Sermonette: Goats #124s Mike Ford (1955-2021) Given 16-Apr-94; 11 minutes listen: description: (hide) Mike Ford, reflecting that people, who have not grown up on a farm, may be at a certain disadvantage in appreciating agricultural metaphors, investigated the characteristics of goats, often carrying a range of negative connotations. When Christ returns, He will set the … Continue reading “Sermonette: Goats”
Sermon: Conscience (Part 1)
Sermon: Conscience (Part 1) The End Times #124 John W. Ritenbaugh Given 16-Apr-94; 71 minutes Go to the Conscience (sermon series) description: (hide) Human nature will degenerate as far as it is allowed. It has the tendency to quickly adapt to its environment, adjusting effortlessly to immorality and perversion. The conscience — the response of … Continue reading “Sermon: Conscience (Part 1)”
Sermonette: He Will Never Forsake Us!
Sermonette: He Will Never Forsake Us! #123s Richard T. Ritenbaugh Given 09-Apr-94; 16 minutes listen: description: (hide) Richard Ritenbaugh, acknowledging that winter and the times leading up to holy days can be discouraging, God’s called out ones can experience discouragement continually because Satan works continually to derail our progress at overcoming, hoping to convince us … Continue reading “Sermonette: He Will Never Forsake Us!”
Sermon: Titus 2:11-14
Sermon: Titus 2:11-14 Growth #123 John W. Ritenbaugh Given 09-Apr-94; 75 minutes listen: description: (hide) We are obligated to dress and keep that which is placed in our care, improving what He has given to us. We dare not stand still, but must make considerable effort to grow. The work of the ministry consists of … Continue reading “Sermon: Titus 2:11-14”
Sermon: Leavening: The Types
Sermon: Leavening: The Types Recongnizing Leavening #122A John W. Ritenbaugh Given 02-Apr-94; 76 minutes listen: description: (hide) The holy days are reliable, effective, multifaceted teaching tools, emphasizing spaced repetition to reinforce our faulty memories and drive the lesson deep into our thinking. The most effective learning involves drills or exercises, inscribing the lessons on our … Continue reading “Sermon: Leavening: The Types”
Sermon: Don’t Stand Still!
Sermon: Don’t Stand Still! Growth and the Feast of Unleavened Bread #122B John W. Ritenbaugh Given 02-Apr-94; 78 minutes listen: description: (hide) The Days of Unleavened Bread have both a negative and positive aspect. It is not enough to get rid of something negative (get rid of the leavening of sin); if we don’t do … Continue reading “Sermon: Don’t Stand Still!”
Sermonette: What Is Your Calling Worth?
Sermonette: What Is Your Calling Worth? #121As Richard T. Ritenbaugh Given 27-Mar-94; 19 minutes listen: description: (hide) Richard Ritenbaugh, observing that a college basketball player expecting to be drafted into professional basketball has about the same chance as winning the lottery, less than 1%, asserts that our calling is even chancier. God personally picked each … Continue reading “Sermonette: What Is Your Calling Worth?”
Sermon: Growing Into Liberty
Sermon: Growing Into Liberty Freedom and Unleavened Bread #121B John W. Ritenbaugh Given 27-Mar-94; 79 minutes listen: description: (hide) Physically emancipating people from slavery does not automatically unshackle their hearts or minds, or prepare them for productive responsibility in a free society. Likewise, our emancipation from sin does not automatically remove our acquired spiritual shackles. … Continue reading “Sermon: Growing Into Liberty”
Sermon: Don’t Leave the House!
Sermon: Don’t Leave the House! Worship and Feast of Unleavened Bread #121A John W. Ritenbaugh Given 27-Mar-94; 74 minutes listen: description: (hide) Exodus 12:22 teaches, ‘None of you shall go out of the door of your house until the morning.’ The door serves as a metonymous symbol for the entire house, household, or family. The … Continue reading “Sermon: Don’t Leave the House!”
Sermon: The Night to be Much Observed
Sermon: The Night to be Much Observed Night to be Much Observed #120 John W. Ritenbaugh Given 26-Mar-94; 75 minutes listen: description: (hide) Far from being the "pipe dream" of Herbert W. Armstrong (as some have disparagingly called it), the Night Much to be Observed event is a commanded part of the beginning of the … Continue reading “Sermon: The Night to be Much Observed”