Behind the Work

Hosted by Grant Turgeon

God’s Work today is backed by a spiritual family of approximately 5,000 Philadelphia Church of God members and many more thousands of co-workers. The primary focus of a true Christian’s life is to contribute to the Work in any way possible, in the process preparing to teach the entire world in the near future. Tune in each Monday at 12 p.m. Central time for a behind-the-scenes look at the vibrant and exciting Work of the living God through interviews, feature stories, updates and statistical rundowns. With the help of the Autobiography of Herbert W. Armstrong, you will also learn how the Work of God today relates to the spectacular, miraculous, five-decade work of the end-time Elijah.

#58: Productivity in Isolation

Aired Monday, April 20, 2020   ·   11:30 AM CDT   ·   29 minutes

While stuck at home, are you staying productive? Better yet, are you changing your life? Here’s an example how.

#57: Interviewing a History Buff

Aired Monday, April 13, 2020   ·   11:30 AM CDT   ·   30 minutes

The history podcast Rewind, Repeat is back with a series on Antiochus Epiphanes. Listen as Rewind, Repeat host David Vejil discusses the concept of God’s truth being a light, the deadly war for ideas that caused the Jews to fall to Antiochus, and how Satan’s destructive tactics both today and in history have been the same but with different names.

#56: Isolation—It Doesn’t Have to Be Depressing!

Aired Monday, April 6, 2020   ·   11:30 AM CDT   ·   28 minutes

Most of humanity is confined at home. Humans are social beings, which makes isolation highly unpleasant for most. Learn how to be overjoyed, not depressed, in isolation.

#55: Solving a Raging Pandemic

Aired Monday, March 30, 2020   ·   11:30 AM CDT   ·   28 minutes

No, not the coronavirus.

#54: Essential Workers Only

Aired Monday, March 23, 2020   ·   11:30 AM CDT   ·   28 minutes

Because government officials are responding to the current pandemic by shutting down businesses, a debate about which jobs are essential has begun. In some places, only essential workers are allowed to keep working. What is more essential than God’s Work? How can you make a difference for the sake of this chaotic, confused world?

#53: A Work of Zeal

Aired Monday, March 16, 2020   ·   11:30 AM CDT   ·   29 minutes

Nehemiah was zealous to do God’s Work—and confident he would get results because he prayed constantly and instantly to God. We can learn from his example, especially when forces in society are slowing down God’s Work.

#52: A Disturbing Dual Challenge

Aired Monday, March 9, 2020   ·   11:30 AM CDT   ·   29 minutes

The late educator and theologian Herbert W. Armstrong’s successful business had suddenly collapsed—for the second time. To make things worse, his wife challenged him on the Sabbath, and a relative ridiculed him for not believing in evolution. Unlike most of us, Mr. Armstrong was actually willing to extensively prove all things—even if that meant 18-hour days of study for six months straight. To this day, we benefit from his passion for proving and teaching God’s truth.

#51: God’s One True Church, New Revelation, and Robbers Cave

Aired Monday, March 2, 2020   ·   11:30 AM CST   ·   27 minutes

One sure sign of where God is working today is the continual flow of new revelation. Learn how God miraculously fulfills prophecy by delivering revelation, and how this relates to our annual Robbers Cave excursion.

#50: Live to Give

Aired Monday, February 24, 2020   ·   11:30 AM CST   ·   28 minutes

The late theologian and educator Herbert W. Armstrong faced a lot of trials in his younger years as God humbled him and brought him to conversion. When his advertising business collapsed, he directed his energies into helping his brother-in-law with a speech competition, then got back to work as a true salesman—benefitting all sides.

#49: House of Prayer

Aired Monday, February 17, 2020   ·   11:30 AM CST   ·   28 minutes

The most important way you can support God’s Work is through prayer. Learn how.