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Music and Cultural Freefall

CGG Weekly by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

The lyrics of popular songs show that what is on young Americans' minds is sex, rebellion, violence, and a feeling of exclusion. This bodes ill for the future.


Cultural Paradigms in Scripture

Sermon by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Paul had the capability of seeing the truth from several different cultural paradigms, namely from honor-shame, power-fear, and innocence-guilt continuums.


America's Imminent Perfect Storm

CGG Weekly by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Is there a leader in the wings who will have the fortitude to face the coming crisis? Perhaps there is, though it appears that he has not shown his face in public.


Immigration and the Kingdom of God

'Prophecy Watch' by David C. Grabbe

Unlike Europe and the United States, God ensures that all His potential citizens will conform to His culture.


Ich Bin Heide

'WorldWatch' by Charles Whitaker

World news, events, and trends from the standpoint of biblical prophecy for November 2004.


The Whole World is Writhing

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)

Wherever secularism has gained ascendancy, it has attempted to bully and harass the religious elements of society by the tyranny of political correctness.


Learning the Right Things (Part One)

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)

The harmful things people learn thoroughly in their youth will sabotage any helpful steps to correct this earlier enslaving conditioning.


Learning the Right Things (Part Two)

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)

If parents are not gatekeepers of their children's culture, other philosophies will capture their attention and warp their perception of reality.


The Gospel of Freedom and Democracy

CGG Weekly by David C. Grabbe

For good or ill, John Winthrop's 'city on a hill' imagery has come to pass in the United States — but the light it is emitting is feeble at best.


Standing With God (Part Two)

CGG Weekly by Charles Whitaker

Wisdom counsels God's people not to rely on worldly conservatives to fight their battles for them. True Christians will find themselves using untempered mortar.


The Handwriting Is on the Wall (2002)

Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

The prophecy of Deuteronomy 28:42-49 concerns the curse of the stranger rising higher and higher above us, displacing our Israelitish culture with foreign one.


The Will of the People

CGG Weekly by David C. Grabbe

Does the public truly care about this death knell—the fact that a civilization cannot survive if the basic building block, the family, is destroyed?


Israel's Immigration Problem

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)

Economically, the alien has enslaved modern Israel by becoming the lender, putting an iron yoke around the necks of the people in the host nations.


America's Cosmopolitan Elites

CGG Weekly by Charles Whitaker

The profile of a "cosmocrat" includes his open-armed embrace of tolerance, diversity, inclusiveness, and universalism. He seeks to be all things to all people.


America the Great

CGG Weekly by David C. Grabbe

With our wealth, our power, our resources, and our technology, we have become a great nation. But it is all for naught unless we also become a good nation.


Sodom and Egypt

Sermonette by John W. Ritenbaugh

'Sodom and Egypt' in Revelation 11:8 identifies Jerusalem, but stands for all the inhabitants of modern Israel, including the US, Canada, and England.


A Quick Survey of American Christianity

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)

A nation's religions generally determine the moral standards of a nation. The United States is currently afflicted with biblical illiteracy.


9-11 and American Decadence

CGG Weekly by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

This morning marked the eighth anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center buildings in New York City by Islamic fundamentalists. ...


The Beast and Babylon (Part Two)

'Personal' from John W. Ritenbaugh

Currently, Europe is not looking very Beastly. Babylon is the world's anti-God system, and Roman institutions inspire Israelite culture even today.


Conspiracy Theory (Part Fifteen)

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)

Satan has been working in the educational system, recognizing that the educator (secular or religious) can do more lasting damage than any other leader.


Remember Lot's Wife

'Prophecy Watch' by Ted E. Bowling

Lot's wife is best known for locking back and becoming a pillar of salt. What was so important that she yearned for Sodom? The same pull can draw us away.