Sermons and Biblical Studies

Sermonette: Where Is Your Heart? #FT03-12s Richard T. Ritenbaugh Given 18-Oct-03; 14 minutes listen: description: (hide) Richard Ritenbaugh maintains that where we have placed our heart will determine where we place our priorities. Where we place our heart will determine where we will allocate our financial resources. We need to be sure that we don’t … Continue reading “Sermonette: Where Is Your Heart?”

Feast: Knowing God Singleness of Mind #FT03-08-AM John W. Ritenbaugh Given 18-Oct-03; 79 minutes listen: description: (hide) In order to one to fulfill his purpose in life, a person needs to be singularly focused on what he wants to accomplish. Divided minds either result in no activity or productivity or, worse yet, devastating and hurtful … Continue reading “Feast: Knowing God”

Feast: God’s Faithfulness and Hope God Never Gives Up On Us #FT03-07 Richard T. Ritenbaugh Given 17-Oct-03; 66 minutes listen: description: (hide) The children of Israel severely tested God’s patience through their compulsive murmuring and faithlessness, but God (having incredible longsuffering and patience) refused to give up on them, giving them continual instruction and tests … Continue reading “Feast: God’s Faithfulness and Hope”

Sermonette: By Reason of Use Maturing Beyond Spiritual Childhood #FT03-11s Bill Cherry Given 17-Oct-03; 16 minutes listen: description: (hide) If Christians would properly apply the first principles in Hebrews 12, they would grow and mature properly. Looking at God’s Word through these first principles (loving God with all one’s heart and loving one’s neighbor as … Continue reading “Sermonette: By Reason of Use”

Feast: Our Personal Plumblines Judging Ourselves #FT03-06B David F. Maas Given 16-Oct-03; 32 minutes listen: description: (hide) As future kings and priests in God’s kingdom, we realize that our most difficult and weighty responsibility will be to exercise righteous judgment- even toward angelic beings. None of us are remotely ready right now for that daunting … Continue reading “Feast: Our Personal Plumblines”

Sermonette: News of the Work Annual Report and Perspective #FT03-08s David C. Grabbe Given 15-Oct-03; 16 minutes listen: description: (hide) David Grabbe updates us on the Church of the Great God websites, including the BibleTools.org website, which has taken off astronomically, attaining over 1,000,000 page requests per month. The Berean: Daily Verse and Comment has … Continue reading “Sermonette: News of the Work”

Feast: Laodiceanism Love of Beauty Without Love of Holiness #FT03-05 John W. Ritenbaugh Given 15-Oct-03; 67 minutes listen: description: (hide) The church generally reflects the problems of society, which demonstrates that we definitely are products of a powerful, addictive, and enticing Babylonian system. We are currently living in an axial period between two ages- the … Continue reading “Feast: Laodiceanism”

Feast: Stay in Jerusalem The Two Edicts #FT03-04A Charles Whitaker (1944-2021) Given 14-Oct-03; 39 minutes listen: description: (hide) The proclamations of two Gentile kings (Cyrus and Artaxerxes) had a great impact on the remnant of Israel. Those who returned to Jerusalem did not completely fulfill their commission, failing to completely rebuild the walls and failing … Continue reading “Feast: Stay in Jerusalem”

Feast: What’s So Bad About Babylon? (2003) (Part 2) Babylon’s Corrupt Foundation #FT03-03 John W. Ritenbaugh Given 13-Oct-03; 74 minutes Go to the What’s So Bad About Babylon? (2003) (Feast sermon series) description: (hide) The symbol of wine in Revelation 17 and 18 represents intoxication and addiction. The entire Babylonian system (highly appealing to carnal … Continue reading “Feast: What’s So Bad About Babylon? (2003) (Part 2)”

Feast: Everlasting Light The Eternal Light of God #FT03-02 Martin G. Collins Given 12-Oct-03; 65 minutes listen: description: (hide) Metaphorically, light can indicate the knowledge activated by the spirit in man, enabling dramatic and startling technological progress. Paradoxically, those who worship light (rather than the source of light) will be plunged into profound darkness. We … Continue reading “Feast: Everlasting Light”