Talk:Dwight L. Armstrong

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This seems like a good article, but it badly needs to be referenced correctly. There are some inline cites, but much of the material is not cited. The Criticism section, in particular, needs refs that aren't blogs.--uɐɔlnʌɟoʞǝɹɐs 05:45, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

I just moved Criticisms over here for cleanup. If we can't give reliable sources for "some have considered", "others believe", etc, we shouldn't have them in here.

Question:

Can you please tell me what your source is for the following statement: "It was about this time that he was baptized along with his brother Herbert by the pastor of the Hinson Memorial Baptist Church in Portland, Oregon." It is not clear in Herbert Armstrong's autobiography who baptized him, so if you have a source for that statement, I would appreciate your citing it. Thanks.72.79.67.83 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 03:56, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Answer, "This was documented in one of the 'Herbert W. Armstrong Personal Papers' that was quoted in a Worldwide News article by Ralph Orr in the mid 1990s. I tried to find the article online but was unable to do so." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.1.226.221 (talk) 03:38, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Criticisms

There have been some who have considered the hymns of Dwight Armstrong in a negative manner. As Armstrong was not professionally trained, some of his writing lies outside of traditional harmonic part-writing, some of which the editors of the 1974 and 1993 editions of the Worldwide Church of God hymnals attempted to correct. Others have drawn attention to the subject matter of the hymns. For example, the texts of some of the hymns come across as self-loathing on the part of the worshipper. For examples of such observations, see the following link: http://www.theseekerblog.com/?page_id=104 (titled "WCG Hymn Reviews"), the content of which was written by someone who had grown up in the Worldwide Church of God.

Some have expressed the opinion that Armstrong's hymns are not "Christ centered". One should keep in mind that the majority of the hymns written by Armstrong are drawn from the Old Testament, some of which do indeed draw upon messianic passages from the psalms. Examples of hymns drawn from messianic psalms include Why Do the Nations Make Plans in Vain? (based on Psalm 2) and My God, My God (based on Psalm 22).

His hymn "Go Ye Therefore Into All the World" is drawn directly from the gospels of Matthew and Mark. Others believe that some of the texts were intentionally chosen in order to create fear in the worshippers.