Living Church of God – The Painful Truth Blog

March 11, 2018April 8, 2018

Nobody Held A Gun To Your Head

I’d like to make a few comments in response those who would mock former members of the Worldwide Church of God. Get over it, they say. “Nobody held a gun to your head.”

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November 5, 2017November 6, 2017

The Great Falling Away. PT 2

Here listed, are some of the reasons that no one should belong in any of the WCG offspring organizations. Continue reading “The Great Falling Away. PT 2”

November 4, 2017November 4, 2017

While there’s been plenty of criticism of this PT Site, and that of the AMBASSADOR REPORT, there has NEVER been any evidence provided to show that what has been stated anywhere in these areas has been wrong. Continue reading “The Great Falling Away. PT 1”

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Herbert Armstrong. Pioneer of Religious Broadcasting? April 21, 2018
Much has been made of Herbert W. Armstrong’s early radio career. He and his followers have claimed that he was one of the first religious broadcasters, beginning his career in 1933. Since commercial radio broadcasting in the United States began in the early 1920’s, it seemed unlikely to me that he could be a pioneer […]
The Family March 31, 2018
Some years ago, I was conversing with a fellow single man during the feast of tabernacles in Anchorage, Alaska. I was planning to take a drive through the magnificent Alaska scenery to see the Matunuska Glacier. I knew his second tithe funds were running low, and I asked him if he would like to come […]

Interviews

Larry shares what it was like growing up as the grandson of the cult founder, including what his grandfather compelled his parents to do when he became ill at the age of 3 — force him to go without food for 12 days.

Deborah is the niece of Herbert W. Armstrong, the founder of the fundamentalist Christian church, the Worldwide Church of God; and her father, Dwight, was the composer of the church’s hymnal. The church had over 140,000 members in hundreds of congregations around the world, an annual income of over $200 million, and one of the most-viewed religious telecasts in the 1980′s and 1990′s (larger than the other leading religious programs combined) called "The World Tomorrow"