The Handwriting Is on the Wall (1996): Scattering

God's Warnings to the Church of God
John W. Ritenbaugh
Given 27-Sep-96; 62 minutes

God initiated the scattering of the church for our ultimate good. When the revelation of God was replaced with the wisdom of this world, God intervened.

What Is the Church's Work Today (Part One)

What the Church Is
John W. Ritenbaugh
Given 28-Sep-96; 78 minutes

The hardest part of God's work is the feeding of the flock the full counsel of God, to get the called-out ones ready to enter the Kingdom of God.

What Is the Church's Work Today (Part Two)

What We Are Involved in and What We Are Doing
John W. Ritenbaugh
Given 01-Oct-96; 57 minutes

The easiest part of God's work is preaching the gospel to the world. Much more demanding is the feeding of the flock, producing life-changing faith.

Our Father

His Role in His Family
John O. Reid
Given 02-Oct-96; 64 minutes

Emotional and spiritual well-being of children improves when fathers fulfill their role. People from dysfunctional families have a skewed image of God.

What Is the Church's Work Today (Part Three)

Conclusion
John W. Ritenbaugh
Given 03-Oct-96; 65 minutes

The primary focus at this time is the repair of the faith once delivered that has seriously deteriorated because of heresy, apostasy, and Laodiceanism.

Avoiding Superficiality

Repentance
John W. Ritenbaugh
Given 05-Oct-96; 73 minutes

Success in spiritual things does not consist in growing large and powerful, but humbly living by faith, overcoming, and yielding to God's shaping power.

Benefits of the Third Resurrection

The Positives and Negatives
Richard T. Ritenbaugh
Given 05-Oct-96; 78 minutes

The Lake of Fire (Second Death or Third Resurrection), dreadful as it initially appears, produces both immediate as well as ultimate benefits or good.