Sermonette: The Sabbath a Delight Sabbath is an Exquisite Delight #722s Ted E. Bowling Given 04-Jun-05; 12 minutes listen: description: (hide) Focusing upon Isaiah 58: 13-14, Ted Bowling analyzes how we are to go about making the Sabbath a delight. The Sabbath pictures a freedom from bondage and prefigures the joy of living in God’s … Continue reading “Sermonette: The Sabbath a Delight”
Sermon: The Meekness and Gentleness of Christ
Sermon: The Meekness and Gentleness of Christ A Gentle Spirit Is Very Precious to God #721 Martin G. Collins Given 28-May-05; 67 minutes listen: description: (hide) We cannot fight spiritual battles with physical or worldly weapons. Gentleness and meekness were Paul’s preferred approaches in dealing with people. Meekness (strength under control, maintaining peace in the … Continue reading “Sermon: The Meekness and Gentleness of Christ”
Sermonette: Power
Sermonette: Power Faithfulness With a Little Strength #721s David C. Grabbe Given 28-May-05; 15 minutes listen: description: (hide) David Grabbe, reflecting upon different contexts of the word power, including natural events and political power, focuses upon miraculous and supernatural power of God’s Holy Spirit, transliterated from the Greek as the word dunamis. Through God’s Holy … Continue reading “Sermonette: Power”
Sermon: Principled Living (Part Four): Giving of Ourselves
Sermon: Principled Living (Part Four): Giving of Ourselves Being Living Sacrifices #720 Richard T. Ritenbaugh Given 21-May-05; 73 minutes Go to the Principled Living (sermon series) description: (hide) As Christ’s disciples, we have been called for a life of sacrifice—sacrificial giving as a way of life. Often we fail to grasp: 1) the desperate emotion … Continue reading “Sermon: Principled Living (Part Four): Giving of Ourselves”
Sermonette: Deuteronomy 16:1-8
Sermonette: Deuteronomy 16:1-8 Passover or Unleavened Bread? #720s John W. Ritenbaugh Given 21-May-05; 25 minutes listen: description: (hide) Deuteronomy 16:1-8 refers to Unleavened Bread rather than Passover (a scribal error, perhaps referring to the season). Ten clues clear up this misconception: 1) The month of Abib refers to Israel’s leaving Egypt the day after the … Continue reading “Sermonette: Deuteronomy 16:1-8”
Sermon: The Day of Israel’s Calamity
De dag van Israls rampspoed Sermon: The Day of Israel’s Calamity Prepare to Meet Your God #719 John W. Ritenbaugh Given 14-May-05; 78 minutes listen: description: (hide) The day of Israel’s calamity is right upon the horizon. One perennial theme of the major and minor prophets is the deplorable faithlessness of Israel, depicted as a … Continue reading “Sermon: The Day of Israel’s Calamity”
Sermon: Faith Overcomes the World
Sermon: Faith Overcomes the World Faith in Christ #718 Martin G. Collins Given 07-May-05; 65 minutes listen: description: (hide) As we attempt to overcome the world, we soon realize that we battle against invisible principalities, requiring us to form a close relationship with Christ, developing His faith to subdue the pulls of the world. As … Continue reading “Sermon: Faith Overcomes the World”
Sermonette: First Do No Harm
Sermonette: First Do No Harm Peacemakers #718s Bill Onisick Given 07-May-05; 15 minutes listen: description: (hide) Bill Onisick, focusing upon the admonition of Christ to become a peacemaker in Matthew 5:9, reminds us that to reconcile with each other, we must first reconcile with God. Two metaphors from Proverbs instruct us as to specific strategies … Continue reading “Sermonette: First Do No Harm”
Sermon: The First Day of Unleavened Bread (Part Two)
De eerste dag Ongezuurde Broden (Deel 2) Sermon: The First Day of Unleavened Bread (Part Two) The Importance of the First Day of Unleavened Bread #717B John W. Ritenbaugh Given 30-Apr-05; 87 minutes Go to the The First Day of Unleavened Bread (sermon series) description: (hide) Though adjacent, Passover and the First Day of Unleavened … Continue reading “Sermon: The First Day of Unleavened Bread (Part Two)”
Sermonette: Childlike in Attitude
Sermonette: Childlike in Attitude How to Have the Humility of a Child #717Bs Mike Ford (1955-2021) Given 30-Apr-05; 16 minutes listen: description: (hide) Mike Ford, clearing up the seeming equivocation resulting from the clashing children (don’t be like a child / be like a child) metaphors of Jesus and Paul, distinguishes the "big baby" from … Continue reading “Sermonette: Childlike in Attitude”