Herbert W Armstrong

Why offerings just on Holy Days? Why not every week? Are offerings required of everyone or are they voluntary? How large should they be? Churches obtain financial support from many different sources. Some churches are supported by government taxes. Some take up offerings every Sunday morning. Others ...

University asks for booklets - Successful African tour marred following untimely ankle sprain - Director's report traces meetings in Swaziland - Fiddling with violins can keep you fit - African member waited many years for a visit - Members help needy families - Pork is not meet to eat - Racehorse ...

Early Evangelistic Campaigns - the Trials and Tests: THE ACTIVITY that was destined to expand steadily into worldwide power and scope was now fast getting under way. No activity could have started smaller. None could have had a more humble and unpromising beginning. But, with an insignificant $1.35 ...

Personal by Herbert W. Armstrong — MOST PEOPLE who follow this world's traditional "Christianity" take it for granted that, if sometime in their life they "accept Christ," they will go to heaven when they die. But in GOD'S Church we talk about "making it into God's Kin ...

Does Christmas really celebrate Christ's birthday? Many readers have asked us: "Was Christ really born on December 25th?" And: "Did Paul and the other apostles - and the early New Testament Church - celebrate Christmas?" Others have asked: "What is the origin of the Christ ...

As most of you know by now, on Wednesday, February 21, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Julius M. Title decided to lift the receivership from the Church. This is to be accomplished March 1, when Judge Title will sign the order officially vacating the receivership. Although he ended the seven-wee ...

Some brethren assume they should not TALK about the Bible when visiting one another, unless a minister is present. Let's understand when and how we should talk about the Bible - and to whom! HUNDREDS of you brethren still have no local church. Yet you can and do visit one another. Because God forb ...

Some brethren assume they should not TALK about the Bible when visiting one another, unless a minister is present. Let's understand when and how we should talk about the Bible - and to whom! HUNDREDS of you brethren still have no local church. Yet you can and do visit one another. Because God forb ...

The incredibly powerful computer we use to help us do the work of God's Church today has a serious handicap. It is too slow. To be fair, not all parts of our computer are too slow. You probably know that a computer is actually several different machines linked together. The part that does the comp ...

Does salvation come by works of law? If so, no one will ever be saved! One of the greatest continuing debates in the ecclesiastical world has been the question of "law versus grace." Are Christians saved by the keeping of various laws - or are they saved by grace apart from any law-keeping? ...

On a recent visit to India, Mr. Herbert Armstrong was told by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi that the foreign press always portrays the problems of India with great detail but hardly ever reports the positive steps India is taking to solve some of their problems. It's surely true that in India all o ...

I ALWAYS THOUGHT the Bible was for adults. Until I became one. Then I thought it was for older adults. After all, it contains some pretty heavy reading that isn't always the easiest to understand, much less live by! It only discussed adult behavior, adult problems and adult solutions - or so I tho ...

God's Sabbath should be a delight and pleasure to God's people. You need to understand how it can be so for you. Throughout history, the vast majority of people have not experienced the pleasure that comes from keeping God's Sabbath correctly. Indeed, most people have not realized that this la ...

Mr. Armstrong announces new school; Wayne Cole vice chancellor; Dr. Robert Kuhn director - HWA back in active leadership - HWA to broadcast on Sunday radio and TV - Mr. Armstrong directs sale of Texas campus - College graduates class of '78 - HWA reassigns personnel - Moscow setting Africa aflame ...

John Calvin now enters the Reformation drama. Although influenced by both Luther and Zwingli before him, the powerful impress of his mind and personality shaped the doctrinal system of the reformed congregations for generations to come (Kurtz, p. 304-305). Like Luther and Zwingli before him, Calvin ...