earth, they have all shared one common fate - DEATH. Whether rich or poor, young or old, we all ...

Many ask, "How should I keep the Sabbath?" This article gives you basic principles that will enable you to observe God's Sabbath as God intended. Jesus Christ said, "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath" (Mark 2:27). He didn't say it was made for the Jew, ...

Are climates changing? Scientists may theorize. But what are the real causes behind today's weather upsets? Nothing has such a vital physical impact on human beings as the weather. Past civilizations have risen or fallen on the fortunes of good or bad weather. Yet, for the most part, today's gen ...

We live in a world of great complexity. Simplistic solutions rarely bear much fruit in this modern world of incredible technology and vastly complicated human engineering. Yet some' times great institutions allow themselves to indulge in cut-rate remedies to solve infinitely complex and deeprooted ...

Are you having difficulty with your finances? If so, why? God promises to bless those who keep His law of tithing, but there is another important consideration every Christian needs to remember. I'm having a terrible time making ends meet," admitted the head of a Worldwide Church of God famil ...

There is a WAY to make each year of marriage happier than the last. You need to understand the KEYS to this vital problem. "Family breakdown is fast reaching epidemic proportions," warns the Family Service Association of America. The Association cited as evidence of the SERIOUSNESS of family de ...

There are definite "keys" that can make your business your family - your LIFE - more successful. Few know what they are! WHY do many ASSUME that life should be drab, mediocre, uneventful? Why, especially, do so many religious people assume God designed it to be that way? It's time you as ...

The DEADLY LEAVEN of Higher Education: I WAS NEVER CALLED to engage in the college business. But by 1947 the need had become imperative to establish an educational arm of the Church on the college level. It definitely was NOT because this world needed another college. There were too many of this wor ...

Do YOU know how to live FULLY—ABUNDANTLY? In this article, reprinted by popular request, you will learn how you may taste the joys of real abundant living. WHY DO religious people often seem to feel that their religious life must be one of giving up all the fun and the enjoyment of living - that in ...

Is the construction of a temple in Jerusalem necessary to fulfill prophecy? The future holds some startling possibilities. Will there have to be a temple in Jerusalem before prophesied end-time events can take place? Must sacrifices be offered on the Temple Mount? Or will a physical building and sac ...

Are you having difficulty with your finances - if so, why? What other laws besides the tithing laws are necessary to follow for financial success? Read this article and find out! "I'M HAVING a terrible time making ends meet," admitted the head of a Church family as he counseled with a mi ...

And my friends, a great deal of that good news is contained in one portion of the Bible that is almost totally neglected. Very few people ever look at it, just like that entire third of your Bible, or almost a third of the Bible, that is revealing to you the conditions in this world today. The condi ...