Sermons and Biblical Studies

Sermonette: Hundred-Fold Return Seed Time and Harvest #903As Martin G. Collins Given 30-Sep-08; 15 minutes listen: description: (hide) In this offertory message, Martin Collins, focusing on the parable of the sower, reminds us that as the Word of God has been compared to seed, our money or currency has also been compared to seed. The … Continue reading “Sermonette: Hundred-Fold Return”

Sermon: Lift Up Your Voice Like a Trumpet Reasons for the Blowing of Trumpets #903A Richard T. Ritenbaugh Given 30-Sep-08; 82 minutes listen: description: (hide) Nothing is more dramatic than the blast of a trumpet. Israel, spread out over a huge area, used a complex system of trumpet blasts to convey lifesaving information. Silver trumpets … Continue reading “Sermon: Lift Up Your Voice Like a Trumpet”

Sermon: The Tenth Commandment Beware Covetousness #902 John W. Ritenbaugh Given 27-Sep-08; 69 minutes listen: description: (hide) Coveting begins as a desire emanating from both without and within. The breaking of every other commandment emanates from the breaking of this commandment. Our nation’s current economic woes derive from widespread covetousness and greed motivated by advertising … Continue reading “Sermon: The Tenth Commandment”

Sermonette: Refuser of Festivities Attitude Towards Others Happiness #902s Ronny H. Graham Given 27-Sep-08; 17 minutes listen: description: (hide) Ronny Graham, referring to a Dictionary of Biblical Imagery article on "Refuser of Festivities" suggests that while we do refuse to participate in the pagan holidays, when it comes to God’s Holy Days, we cannot become … Continue reading “Sermonette: Refuser of Festivities”

Sermon: Whom the Lord Loves He Chastens (Part Two) How God Disciplines His Children #901 Martin G. Collins Given 20-Sep-08; 64 minutes Go to the Whom the Lord Loves He Chastens (sermon series) description: (hide) Hebrews 12 contains the admonition to endure chastening and discipline from our Heavenly Father in order to ultimately attain holiness. … Continue reading “Sermon: Whom the Lord Loves He Chastens (Part Two)”

Sermonette: Je Suis Reconnaissant Maintaining A Gratitude Attitude #901s Bill Onisick Given 20-Sep-08; 19 minutes listen: description: (hide) Bill Onisick states that if we become focused on our stresses and trials, we will not count our blessings, automatically giving into Satan’s spirit and power of the air. We need to, in the words of Robert … Continue reading “Sermonette: Je Suis Reconnaissant”

Sermon: The Ninth Commandment Seeking Reality and Embodying Truth #900 John W. Ritenbaugh Given 13-Sep-08; 75 minutes listen: description: (hide) The breaking of God’s Commandments has destroyed trust within the national and local communities of modern Israel. The guilelessness, attributed to Nathaniel, apparently was a rarity in Israel, while deceitfulness was something passed through the … Continue reading “Sermon: The Ninth Commandment”

Sermon: The Days of Noah Genesis 6 and the End Time #899 Richard T. Ritenbaugh Given 06-Sep-08; 72 minutes listen: description: (hide) Our culture tends to be self-absorbed and self-glorifying, having erroneously absorbed the Darwinian concept of evolution. However, civilization is clearly not progressing, but degenerating. The long life-spans, characteristic of Methuselah’s time, have given … Continue reading “Sermon: The Days of Noah”

Sermonette: Lessons from Lot The Anti-Hero In Us All #899s David C. Grabbe Given 06-Sep-08; 19 minutes listen: description: (hide) In stories, an anti-hero is an individual who gets the job accomplished, but through pragmatism, compromise, and bending morals. Abraham’s nephew, Lot, fits into this category. Lot judged for himself, pitching his tent toward evil … Continue reading “Sermonette: Lessons from Lot”

Sermon: Whom the Lord Loves He Chastens (Part One) Why God Disciplines His Children #898 Martin G. Collins Given 30-Aug-08; 72 minutes Go to the Whom the Lord Loves He Chastens (sermon series) description: (hide) We often fail to see that the chastening we receive may be what God uses to sanctify us, preparing us … Continue reading “Sermon: Whom the Lord Loves He Chastens (Part One)”