Sermons and Biblical Studies

Commentary: The Remaking of America #1525c Mark Schindler Given 18-Jan-20; 17 minutes listen: description: (hide) The frightening accumulation of wealth by globalist leftists (e.g., George Soros, Levi Strauss, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos) may be part of God’s overall purpose to bring modern Israel to her knees. In his June 2010 book, Fortunes of … Continue reading “Commentary: The Remaking of America”

Sermonette: Year End Review and Daily Evaluations Daily Evaluation #1525s Ryan McClure Given 18-Jan-20; 15 minutes listen: description: (hide) Writing evaluations in preparation for a year-review process is a laborious task. One way of easing the grief is to keep a daily journal, reflecting on the accomplishments and disappointments of the previous day. Over a … Continue reading “Sermonette: Year End Review and Daily Evaluations”

Sermon: Israel’s Restoration and the Zeitgeist of Zeal #1524 Charles Whitaker (1944-2021) Given 11-Jan-20; 78 minutes listen: description: (hide) God will employ two sequential steps to reorient apostate Israel to Him: regathering and restoring. Regathering refers to God’s "search and rescue" mission to return Israelites scattered during the time of Jacob’s trouble to the Land … Continue reading “Sermon: Israel’s Restoration and the Zeitgeist of Zeal”

Commentary: ‘Christianity Today’ and Trump Virtue Signaling #1524c Richard T. Ritenbaugh Given 11-Jan-20; 9 minutes listen: description: (hide) The editor of Christianity Today, Mark Galli, charged President Trump with abusing his authority and being profoundly immoral solely on the findings of the impeachment hearing conducted by the United States House of Representatives. Christianity Today has … Continue reading “Commentary: ‘Christianity Today’ and Trump”

Sermonette: Daily Overcoming The All Day, Every Day Process of Making Selfless Decisions #1524s Bill Onisick Given 11-Jan-20; 20 minutes listen: description: (hide) Daily reflection helps to identify troublesome areas in our lives that need to be overcome. Without such systematic self-reflection, overcoming specific faults cannot gain traction. The creation of journal entries identifies facets … Continue reading “Sermonette: Daily Overcoming”

Sermon: The Doctrine of Israel (Part Three): A Cycle of Rebellion A Carnal People #1523 Richard T. Ritenbaugh Given 04-Jan-20; 64 minutes Go to the The Doctrine of Israel (sermon series) description: (hide) National traits are simply family traits applied to an entire people. God variously characterizes Jacob’s offspring as stiff-necked rebels and perpetual complainers, … Continue reading “Sermon: The Doctrine of Israel (Part Three): A Cycle of Rebellion”

Commentary: Fishy Syncretism #1523c Martin G. Collins Given 04-Jan-20; 11 minutes listen: description: (hide) Mainstream Christianity has unwittingly embraced the symbol of Dagon, attaching this fish symbol to Christ. As a symbol of fertility, the fish goddess becomes identified with the archetypal and ubiquitous "Great Mother" (Aphrodite, Delphine, Astarte, Frija, mermaids, or the Fish goddess … Continue reading “Commentary: Fishy Syncretism”

Sermonette: Why 153? #1523s David C. Grabbe Given 04-Jan-20; 19 minutes listen: description: (hide) The eight signs in the Book of John form a chiasm, where the first element corresponds to the last element, the second element to the second-to-the-last one, etc. The first sign corrected the physical need for wine (a symbol of the … Continue reading “Sermonette: Why 153?”

Sermon: Truth-Based Worship Vs Spiritual Confusion #1522 Martin G. Collins Given 28-Dec-19; 74 minutes listen: description: (hide) Does observing Christmas, Easter, or Halloween teach us to uphold the truth (John 8:32; 18:37)? Because the world’s peoples refuse to uphold the truth, God has given them over to a debased mind (Romans 1:25-28), worshipping the creature … Continue reading “Sermon: Truth-Based Worship Vs Spiritual Confusion”

Commentary: Dancing With the Devil’s World #1522c John W. Ritenbaugh Given 28-Dec-19; 12 minutes listen: description: (hide) Many Millennials seek truth by following self-centered role models, while Christ’s moral standards were to love truth and righteousness while hating immorality. His role model was God the Father and felt no need to be accepted by the … Continue reading “Commentary: Dancing With the Devil’s World”