Commentary: A Smattering of News, Perhaps Serious An Interesting Bank Adjustment #1150c John W. Ritenbaugh Given 30-Mar-13; 13 minutes listen: description: (hide) John Ritenbaugh, reflecting on the grim economic situation in Cypress, in which the European Union has literally pillaged the wealth of private citizens, returning depositors only a fraction of what they have in … Continue reading “Commentary: A Smattering of News, Perhaps Serious”
Sermonette: Pilgrims in a Strange Land
Sermonette: Pilgrims in a Strange Land Attachment to Worldly Things #1150s Ronny H. Graham Given 30-Mar-13; 16 minutes listen: description: (hide) Ronny Graham, reflecting on the historical event of the Pilgrims landing at Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts, gives a description of their frustrations and setbacks as they initially fled England because of religious persecution, and … Continue reading “Sermonette: Pilgrims in a Strange Land”
Sermon: What’s So Bad About Babylon? (2013) (Part One)
Sermon: What’s So Bad About Babylon? (2013) (Part One) It Is Upon Us #1149B John W. Ritenbaugh Given 26-Mar-13; 79 minutes Go to the What’s So Bad About Babylon? (2013) (sermon series) description: (hide) Revelation 18 indicates that Babylon will receive horrific punishment and ultimate doom in the future. We are warned to come out … Continue reading “Sermon: What’s So Bad About Babylon? (2013) (Part One)”
Sermonette: Eating the Unleavened Bread of Perfection
Sermonette: Eating the Unleavened Bread of Perfection Our Primary Focus of the Feast of Unleavened Bread #1149Bs Clyde Finklea Given 26-Mar-13; 20 minutes listen: description: (hide) Clyde Finklea, reflecting that, while in the past our primary focus seemed to emphasize getting the leavening out, we must be equally cognizant of the mandate—and the purpose of … Continue reading “Sermonette: Eating the Unleavened Bread of Perfection”
Sermon: Highly Skilled Overcomers
Sermon: Highly Skilled Overcomers Deliberate Practice and Deep Work #1149A Richard T. Ritenbaugh Given 26-Mar-13; 79 minutes listen: description: (hide) Following our passions can be dangerous career counsel unless we put the concept in context. Following our passions only applies if we invest the career capital to perfect our craft, honing our skills so that … Continue reading “Sermon: Highly Skilled Overcomers”
Sermonette: Better to Give Than Receive
Sermonette: Better to Give Than Receive Doesn’t Apply Just to Offerings #1149As John W. Ritenbaugh Given 26-Mar-13; 23 minutes listen: description: (hide) John Ritenbaugh, introducing his offertory message with the quotation, "We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, with so little, for so … Continue reading “Sermonette: Better to Give Than Receive”
Passover: Passover Service 2013
Passover: Passover Service 2013 #PS2013 John W. Ritenbaugh Given 24-Mar-13; 58 minutes listen: description: (hide) John Ritenbaugh, reflecting that each successive Passover seems to be more significant than the previous one, asserts that even though we see more clearly the magnitude of our destructive human nature, we also come to realize the enormity of the … Continue reading “Passover: Passover Service 2013”
Sermon: Ecclesiastes Resumed (Part Two)
Sermon: Ecclesiastes Resumed (Part Two) Work #1148 John W. Ritenbaugh Given 23-Mar-13; 65 minutes Go to the Ecclesiastes Resumed (sermon series) description: (hide) The book of Ecclesiastes, a document which provides an overview of the consequences of life’s frustrating activities, gives us directions for making it through the labyrinth of life. This treatise prepares us … Continue reading “Sermon: Ecclesiastes Resumed (Part Two)”
Commentary: Pope Francis Is Elected (Part Two)
Commentary: Pope Francis Is Elected (Part Two) Contrast Between the True Church and Catholic Church #1148c John W. Ritenbaugh Given 23-Mar-13; 12 minutes Go to the Pope Francis Is Elected (commentary series) description: (hide) Conspiring appears a wired-in aspect of human nature. The Scriptures are replete with conspiracies, including Absalom’s conspiracy against his father, the … Continue reading “Commentary: Pope Francis Is Elected (Part Two)”
Sermon: Too Good to Ignore
Sermon: Too Good to Ignore Called to Growth #1147 Richard T. Ritenbaugh Given 16-Mar-13; 73 minutes listen: description: (hide) A whole genre of career counseling handbooks has been spawned by the perennial need to to either get ahead in the world or to get by the best he can, among them Cal Newport’s book So … Continue reading “Sermon: Too Good to Ignore”