Sermons and Biblical Studies

Sermon: Faith (Part Three) Lot #072 John W. Ritenbaugh Given 24-Apr-93; 83 minutes Go to the Faith (sermon series) description: (hide) Faith, far from being blind, is based on analyzing, calculating, and comparing, adding up from evidence in God’s Word, our own experience, and our calling by God’s Holy Spirit. When our minds are opened … Continue reading “Sermon: Faith (Part Three)”

Sermon: Faith (Part Two) Moses #071 John W. Ritenbaugh Given 17-Apr-93; 71 minutes Go to the Faith (sermon series) description: (hide) Faithfulness on the part of a human being ultimately rests on his trust in God, and if a person is going to be faithful, its because he believes what God says and he is … Continue reading “Sermon: Faith (Part Two)”

Sermon: Faith (Part One) Unleavended Bread #070 John W. Ritenbaugh Given 12-Apr-93; 79 minutes Go to the Faith (sermon series) description: (hide) Most of us would like God to respond and instantly gratify our desires. Consequently, we find operating by faith extremely difficult. We think that God does not seem in all that big of … Continue reading “Sermon: Faith (Part One)”

Sermon: Freedom and Unleavened Bread Slavery and Sin #069 John W. Ritenbaugh Given 10-Apr-93; 79 minutes listen: description: (hide) Christian freedom has nothing to do with location but how we think. Like Israel on the edge of the Red Sea, we are too willing to turn back to our enslavement. Like Christ, carrying the instrument … Continue reading “Sermon: Freedom and Unleavened Bread”

Produire du Fruit   Het voortbrengen van vrucht   Sermon: Producing Fruit Personal Growth and the Feast of Unleavened Bread #068 John W. Ritenbaugh Given 06-Apr-93; 80 minutes listen: description: (hide) As shown in the parable of an unclean spirit leaving a man, yet returning with seven more spirits, being cleaned (or purged of leaven) is only … Continue reading “Sermon: Producing Fruit”

Sermon: The Awesome Cost of Salvation Passover #067 John W. Ritenbaugh Given 03-Apr-93; 75 minutes listen: description: (hide) The world’s religions are in abject bondage to falsehood because they do not observe the Passover. Freedom comes to God’s called out ones incrementally from continuing on the way- the relationship between God and us. It is … Continue reading “Sermon: The Awesome Cost of Salvation”

Sermon: Love’s Greatest Challenges Using God’s Love in Our Lives #066 John W. Ritenbaugh Given 27-Mar-93; 69 minutes Go to the Love (sermon series) description: (hide) Laziness and fear are the greatest challenges to love. When Protestant theologians disparage "works," connecting them to salvation rather than sanctification and growth, they encourage spiritual laziness. If we … Continue reading “Sermon: Love’s Greatest Challenges”

Sermon: Love’s Emotional Dimension God and Love #065 John W. Ritenbaugh Given 20-Mar-93; 75 minutes Go to the Love (sermon series) description: (hide) Love doesn’t become ‘love’ until the thought, or the feeling, motivates the person to act. Love is an act. If we don’t do what is right, the right feeling will never be … Continue reading “Sermon: Love’s Emotional Dimension”

Sermon: Love’s Basic Definition What is Love? #064 John W. Ritenbaugh Given 13-Mar-93; 74 minutes Go to the Love (sermon series) description: (hide) Love is not a feeling, but an action- defined by John as keeping God’s commandments (I John 2:3), the only means by which we can possibly know Him, leading to eternal life. … Continue reading “Sermon: Love’s Basic Definition”

Sermon: Love’s Importance and Source Where Love Begins #063 John W. Ritenbaugh Given 06-Mar-93; 72 minutes Go to the Love (sermon series) description: (hide) The world really hasn’t the foggiest idea of what love really is. Of all God’s spiritual gifts, love is the preserving agent preventing any of the other gifts such as prophecy, … Continue reading “Sermon: Love’s Importance and Source”