Exposing the underbelly of Armstrongism in all of its wacky glory! Nothing you read here is made up. What you read here is the up to date face of Herbert W Armstrong's legacy. It's the gritty and dirty behind the scenes look at Armstrongism as you have never seen it before!
With all the new crazy self-appointed Chief Overseers, Apostles, Prophets, Pharisees, legalists, and outright liars leading various Churches of God today, it is important to hold these agents of deception accountable.
Herbert Armstrong's Tangled Web of Corrupt Leaders
Pride vs. Humility: Today, many groups are busy promoting “pride.” Bible prophecies reveal that people in the last days will be proud, boastful, haughty, and headstrong (2 Timothy 3:1–5). The Bible also states that pride goes before a fall and that humility is a prerequisite for honor in God’s sight (Proverbs 16:18; 15:33; 29:23). God says that He looks on, dwells with, and gives grace—unmerited pardon—to the humble (Isaiah 66:2; 57:15; Proverbs 3:34). Jesus Christ clearly stated that the humble are blessed, and the Apostle Peter urged Christians to “be clothed with humility” (Matthew 5:5; 1 Peter 5:5). The Scriptures reveal that God used Moses because he was humble and that Jesus was exalted because He humbled Himself by dying for our sins (Numbers 12:3; Philippians 2:8–9). While many today are vigorously proclaiming “pride” in their causes, the Bible reveals what God is actually looking for in each of us: “to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God” (Micah 6:8). Let’s focus on these important qualities.
God's greatest prophet to ever exist in the history of humanity is back tooting his prophetic horn on how he has been setting straight the worldly Catholics and Protestants on how things really are. Little do they all know is that he mocks their faith relentlessly.
I was able to be a guest on four podcast productions since the last Letter to the Brethren.
The first one was recorded late Thursday for two hours. The host was an Eastern Orthodox Catholic, we mainly discussed information in our book Who Gave the World the Bible? The Canon: Why do we have the books we now do in the Bible? Is the Bible complete?
No one in their right mind would use the "understanding" of Bwana Bob as an authority on the canon of the Bible.
On Monday I was on a podcast with a host who was a Seventh-day Adventist. We talked about prophecies, particularly related to his interpretation of the 28th chapter of the Book of Deuteronomy.
On Tuesday, I was on one with a Protestant pastor. We discussed church history with an emphasis on how the New Testament came together.
On Wednesday, I was on one with a different Protestant. Through his various platforms he says he gets between 700,000 to 1,000,000 views per week. We discussed prophecies and unintended consequences of the Donald Trump presidency as well as items in the recommended sermonette for this Sabbath.
Kenneth M. Orel is a minister serving David C. Pack in the Restored Church of God. This was a sermon given in 2022. Parents in the church are taught that if their children leave the church, then they are to be kicked out of the house immediately, no pre warning, no plan in place. This sermon is not even talking specifically about when a child is hostile, disrespectful, and intentionally does things to disobey rules of the house, but just if they have differing views or beliefs and choose not to attend services and be baptised (which teenagers are often pressured into doing). The Church stands by this teaching, and ministers approach families to strongly enforce this as soon as their children come of age. In some cases, parents have been pressured into kicking a child out of the house as young as 16 years of age just because they no longer wanted to attend or when a child struggles to attend based on health difficulties or learning disabilities. I know this from personal experiences. The church brands anyone who leaves the Restored Church of God as wicked and sinful, assuming everyone who no longer attends wants to live a life of disobeying God. They teach that by leaving this church, you are cut off from God, and therefore, any family still attending should cut you off or keep distance. They teach that you should not pray for protection or success for your children but instead pray that they be ashamed, disappointed, and come to repentance. Repentance from what? For leaving? This is twisting scripture. The church teaches not to pray kindly for those outside the church and especially those who leave the church but to pray that we feel hurt and fall. Many parents have succumbed to this teaching and have kicked their children out, which has caused division in families and shattered relationships that last a lifetime.I'm all for children having respect and obeying rules of the house and striving to do something with their life, but to simply not want to attend the same church as you, it is wicked to enforce this in the name of "love". This is not love.
The church doing this makes it so parents and children feel trapped. It is a control tactic. It is abuse. This man, Ken Orel, is a severely wicked man. This church is abusive. I urge anyone who is considering joining this church to think long and hard. Get both sides. Listen to what is said here and listen to personal experiences from being on the inside. Do in-depth research. What their website appears to teach is not what is happening on the inside. No organization or minister should be controlling families in this way. It is not up to them what we do with our own children.
