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What Is Repentance? (Part One)

CGG Weekly by David C. Grabbe

Repentance has fallen out of favor in mainstream Christianity, yet neither genuine baptism nor remission of sins can occur until the individual repents.


One Nation Under God (Part One)

Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Martin G. Collins

National renewal cannot take place unless there is a true turning from sin and commitment to following the Law of God.


Freedom and Security?

CGG Weekly by David C. Grabbe

Freedom and security are not mutually exclusive. But they come at the price of very great personal sacrifice: submission to God.


Divine Warning

Article by John W. Ritenbaugh

The terrorist attacks of September 11 were a divine warning, especially to God's church, to return speedily to a right relationship with Him.


Christian Reaction to Terror

CGG Weekly by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Events of this nature should be a wake up call to repent to all who survive! We should focus on our own guilt, our failure to live up to God's standards.


Katrina, Rita, Trumpets, and Judgment

Sermonette by John W. Ritenbaugh

God exercised incredible restraint and mercy considering the magnitude of our national sins. Natural disasters should lead us all to reflect and repent.


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. ...


A Cause of Terrorism

Commentary by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

God is allowing these increasing acts of terrorism as punishment for our peoples' forsaking the Covenant with Him and despising His holy law.


Is God to Blame?

'Personal' from John W. Ritenbaugh

The 9/11 bombings were tragic and terrible. Some have since asked, 'Was God involved? Is He to blame?' These tough questions have challenging answers.


Divine Warning

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

On 9/11, the political and spiritual leadership of America absolved itself from any culpability, refusing to acknowledge our national collective sins.


If You Do Not Obey My Voice

Commentary by Martin G. Collins

America's infrastructure, educational standards, and economy, etc. are beginning to flag, largely from disobedience to God's laws and squandering blessings.


Humanism Dominates

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

The secular humanists, infiltrating education, entertainment, and government, have undermined the virtue and sullied the purity of America.


What Will It Take?

CGG Weekly by David C. Grabbe

What would have to happen for us to wake up and, instead of rolling over and going back to sleep, actually turn back to God with the entirety of our being?


Liberal Lunacy (Part One)

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

Progressive humanists are neither satisfied with God's standards nor common sense, but strive to replace them with something they deem to be 'better.'


Who Is America's Greatest Enemy?

'WorldWatch' by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

The United States stands weakened by worldwide conditions, but its foreign enemies cannot match its power. Its real foe lies much closer.


Israel: Future

'Prophecy Watch' by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

What is in store for the nations of Israel? Is their future promising or bleak—or both? This article concludes a three-part series on the people of Israel.


Peace and Safety

CGG Weekly by David C. Grabbe

Without national repentance, there will be national calamity. Being the world's sole superpower matters not a whit if God is against us.


Everywhere But Up

Commentary by Joseph B. Baity

Western society is looking to technology, medicine and government for solutions to its seemingly unsolvable problems, looking everywhere but up.


A Great Victory - But!

Commentary by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

The Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade is a step back from the brink of destruction, but the moral climate of the United States has not changed.


Hananiah's Error

'Prophecy Watch' by David C. Grabbe

Hananiah made a significant mistake: prophesying good when God had called for destruction. While God's will is for good, the timing makes all the difference.


Micah (Part Three): Who Is a God Like You?

Sermon by Martin G. Collins

Micah 5 describes legal proceedings against the people who have rejected God, promising a harsh retribution but future restoration for a physical remnant.


Micah (Part One): Hope for the Hopeless

Sermon by Martin G. Collins

The prophecy of Micah had a delayed effect, taking many years before a reformer emerged on the scene. Jeremiah's life was spared because of the memory of Micah.


Zephaniah (Part Two): God's Wrath on the Whole World

Sermon by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Even though the Gentiles will be punished, only Israelites had a special relationship with God, and consequently were more accountable for their failure.


The Doctrine of Israel (Part Three): A Cycle of Rebellion

Sermon by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Israel consistently cycles through God's deliverance, apostasy through idolatry and immorality, God's chastening, national repentance, then deliverance again.


The Book of Joel (Part One)

Sermon by Martin G. Collins

When Joel describes the devastating locust plagues, instead of promising a silver lining on a very black cloud, he says things are going to get intensely worse.


Amos (Part Seven)

Sermon/Bible Study by John W. Ritenbaugh

God, through His prophets, warns that He will chasten His people with increasing severity until they repent and begin to reflect His characteristics.


Joy in Our Time

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

Attainment of calm joy does not come from anything earthly, but it comes from God, and is dependent upon inculcating godly love.


Deuteronomy and Holiness

Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)

God has provided the God-plane marriage relationship to teach us how to submit to one another, sacrificing our self-centeredness for the benefit of our spouse.


Lamentations (Part Four; 1989)

Sermon/Bible Study by John W. Ritenbaugh

The prophets and the religious leaders bear the greatest blame for the destruction by providing a quasi-religion and not teaching the Law of God.