Sermons and Biblical Studies

Sermonette: Dominion and Glory and a Kingdom #1604s David C. Grabbe Given 26-Jun-21; 18 minutes listen: description: (hide) When Jesus answered the Jewish religious leaders at His trial, telling them they would shortly see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Almighty and coming on the clouds of the sky (Matthew … Continue reading “Sermonette: Dominion and Glory and a Kingdom”

Sermon: Stewardship of God’s Temple (Part One): Controlling Our Appetites Fighting Gluttony #1603 David F. Maas Given 19-Jun-21; 63 minutes Go to the Stewardship of God’s Temple (sermon series) description: (hide) After God’s calling, the human body becomes the sanctuary or temple of God’s Holy Spirit (I Corinthians 3:16-17; I Corinthians 6:19-20), a reality which … Continue reading “Sermon: Stewardship of God’s Temple (Part One): Controlling Our Appetites”

Commentary: Housing and Property Redistribution #1603c Martin G. Collins Given 19-Jun-21; 12 minutes listen: description: (hide) The United Nations Agenda 21 plan recommends the eventual confiscation of private property in order to allegedly place the world’s population under a more equitable economic and social system through government sponsored and implemented policies of wealth and resource … Continue reading “Commentary: Housing and Property Redistribution”

Sermonette: Wild Horses Fruit of the Spirit #1603s Ronny H. Graham Given 19-Jun-21; 19 minutes listen: description: (hide) Because translating from New Testament Greek to English involves substantive idiomatic and cultural differences, God’s people may find it difficult to understand the meanings of some of the nine Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3-10) and the nine Fruits of … Continue reading “Sermonette: Wild Horses”

Sermon: Self-Discipline The Good Work of Controlling the Self #1602 Richard T. Ritenbaugh Given 12-Jun-21; 71 minutes listen: description: (hide) The Greeks, especially the Stoics, thought highly of self-discipline. As described in the Scriptures, self-discipline (or self-control) means the deliberate, enormous, and sustained effort (hence, a work) of controlling one’s carnal drives and desires. Protestant … Continue reading “Sermon: Self-Discipline”

Commentary: Attitude Is Everything #1602c Bill Onisick Given 12-Jun-21; 13 minutes listen: description: (hide) Metaphorically, the most contagious pathogen on earth is a bad attitude, deeply entrenched in life experiences. Over time, the information Satan promulgates—best termed propaganda—tends to turn people into fearful, "negative Nellies." Understanding that negative attitudes are like leaven, quickly spreading from … Continue reading “Commentary: Attitude Is Everything”

Sermonette: Be Angry and Do Not Sin #1602s Clyde Finklea Given 12-Jun-21; 16 minutes listen: description: (hide) Anger, like fear, has both a constructive and destructive dimension, a paradox which explains the apparent contradiction in Ephesians 4:26, "Be angry and sin not," where God in essence commands His people to hate sin but not the … Continue reading “Sermonette: Be Angry and Do Not Sin”

Sermon: Secret Faults and Presumptuous Thoughts #1601 Martin G. Collins Given 05-Jun-21; 64 minutes watch: listen: description: (hide) Everyone hides skeletons in the closet of his mind, those embarrassing faults often relating to gray areas of life. People can mentally "legalize their iniquities," in doing so presumptuously attempting to make God the accomplice of their … Continue reading “Sermon: Secret Faults and Presumptuous Thoughts”

Commentary: The Fear of Man Is a Snare A Solemn Warning About the COVID-19 Vaccine #1601c David F. Maas Given 05-Jun-21; 13 minutes listen: description: (hide) A number of ministers of the greater church of God, forgetting that the fear of man brings a snare (Proverbs 29:25), have yielded to pressure regarding the Covid vaccine, … Continue reading “Commentary: The Fear of Man Is a Snare”

Sermonette: Treasure Your Birthright Lessons From Esau and Jacob #1601s Ted E. Bowling Given 05-Jun-21; 16 minutes listen: description: (hide) When the Father poured out His Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost in 31 AD, He offered His birthright to the First fruits (Romans 8:14-17) to become His spiritual children. As God’s Called-out ones … Continue reading “Sermonette: Treasure Your Birthright”