Sermons and Biblical Studies

Commentary: The Sexual Floodgate Is Open! Pedophilia #1308c Martin G. Collins Given 13-Feb-16; 12 minutes listen: description: (hide) Satan has successfully executed his plan to destroy families through progressive, leftist, secularist, humanist legislation, making sodomy and infant murder the law of the land. Now pedophilia will be declared normal, and hence legal, by the reprobate … Continue reading “Commentary: The Sexual Floodgate Is Open!”

Sermonette: Essence of Love #1308s Clyde Finklea Given 13-Feb-16; 19 minutes listen: description: (hide) The world uses the word "love" carelessly. The Hebrew words ahavta and chesed connote giving, commitment, unfailing love, devoted to acts of kindness, mercy, and longsuffering. These connotations are also captured by the Greek word agape, which prompts us to avoid … Continue reading “Sermonette: Essence of Love”

Sermon: Malachi’s Appeal to Backsliders (Part Two) Malachi 2:10 to 2:16 #1307 Martin G. Collins Given 06-Feb-16; 66 minutes Go to the Malachi’s Appeal to Backsliders (sermon series) description: (hide) Malachi appealed to the lethargic people of Judah, an appeal emphasizing God’s love, reminding them that their lack of blessings emanated from their abandonment of … Continue reading “Sermon: Malachi’s Appeal to Backsliders (Part Two)”

Commentary: In the Wake of An Unnatural Disaster (Part Five) #1307c John W. Ritenbaugh Given 06-Feb-16; 12 minutes Go to the In the Wake of an Unnatural Disaster (commentary series) description: (hide) A large, popular Protestant megachurch in Gastonia, North Carolina, regularly uses the allurement of show business and entertainment to draw large crowds. The … Continue reading “Commentary: In the Wake of An Unnatural Disaster (Part Five)”

Sermonette: Remember When God’s Warning to Israel #1307s Ronny H. Graham Given 06-Feb-16; 19 minutes listen: description: (hide) Mankind has a propensity to selectively filter events, forgetting the bad and remembering the good when assessing "the good old days." Our civilization has undergone a terrifying free-fall of morality and ethics for multiple decades. Some feel … Continue reading “Sermonette: Remember When”

Sermon: Josiah #1306 Richard T. Ritenbaugh Given 30-Jan-16; 74 minutes listen: description: (hide) I and II Chronicles (the last books to be canonized in the Old Testament) were post-exilic documents, created for the sole purpose of analyzing the cumulative thematic lessons Judah and Israel had experienced, namely that God has clearly declared what He would … Continue reading “Sermon: Josiah”

Commentary: Murder By Selfishness! Suicide #1306c Martin G. Collins Given 30-Jan-16; 13 minutes listen: description: (hide) According to the World Health Organization, suicide is the third leading cause of death among 15-24 year-olds, immediately following homicide and accidents. It is the tenth leading cause of death for all ages, snuffing out 105 lives each day … Continue reading “Commentary: Murder By Selfishness!”

Sermonette: Think on This Prayer, Bible Study, and Meditation #1306s Ted E. Bowling Given 30-Jan-16; 17 minutes listen: description: (hide) King David commented more on meditation than did any other biblical luminary. Some synonyms for meditation include contemplation, reflection, ponder, weigh, and ruminate, describing what we think about continually. Contrary to false concepts of meditation … Continue reading “Sermonette: Think on This”

Sermon: Leadership and the Covenants (Part Six) #1305 John W. Ritenbaugh Given 23-Jan-16; 72 minutes Go to the Leadership and the Covenants (sermon series) description: (hide) In Paul’s response to the bitter altercation between Euodia and Syntyche, who succeeded in polarizing the congregation by their contentious pride and placing their obsessive desire to be right … Continue reading “Sermon: Leadership and the Covenants (Part Six)”

Special: Feast Site Search Criteria #1305SP Martin G. Collins Given 23-Jan-16; 12 minutes listen: description: (hide) Martin Collins, asking for input on future locations for potential Feast sites, points out that presently half of the congregation is content to stay in Nashville, while half has expressed interest in going somewhere else. Presently, we have everything … Continue reading “Special: Feast Site Search Criteria”