Biblestudy: Acts (Part Seven) Acts 5 & 6 Confrontation with the Sanhedrin and Stephen’s Testimony #BS-AC07 John W. Ritenbaugh Given 11-Oct-88; 65 minutes Go to the Acts (Bible study series) description: (hide) Ananias and Sapphira were executed for their deceit and hypocrisy (an event parallel to Aachan’s deceit and execution), pretending to have sacrificed more … Continue reading “Biblestudy: Acts (Part Seven)”
Biblestudy: Acts (Part Six)
Biblestudy: Acts (Part Six) Acts 4-5:11 Peter and John’s Boldness and Courage #BS-AC06 John W. Ritenbaugh Given 06-Sep-88; 88 minutes Go to the Acts (Bible study series) description: (hide) In Acts 4, Peter, inspired by God’s Spirit, demonstrated exemplary boldness and courage before the Sadducees (zealous influential movers and shakers of the Jewish community, descendants … Continue reading “Biblestudy: Acts (Part Six)”
Biblestudy: Acts (Part Five)
Biblestudy: Acts (Part Five) Acts 3-4:4 Apostles’ Witness Brings Conflict With Established Authority #BS-AC05 John W. Ritenbaugh Given 23-Aug-88; 82 minutes Go to the Acts (Bible study series) description: (hide) The witness of the apostles, particularly miraculous healings performed in the name of Jesus Christ, brought them into conflict with the established Jewish leaders, the … Continue reading “Biblestudy: Acts (Part Five)”
Biblestudy: Acts (Part Four)
Biblestudy: Acts (Part Four) Acts 2:22-47 Christ’s Messiahship / Giving of Holy Spirit #BS-AC04 John W. Ritenbaugh Given 16-Aug-88; 64 minutes Go to the Acts (Bible study series) description: (hide) The apostle Peter, using the details of fulfilled prophecy (couched in David’s psalms), convicts the crowd of their culpability in the death of Jesus Christ. … Continue reading “Biblestudy: Acts (Part Four)”
Biblestudy: Acts (Part Three)
Biblestudy: Acts (Part Three) Acts 2; Speaking In Tongues #BS-AC03 John W. Ritenbaugh Given 09-Aug-88; 81 minutes Go to the Acts (Bible study series) description: (hide) The dramatic manifestations in Acts 2 (cloven tongues of fire, rushing wind, and the miracle of speaking and hearing extant languages and dialects) were event-specific, and not to be … Continue reading “Biblestudy: Acts (Part Three)”
Biblestudy: The Commandments (Part Four)
Biblestudy: The Commandments (Part Four) Taking God’s Name In Vain #BS-TC04 John W. Ritenbaugh Given 06-Aug-88; 77 minutes Go to the The Commandments (Bible study series) description: (hide) The prohibition against taking God’s name in vain is the least understood commandment. The names of God (more than 250 mentioned in the Scriptures, eight of them … Continue reading “Biblestudy: The Commandments (Part Four)”
Biblestudy: Acts (Part Two)
Biblestudy: Acts (Part Two) The Miracle of Pentecost: Peter’s Sermon #BS-AC02 John W. Ritenbaugh Given 02-Aug-88; 85 minutes Go to the Acts (Bible study series) description: (hide) Our historical and theological roots are advanced in a polished, literary, chronological narrative (Acts), perhaps designed as a trial document authored by Luke. It defends the apostle Paul … Continue reading “Biblestudy: Acts (Part Two)”
Biblestudy: The Commandments (Part Three)
Biblestudy: The Commandments (Part Three) Idolatry, Part Three #BS-TC03 John W. Ritenbaugh Given 30-Jul-88; 78 minutes Go to the The Commandments (Bible study series) description: (hide) The reprobate mind (a mind incapable of moral judgment) constitutes the basis for the world’s dubious standards of morality and idolatry. Discernment of right and wrong comes exclusively from … Continue reading “Biblestudy: The Commandments (Part Three)”
Biblestudy: Acts (Part One)
Biblestudy: Acts (Part One) Acts as a Trial Document #BS-AC01 John W. Ritenbaugh Given 19-Jul-88; 86 minutes Go to the Acts (Bible study series) description: (hide) The book of Acts, in addition to its role in continuing and advancing the Gospel, could have been assembled as an exculpatory trial document designed to vindicate the apostle … Continue reading “Biblestudy: Acts (Part One)”
Biblestudy: The Commandments (Part Two)
Biblestudy: The Commandments (Part Two) Idolatry, Part Two #BS-TC02 John W. Ritenbaugh Given 16-Jul-88; 78 minutes Go to the The Commandments (Bible study series) description: (hide) Where our eyes are fixed determines how we will conduct our lives. Like our forebears in Ezekiel 20, we have also been influenced by our father’s idols, placing us … Continue reading “Biblestudy: The Commandments (Part Two)”