Herbert W Armstrong

"And God made two great lights ... the lesser light to rule the night" (Gen. 1:16). The moon is a cold hunk of rock. And yet it appears as a shining jewel in the night sky. For many years man has known that the moon's light is just reflected sunlight. But not until the flights of Apollo 11 and 12 ...

Alcohol can be either a blessing or a curse, depending on how it is used. Most people who drink alcoholic beverages find them to be a blessing. On the other hand, sadly, there are a few who find - through abuse of such beverages - that alcohol can be a curse. This group includes the approximately 10 ...

You probably have assumed it is your responsibility to decide what is right for you. And you couldn't be more wrong! Here's why! The tobacco industry recently placed a thought-provoking advertisement m major U.S. magazines. The ad concerned the subject of cigarette smoking. In the ad was an offe ...

Are you SURE you're a member of the ONE TRUE CHURCH? Are you really in the ONLY CHURCH ON EARTH Jesus Christ RULES? Have you thoroughly and carefully PROVED it? Your LIFE - your future - your SALVATION depend on it! FAMILIARITY breeds contempt. A simple principle. ...

Millenniums ago Bible prophecy foretold a powerful United Europe for our day! The world little realizes the awesome outcome of the present drive to unite Europe into one economic, political and religious bloc! Yet, you can know the long-prophesied outcome, and recognize ahead of time the effect it w ...

WAR WITH THE AMORITES, IT WAS at Punon in the Arabah, south of the Dead Sea, that the invasion of snakes into the camps of the Israelites occurred. At first they caused more terror than pain. It wasn't long, however, before those who were bitten became very feverish and ill. Their bodies became in ...

Our greatest tests as Christians are just ahead now! Here's how to protect and promote the love we should have for one another. Daddy," asked my daughter, "what do you do when two of your best friends don't like each other?" My daughter was faced with a dilemma. Here were two peop ...

The crisis over Jerusalem in A.D. 70 has passed. The civil turmoil within the Roman Empire temporarily ceases. But the hopes of many Christians are shattered. Instead of being delivered, Christians continue to suffer persecution as a result of Emperor Nero's example. Each day brings fresh news of ...

In the beginning of Jesus' ministry, the narrative in the sixth chapter of Mark shows that He "went out from thence," that is, from the shores of the Sea of Galilee, and came into His "own country" meaning Nazareth. The local officials in the synagogue were astounded when Jesus suddenly appeared i ...

MICAIAH the prophet stepped before Ahab the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah. He told them that God would help Israel take the city of Ramoth-gilead from the Syrians. (I Kings 22:1-15; II Chronicles 18:1-14.) Ahab couldn't believe his ears. He was certain that the prophet would pre ...

IT WAS late in 1933 - the very depth of the great depression. Ed Smith was a well driller by profession, but nobody seemed able to afford to have wells drilled. Ed and his wife, Emma, attended services I was then holding in a one-room country schoolhouse twelve miles west of Eugene, Oregon. Ed made ...

Christ presented many important truths to His followers in the form of paradoxes. "He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it" (Matt. 10:39); "If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all" (Mark 9:35) are two exam ...

Work toward the 1979 Feast of Tabernacles is rapidly going ahead. The Feast Office plans to get the first run of housing confirmations in the mail by early next week, with 80-90 percent of applications prepared for the first confirmation run. ...

What do you believe is the national goal of the United States? Today you'd probably be hard put to come up with an answer. And the reason why is simple: the United States no longer has a clear-cut goal! But in another sense, the United States does have a goal - but it is the very worst goal that a ...

Greetings, friends of the Radio Church. This is Herbert Armstrong speaking today on world news at the moment and what is prophesized now to come. The United States is not just getting closer to war. The United States today is in the war. President Roosevelt has said that the shooting has already sta ...