Commentary: Good Fences Borders Are Necessary #1481c Richard T. Ritenbaugh Given 06-Apr-19; 12 minutes listen: description: (hide) Robert Frost’s poem, "Mending Wall," thematically dramatizes the tension between those who encourage "open borders" and those who seek to enforce border controls. In the poem, the narrator’s Neighbor insists that walls make good neighbors. Politicians who recklessly … Continue reading “Commentary: Good Fences”
Sermonette: Examine Oneself
Sermonette: Examine Oneself #1481s Ronny H. Graham Given 06-Apr-19; 17 minutes listen: description: (hide) To avoid taking the Passover in an unworthy manner, we are to put ourselves on trial, thoroughly interrogating ourselves, making an ardent effort to detect our shortcomings. When we repent and keep God’s Law, we are not "under the law." Grace … Continue reading “Sermonette: Examine Oneself”
Sermon: Letters to Seven Churches (Part Six): Sardis
Sermon: Letters to Seven Churches (Part Six): Sardis Dead Men Walking #1480 Richard T. Ritenbaugh Given 30-Mar-19; 76 minutes Go to the Letters to the Seven Churches (sermon series) description: (hide) The letter to the Church of God in Sardis reads like an obituary, warning us who are alive but lacking zeal to repent and … Continue reading “Sermon: Letters to Seven Churches (Part Six): Sardis”
Sermonette: Can You Handle the Truth?
Sermonette: Can You Handle the Truth? #1480s Austin Del Castillo Given 30-Mar-19; 19 minutes listen: description: (hide) We too often do not take personally our individual responsibility in the sacrifice of Christ and our individual responsibility for applying the truths God has taught us through His word and His ministry. We must not emulate the … Continue reading “Sermonette: Can You Handle the Truth?”
Commentary: What’s in the Bucket? (Part One)
Commentary: What’s in the Bucket? (Part One) #1479c John W. Ritenbaugh Given 23-Mar-19; 13 minutes Go to the What’s in the Bucket? (commentary series) description: (hide) As a confederacy of corporate interests and secular educators gradually gained control, state and local control of education withered. In 1962, when the Supreme Court banished prayer from the … Continue reading “Commentary: What’s in the Bucket? (Part One)”
Sermon: One by One Until Done
Sermon: One by One Until Done #1479B Charles Whitaker (1944-2021) Given 23-Mar-19; 35 minutes listen: description: (hide) Some believe that God has not yet instituted the New Covenant, as indicated by the fact that the church is deeply involved in teaching. In point of fact, teaching is a fundamental part of God’s Work today. God … Continue reading “Sermon: One by One Until Done”
Sermon: Don’t Meddle and Always Be Ready to Answer
Sermon: Don’t Meddle and Always Be Ready to Answer #1479A Mark Schindler Given 23-Mar-19; 43 minutes listen: description: (hide) To disrespect governmental leaders is to question God’s wisdom in setting them up. God’s called-out ones, whose citizenship is in Heaven, can become tempted to join the fray, "helping" God fight evildoers and corrupt government officials. … Continue reading “Sermon: Don’t Meddle and Always Be Ready to Answer”
Sermonette: On the Mend
Sermonette: On the Mend God’s Remarkable Design for Our Healing #1479s Joseph B. Baity Given 23-Mar-19; 17 minutes listen: description: (hide) As God has designed the marvelous healing process, undetected by the untrained eye, God has also designed spiritual healing through sanctification, requiring that faith, suffering, and healing be a part of the same process. … Continue reading “Sermonette: On the Mend”
Sermon: ‘Done Away’ Is Incorrect
Sermon: ‘Done Away’ Is Incorrect #1478 John W. Ritenbaugh Given 16-Mar-19; 64 minutes listen: description: (hide) The cavalier Protestant clich "done away" has displaced the more accurate characterization "no longer required." In Acts 15, God indicates that He set aside physical circumcision, but there is no indication there that He permanently abolished it. Circumcision on … Continue reading “Sermon: ‘Done Away’ Is Incorrect”
Commentary: Cheating in School
Commentary: Cheating in School The University Admissions Scandal #1478c Richard T. Ritenbaugh Given 16-Mar-19; 10 minutes listen: description: (hide) A number of wealthy families have collaborated with compromised college test administrators and coaches in order to bypass entrance procedures at some major American universities, including some Ivy League ones. Dishonest ‘consultants’ arranged to have SAT … Continue reading “Commentary: Cheating in School”