Sermons and Biblical Studies

Feast: The Handwriting is on the Wall (2017): The Fourth Turning #FT17-00 John W. Ritenbaugh Given 04-Oct-17; 56 minutes listen: description: (hide) President Trump dismissed one of his closest advisers, Steve Bannon. Bannon embraced a "theo-political" vision of Christian fundamentalism, influenced by The Fourth Turning, a book which explains why many Americans no longer recognize … Continue reading “Feast: The Handwriting is on the Wall (2017): The Fourth Turning”

Sermon: Fast or Famine Lack of Nutrition – Different Outcomes #1400 Richard T. Ritenbaugh Given 30-Sep-17; 79 minutes listen: description: (hide) Americans discard nearly a third of the food they produce annually. The Western world, and America particularly, is clueless as to what real famine is. Truly, voluntary fasting is not a twin of famine, … Continue reading “Sermon: Fast or Famine”

Sermonette: Spiritual Food Satisfies Offertory #1400s Martin G. Collins Given 30-Sep-17; 13 minutes listen: description: (hide) Those who depict religion as a life of gloom and deprivation, full of do’s and don’ts, are too short-sighted to realize that the empty husks of the world’s entertainment do not satisfy the deepest need. In contrast, spiritual food … Continue reading “Sermonette: Spiritual Food Satisfies”

Sermon: Forgiving, Giving, and Living Imitating God #1399 Martin G. Collins Given 23-Sep-17; 74 minutes listen: description: (hide) God possesses three non-transmittable attributes: omnipotence (being all-powerful), omnipresence (existing everywhere at once), and omniscience (knowing everything). These attributes will never become descriptive of God’s people. But there are other, transmittable, attributes which we can make a … Continue reading “Sermon: Forgiving, Giving, and Living”

Commentary: Days of Awe #1399c Richard T. Ritenbaugh Given 23-Sep-17; 12 minutes listen: description: (hide) Each year, Jews observe the ten Days of Awe, occurring between Tishri 1 (Rosh Hashana/Day of Trumpets) and Tishri 10, (Yom Kippur/Day of Atonement). Even though there are no biblical instructions to observe the Days of Awe, we may look … Continue reading “Commentary: Days of Awe”

Sermonette: Seeing God in Creation (Part Two) Where Do We Put Our Faith? #1399s Ronny H. Graham Given 23-Sep-17; 18 minutes Go to the Seeing God in Creation (sermonette series) description: (hide) We can deduce God’s presence from His creation. Hebrews 11:3 adds that the Invisible has created the visible. Two theories of creation have … Continue reading “Sermonette: Seeing God in Creation (Part Two)”

Sermon: Preventing the Warfare State #1398B John W. Ritenbaugh Given 21-Sep-17; 80 minutes listen: description: (hide) Although God has sanctified us, we share the same spiritual roots as every other human being, namely, carnal nature, which Scripture defines to be at enmity with His law, walking according to the sway of the world and the … Continue reading “Sermon: Preventing the Warfare State”

Sermonette: Considering the Day of the Lord Warnings from Peter, Amos, and Christ #1398Bs David C. Grabbe Given 21-Sep-17; 20 minutes listen: description: (hide) The Day of the Lord will be a fearful time of judgement, darkness, and horror. The Scriptures provide no grounds for anyone to assume that God is on his side during … Continue reading “Sermonette: Considering the Day of the Lord”

Sermon: The End Is Not Yet Warnings of Coming Punishment #1398A Richard T. Ritenbaugh Given 21-Sep-17; 77 minutes listen: description: (hide) Some prophecy buffs have concluded that the end of the world is on the horizon. When analyzing the overblown coverage of hurricanes, for example, one must factor in the motives of the Weather Channel, … Continue reading “Sermon: The End Is Not Yet”

Sermonette: It’s Important to God Too (Part One) #1398As John W. Ritenbaugh Given 21-Sep-17; 23 minutes Go to the It’s Important To God Too (sermonette series) description: (hide) In bringing an offering to God, we are not really giving God anything because He owns everything. The experience of giving an offering is for our benefit. … Continue reading “Sermonette: It’s Important to God Too (Part One)”