Sermons and Biblical Studies

Sermon: An Intimate Expanding Relationship #1617A Mark Schindler Given 16-Sep-21; 44 minutes 2021-09-16 listen: description: (hide) Every one of the annual Holy Days functions to expand an intimate, expanding, profound relationship with Jesus Christ. Sadly, Aaron’s sons did not grasp God’s booming presence when they offered strange fire contrary to God’s stated commands. Leviticus 16:21 … Continue reading “Sermon: An Intimate Expanding Relationship”

Sermonette: Sins Borne Away #1617s Richard T. Ritenbaugh Given 16-Sep-21; 10 minutes 2021-09-16 listen: description: (hide) Contrary to prior understanding, Satan plays no role in the redemption of God’s people. The Day of Atonement (Leviticus 16:1-28) represents both a blood sacrifice for covering/cleansing and a means of removing sin permanently from the camp of Israel. … Continue reading “Sermonette: Sins Borne Away”

Sermon: Zephaniah (Part Two): God’s Wrath on the Whole World A Global Punishment for Sin #1616 Richard T. Ritenbaugh Given 11-Sep-21; 71 minutes 2021-09-11 watch: Go to the Zephaniah (sermon series) description: (hide) We are entering a modern axial period in which the Pax-American superpower has begun to disintegrate, having lost the war to Islamic … Continue reading “Sermon: Zephaniah (Part Two): God’s Wrath on the Whole World”

Commentary: Waving the White Flag Who Really Won the War on Terror #1616c Joseph B. Baity Given 11-Sep-21; 13 minutes 2021-09-11 listen: description: (hide) On September 11, 2001, the political configuration of the world changed drastically, perhaps ushering in another major axial period, one decade after the fall of the Soviet Union, leaving up to … Continue reading “Commentary: Waving the White Flag”

Sermonette: Service with a Smile Called to Serve Not Be Served #1616s Bill Onisick Given 11-Sep-21; 19 minutes 2021-09-11 listen: description: (hide) The restaurant owners’ insistence that the "customer is always right" is perhaps driven more by the bottom line than a sincere desire to serve and is in contrast to Jesus Christ’s expectations of … Continue reading “Sermonette: Service with a Smile”

Sermon: Zephaniah (Part One): The Day of the Lord Is Near! A New Axial Period Has Begun #1615-PM Richard T. Ritenbaugh Given 07-Sep-21; 87 minutes 2021-09-07 watch: Go to the Zephaniah (sermon series) description: (hide) German Philosopher Karl Jaspers describes a definitive period of time from the eighth century to the third century BC as … Continue reading “Sermon: Zephaniah (Part One): The Day of the Lord Is Near!”

Sermonette: The Shout of a King #1615s-PM David C. Grabbe Given 07-Sep-21; 19 minutes 2021-09-07 listen: description: (hide) The Hebrew word Teruah emphasizes an ear-splitting sound, not necessarily referring to a source, signaling war, alarm, rejoicing, or victory. One of the most significant of the three dozen uses of Teruah is Balaam’s abortive curse on … Continue reading “Sermonette: The Shout of a King”

Sermon: Make Sure of Your Focus! #1615-AM John W. Ritenbaugh Given 07-Sep-21; 67 minutes 2021-09-07 watch: listen: description: (hide) The philanthropist George Peabody once said that "our task is not to bring order out of chaos, but to get work done in the midst of chaos." God’s people are living through the agony of America’s … Continue reading “Sermon: Make Sure of Your Focus!”

Sermonette: Buying and Selling A Divine Transaction #1615s-AM Richard T. Ritenbaugh Given 07-Sep-21; 19 minutes 2021-09-07 listen: description: (hide) Revelation 13:11-17 teaches that the False Prophet compels all to take the Mark of the Beast or be prevented from buying and selling. The Mark, in its broadest sense, taken in the hand and forehead, symbolizes … Continue reading “Sermonette: Buying and Selling”

Sermon: Our Faith is the Victory #1614 Martin G. Collins Given 04-Sep-21; 62 minutes 2021-09-04 listen: description: (hide) The natural, carnal, worldly mindset is hostile to everything in God’s Word. But God’s chosen saints have been provided something special to enable them to overcome—namely the faith from being born of God (I John 5:4) making … Continue reading “Sermon: Our Faith is the Victory”