A series of articles about the differences between Old Testament worship and New Testament worship, and how that plays out in churches today, with different traditions and preferences.

In this lay-level commentary, Joseph Tkach explains lessons we can learn from various stories in the Gospel of John. The more we learn about Jesus, the more we learn about ourselves as well. With an overview chapter by Jim Herst, a chapter by Paul Kroll, and two studies by Michael Morrison

This is the remarkable story of how the Worldwide Church of God was transformed by truth. It is also a compelling account of how God can change hearts and minds. Its message is timely and relevant to all denominations and seekers of spiritual truth.For nearly 70 years the Worldwide Church of God, founded by Herbert W. Armstrong, preached a "different gospel." Then, in December 1994, eight years after Armstrong's death, the church publicly renounced its unorthodox teachings, embracin...

God isn't fair, and that's a good thing, says Joseph Tkach, president of Grace Communion International. If we received what was "fair," we would not like the results! But God gives us grace instead, and that changes everything. It is good news for us, and it changes our life for the good.

Here are more than 320 short messages by Joseph Tkach - transcripts of the "Speaking of Life" video series. Each week, he comments on some aspect of life and faith. Included in this compilation are all the programs available on the GCI website as of December 31, 2016.

In this collection of articles, we present 10 basic doctrines of Christianity, with an explanation of the basic features of each biblical teaching. We follow each doctrinal article with two articles explaining how the doctrine makes a difference in our lives - how it encourages us to respond in a certain way. This series has been designed as a discipleship manual for new Christians, and was previously published with the title Discipleship 101. By Michael D. Morrison, PhD, and Joseph Tkach,...

In 1999, Ministry magazine, an Adventist publication, published a two-part editorial titled "Why the Seventh Day?" It's a good question. Michael Morrison responded with a letter of his own, praising the author for some points and questioning others. After a reply from the author, Morrison responded with an outline of why he does not think that the seventh day is not commanded any longer. There is also an essay about whether the Sabbath is a moral law, as Adventists claim, or a ceremonial l...

If God is all-powerful and all-loving, why doesn't he do something about the pain and sorrow being experienced by the people he supposedly loves? How can he wipe hundreds of thousands of people out in earthquakes, tsunamis, floods and famines? Why doesn't he stop war, terrorism, and child abuse? Why doesn't he do something about the evil that lurks in the hearts of all of us? Well, he has.

On a summers day in June, two months to the day after the sinking of the Titanic, the United States Olympic team, smartly dressed in new uniforms and preceded by a brass band, makes it's way through cheering crowds and a blizzard of confetti to New York harbor.Awaiting them the flower bedecked SS Finland, chartered transport to Stockholm, Sweden, host of the 1912 games.Among it's members, twenty three year old All American football star Jim Thorpe and his coach Glen "Pop" War...

"The kingdom of God is within you." - Jesus Christ. Heaven On Earth makes the case to the reader that what humanity is experiencing now in 2013 is the greatest spiritual evolution in recorded history. This concise book offers a journey through thoughts within the reality of humanity's ongoing creation of a new world where all life is understood and known to be sacred. This evolutionary, ongoing creation by the human race has resulted in worldwide feelings and manifestations of unconditiona...

Twenty messages inspire the reader to grow in faithfulness to God, to know God better and to love God more. Could there be any higher aim for a person of faith?There is often much Christians want from their faith and they are glad to find God's guidance, comfort, strength, grace, love, hope, joy and peace along the journey. We are made better people by our faith. And yet, faith is more than receiving benefits. It is based in our relationship with God and our relationship with God's...

What is life really all about? So many people today feel that their lives have little or no ultimate purpose. The world seems hard and cruel. Life seems terribly cheap.In this short booklet, David Watson explains how we can know God is with us, and experience direction and purpose in our lives.