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This site last Updated: February 07, 2010
February 5, 2009
“In this manner therefore, pray: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your Name. Your Kingdom Come,” (Matthew 6:9).
Dear Brethren,
 Though God's prophets have long since been dead, what God used them to write to His people continues to CRY OUT to us where we now are in time and plead with each of us to be VIGILANT AND KEENLY OBSERVANT of what is taking place here in this nation, the nations in which you live, and of the world around us. They make KNOWN that time has almost run out on this evil world (Galatians 1:4).
"Also, I set WATCHMEN (prophets of old, and Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong here in the end-time) over you, saying,
 'LISTEN TO THE SOUND OF THE TRUMPET!'
But they said, 'We WILL NOT LISTEN!' Therefore HEAR, you nations, AND KNOW O CONGREGATION, WHAT IS AMONG THEM. HEAR, O EARTH! Behold, I will certainly BRING CALAMITY ON THIS PEOPLE, even the FRUITS of their thoughts, BECAUSE they have NOT HEEDED MY WORDS, NOR MY LAW, BUT REJECTED IT (Jeremiah 6:17-19).
The trumpet was used to sound the ALARM OF IMPENDING WAR! And this is the manner in which it is used here in this warning of impending calamity coming first on Israel, martyrdom on many of the members of God's Church at the same time, and then a little later the world at Armageddon.
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 The Philadelphia Remnant Magazine
for  JAN-FEB 2010 is available online here, in PDF Format.
You can read about the Magazine, its purpose and goals at:
http://philadelphiaremnant.com
We will keep the current issue as well as archived issues linked from this new site.
There are many excellent articles in this issue, learn about:
Sabbath Services - Now available in our Members Only Area
We currently provide a live Internet broadcast of our services, which are held on Saturdays at 11:00 am Pacific time (PST). The broadcast is only available during this time. Note: Holy Day Services will be at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm Pacific Time (PST). If you would like additional information, or need to contact us concerning the link, please E-mail us here.
Video Webcast of Live Services can be seen here.
Check out our online Meeting Room. An Audio broadcast of services should be streaming at 11 A.M. PST. Someone will be in the room by 10:30 to help. Bible Study Friday at 5:30 P.M. PST Room open at 5 P.M., Bible Studies will begin again on a weekly basis starting on October 23, 2009. Remember Sabbath and Holy Day services will have a live video stream from the Video Player page also.
If you cannot access the room please give Mr. Duncan a call for access to the phone hookups for services or member/guest logins.
(209) 402-7075(cell phone)
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NEW ADDITIONS OF NOTE
Audio and Video Services updated to January 30, 2010
Link to the Day of Atonement 2009 Audio has been corrected
Quick Link to the Family Entertainment Night more will be available shortly in the FOT 2009 area.
 A number of photos have been provided by Ed and Carol Tidwell of the Ambassador College Campus as it is today.
Each week we will post 7 World Tomorrow Broadcasts that can be played using our player located below.A nice way to start your day listen to a different one each morning or evening.
We have the Foreign Language Material available now, the side bar links for each of the countries are live.
Online Meeting Room Recordings of Sabbath Services and Weekly Bible Studies are available here.
We now have a more complete set of Audio Books. These are audio files of many of our Books and booklets. Now you can listen to these excellent study resources in the background.
We have added the Worldwide News publications from 1975 to 1979 in the Library Section of the site.
An RSS Feed is now available for those of you who use News Readers, it will give you automatic updates on what has been added to the site each week. Just click on the RSS Icon.
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Here is the startling significance of the Book of Deuteronomy for us today.
AMERICA has strayed so far away from her God that she does not realize what blessings could be hers if she served Him, and what doom is soon to strike because she rejects Him, while professing to worship Him!
The nation today does not know that serving and obeying the ways of God is the way, and the only way, that leads to increasing and perpetual prosperity, peace, and happiness.
America does not know that God's Laws are for our good, our protection. America's false shepherds teach the people that God's Laws are bad for us. Therefore these false preachers have led the nation into unhappiness, discontent, suffering, and headed it into chaos and toward DOOM!
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 The Modern Romans
The Decline of Western Civilization
Rome Fell - A fact of History!
But Why? The Reasons have never been fully understood. The lessons have not been learned. Many of the same basic mistakes that weakened the once mighty Roman Empire before its toppling by barbarian hordes are now being repeated in America, Britain and the western world.
You need to understand
This booklet contains a shocking message - a warning for our day. And unless our peoples and nations wake up and immediately alter their course, they will - in modern fashion, and much more rapidly - suffer a similar crashing downfall!
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Bible Study
This Weeks Lesson:
Each week we will showcase a new lesson from the 32 lesson Ambassador College Bible Study Course. These lessons have been formatted for study on the Internet. They are connected to an online bible and the verses are hot-linked so that you can read along in the word as you study online
 .The Simple Truth About the
Old and New Covenants
Bible Study Course Lesson 17
Exactly what are the Old and New Covenants? And what do these covenants have to do with Spirit-begotten Christians today? A COMMON belief today is that the Ten Commandments did not exist until Moses’ at Mt. Sinai and that they lasted only until Jesus Christ’s death.
According to this teaching, Jesus came to establish a New Covenant containing only grace and promises—but certainly no law.
Surprising as it may seem to many professing Christians, God’s Law did not begin when God made the covenant at Mt. Sinai with ancient Israel. The law of God had been in full force and effect since before Adam!
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Topical Index “Of making many books there is no end, and much study is wearisome to the flesh.” How true this seems to me. This Topical Index is not finished and cannot be. It is simply an effort to list basic related scriptures under subject headings to assist in bible study and in answering questions. It has been compiled with input from many individuals but it has inherent limitations. There is simply no right or complete set of scriptures except the Bible itself. Also, different people take into account different things. This is a start though and I hope a profitable one to you.- Mark Mickelson (December 2002)
New Booklets and Brochures have been added to our site as Study Resources and can be reviewed via a Graphical Index located here. A number of Reprinted Articles from the magazines are included in Booklet Form.
We have added a new Scripture search tool that is powered at this site. The Scripture Search Tool can be accessed from the left margin of any page. You will be able to look up word or phrases in the King James Bible along with the String’s meanings of the Hebrew or Greek.
Use our new Online Bible Hymnal to sing along with us during the Live Sabbath services or Feast Day Broadcasts.
We now have a Daily Bible Reading resource for your Bible Studies. Each month we will post links to each day’s bible reading. It will be completed in one year.
We now have available from our site a series of 7 Bible Classes recorded at Ambassador College. These are mp3 format. These class tapes are a range of subjects from the major and minor prophets, the acts of the Apostles, A study of the Ancient Culture of Israel, Church History and the Psalms and Proverbs.
We have archived the list of difficult scriptures developed at Ambassador College to prepare you to give answer to the faith that lies within you. 1Pe 3:15 . The link above will take you to the completed list for a quick answer to some of the puzzling questions that arise from time to time.
Here is a link to the Fundamental Doctrines of the Church. This listing of scriptures relating to each of our primary doctrines was composed by ministers of the Worldwide Church of God approximately 1984 or before and was used in the Graduate Spokesman's Club in the Chicago area and is presented here unchanged. While this listing is very detailed, it is not an exhaustive listing of the doctrines of The Church of God.
If you have any questions about the bible, what it says please feel free to ask. biblestudy@cog-ff.com
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Here is the new Online Version of the 58 Lesson Correspondence Course. The free bible study course features interactive tests with each of the lessons. The word of God is the foundation of knowledge. This online course is offered free without tuition cost to those who earnestly desire to understand the bible.
Free Bible Tools
Here is a link to several tools that you can use online to study the Bible. Look up Strong’s Numbers, words or phrases anywhere in the bible as well as some searches in topical indexes and dictionaries.
World Tomorrow Broadcasts
Each week we will provide 7 new broadcasts that you may listen to using this audio player. Stop by daily to hear the next in the series of Broadcasts.
They may take a moment to start. You can select the one you want to listen to by clicking on it in the list.
New Bible Study Tools Online:
We are adding the audio versions of many of Mr. Armstrong’s Books and Booklets to the site. There will be a link to streaming versions that will have explanations of each of the links. For now you can begin enjoying them by using our open HWA Audio Books directory link.
In addition to the many files located below we have added 300 World Tomorrow Broadcasts cataloged by primary subject matter in Real Audio format.
The Robert Taylor Collection of a series of 80 Daily World Tomorrow Broadcasts form April - August of 1979 has been uploaded to our site as well. These are being presented to you each week below.
We have uploaded 668 audio files recorded by Mr. Armstrong. This is a three disk set, a compendium of Mr. Armstrong’s recordings. You can see a linked list here, or you can search for a specific audio file by title or subject here.
If you have a problem using the database tool you can also find links to the 3 disk set in html format in the Audio Page of this site.
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Prayer Requests
We welcome anyone seeking a prayer request to contact Mr. Billingsley by E-Mail, or by phone, at (209) 772-0737 to have their request posted on our prayer requests page.
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Articles of Interest
The book of Hebrews, chapter 11, is the story of faith in an entirely different light than most people conceive of it. Faith, as we normally perceive it, is the belief that what you ask God to do for you, He will perform, if it's in accordance with His will.
Unfortunately that's where many people limit faith. But faith involves much more. It involves an aspect that is far greater than merely receiving, an aspect that we call enduring.
"Faith is the substance of things hoped for." Once you have the substance and you're no longer hoping for it, faith is not relevant to that matter. "Faith is . . .the evidence of things not seen." It is the comprehension and understanding that there are ideas, there are beings, there are realities that we do not see with The human eye. We were not here when God created the world. Faith is that aspect whereby we recognize God as a creator.
"Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God," not evolved on then . own. "So that things which are seen" are recognized to have been made not of things which appear; which is, of course, fundamental to the science of creation.
Divine energy, which is God's, was transformed into a form of energy, which we recognize as matter by an act of creation and the power of God. "Things which are seen were not made of things which do appear."
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Special Topics
How to Develop Godly Patience
Real, godly patience is vitally important in overcoming the trials of this life and qualifying for God's Kingdom. Here's how to have this patience.
Patience, you tell yourself. You were just cut off on the freeway by another driver. and you missed your turn. Your first urge was to blast your horn at him or call him some name. He was speeding anyway. Why couldn't he have just eased into the lane behind you?
But then you catch yourself, and begin looking for the next exit.
You're in the supermarket. You just stopped in to pick up a couple of items — you're due somewhere and are already behind schedule. And wouldn't you know it? Only one check stand is open, and you're the fourth person in line.
You have several options. You can leave in disgust and come back later to get your groceries. You can find the store manager and, fuming, give him a piece of your mind. Or you can wait your turn and be cheerful about the whole thing.
Patience, We all need to develop more patience to deal with problems in our everyday lives — disagreements with our mates, annoyances from our children, unfair treatment from employers and fellow workers, inconsiderate acts of our friends.
But. as Christians, we have an even greater need to develop real godly patience, living, as we do, in the pulsating pressure cooker that is this end time. We are challenged to endure to the end, and to patiently wait for the return of Jesus Christ and the establishment on earth of the Kingdom of God.
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Teachings of the Apostle
Why
Does God Allow Wars?
More people have asked me this question than any other: Why, if there be a God, does God allow wars and all this human suffering and anguish? Why such terrifying world conditions as we face now?
People put it to me this way: If God is good, if God is love, if God is merciful, he wouldn't want people to suffer like they do on this earth, would he? And, if God is Almighty, if he has all power, he could stop it. He could prevent it. Then, why doesn't he?
I want to make plain to you what you may never have heard or thought of before.
The God I believe in—the God that I know exists, because I can prove it!—is the God who created all things. He is the Creator not only of matter, but also of force, of energy, of all the laws that exist: the laws of chemistry, the laws of physics—spiritual laws as well as physical laws to regulate man's life and man's happiness.
God created man in his image, and for a purpose that almost no one seems to understand. Did you ever stop to think and wonder why you were born?
What is this purpose that God is working out?
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Audio Broadcast from Mr. Armstrong each week
MP3 Format
This Weeks Broadcast by Mr. Armstrong, teaches us why essential knowledge cannot be discovered except by the revelation of God.
A new Series of Sermons, Bible Studies and World Tomorrow Broadcasts are being shared here. They are high quality and cataloged by topic
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Open Letters
Mr. Billingsley's Open Letters that have appeared in The Journal.
True Womanhood
(Titus 2:3) The aged women likewise, that [they be] in behavior as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
(Titus 2:4) That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
(Titus 2:5) [To be] discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
True Womanhood - Is It a "Lost Cause"?
(Plain Truth article - November 1965)
’Ruling on Womens Dress
(Good News Article 1962 Herbert W. Armstrong)
Truth About Makeup
Here are the eye-opening FACTS -- where, when, by whom, and why the use of makeup began -- its history, and what the BIBLE says about it!
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