For many years the church that Herbert Armstrong founded produced a comprehensive Bible study for both church members and listeners alike. It was produced by Ambassador College. The most comprehensive of the several versions was this one with 58 lessons.

My thanks to the person who laboriously copied these chapters into text so it could be preserved in this manner

1. Why Study the Bible in the Space Age?
2. What Is the Message Jesus Brought From Heaven?
3. Where Is the Arms Race Leading?
4. Why Do So Few Understand the Bible?
5. Why Christ Will Return as "KING of Kings"
6. Today's World -- What Will Tomorrow Be Like?
7. Your Bible Reveals the Way Out of Personal Debt
8. Why Are Natural Disasters Increasing?
9. WHY Science Hasn't "Discovered" God
10. Symbol of Fulfilled Prophecy
11. A Record in Stone
12. Proof of Biblical History
13. What Is the Christian's Inheritance?
14. What is Man?
15. What is "Hell"?
16. You Must Be Born Again
17. What Sin Is
18. The Old and New Covenant
19. Why a NEW Covenant?
20. The Holy Spirit
21. Human Nature
22. Repentence
23. Salvation
24. God Won't Accept You "Just as You Are"
25. Baptism, Part 1
26. Baptism, Part 2
27. God's Sabbath, Part 1
28. God's Sabbath, Part 2
29. Origin of Satan and Sunday, Part 1
30. Origin of Satan and Sunday, Part 2
31. The Beast, Part 1
32. The Beast, Part 2
33. Introduction to the Annual Festivals
34. The Days of Unleavened Bread
35. Day of Pentecost
36. Feast of Trumpets
37. Feast of Atonement
38. Feast of Tabernacles
39. Last Great Day
40. Origin of World's Holidays
41. You were Born to be Part of God's Family
42. Eternal Life
43. Faith
44. Christ's Return
45. Answered Prayer, Part 1
46. Answered Prayer, Part 2
47. Answered Prayer, Part 3
48. Fasting
49. I Will Build My Church, Part 1
50. I Will Build My Church, Part 2
51. I Will Build My Church, Part 3
52. I Will Build My Church, Part 4
53. I Will Build My Church, Part 5
54. Your Personal Finances, Part 1
55. Your Personal Finances, Part 2
56. Your Personal Finances, Part 3
57. What is Real Success?
58. Recapturing True Values

Editor's Notes

As you read through this material, please keep in mind that it was written during the fearsome times of the Cold War by people who had just witnessed the horrors of World War II. There was a strong inclination (which is refelected in some of these lessons) to interpret Bible prophesy in light of those events. As history has subsequently shown, the author's inclination was wrong. But this does not in any way invalidate the compelling scope of Bible prophesy, nor even the general theme of Armstrong's explanation of those prophesies. Some have assumed that since Armstrong was wrong about some of these details, he was wrong on everything. It is the editor's hope the student would instead recall Paul's adminition to the church of the Thessalonians, "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." The editor's further hope that you will likewise embrace the things that Armstrong taught which have been proven to be true.

The Editors sadly must report that Mr. Armstrong's successors to the office of Pastor General of the Worldwide Church of God have repudiated his teachings to such an extent that he has was called a "heretic" by one WCG official in October, 1998. This same official also said of Armstrong, "virtually all his teachings are in error" and "he was a false prophet." The present day WCG now considers the church as founded by Armstrong to be a cult, in the pejorative sense of the word. Any student of this Bible study material who contacts the WCG for further information will be subjected to materials and doctrines which are, to say the least, at odds with these Lessons. Instead, it is strongly suggested that the student seek out the various Churches of God that have remained faithful to the fundamental doctrines as developed by Mr. Armstrong.