A Search for Identity
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon; Given 10/9/1995
God gave His approval for the destruction of the Worldwide Church of God into numerous groups, allowing heresies so He could see who really loves Him.
The Handwriting Is on the Wall (1995)
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon; Given 10/8/1995
Because restraints that once held human nature in check have been removed, the US has grown increasingly more corrupt, approaching conditions before the Flood.
The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part Twenty-Five)
Sermon; Given 9/30/1995
In Galatians, Paul took issue with the Halakhah, not God's word. Halakhah was a massive collection of human opinion that placed a yoke on its followers.
Don't Be Indifferent (1995)
Sermon; Given 9/25/1995
We cannot allow ourselves to become surfeited with the world's distractions, being lulled off to sleep as the foolish virgins, wasting our precious time.
The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part Twenty-Four)
Sermon; Given 9/23/1995
The days, months, and times of Galatians 4:10 do not refer to God's Holy Days (which are not weak or beggarly), but to pagan rites the Galatians came out of.
The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part Twenty-Three)
Sermon; Given 9/9/1995
In Colossians 2:16 and Galatians 4:9-10, Paul was warning against mixing Gnostic asceticism and pagan customs with the keeping of God's Sabbath and Holy Days.
The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part Twenty-Two)
Sermon; Given 9/2/1995
The Gnostics criticized by Paul in Colossians 2:16-17 were guilty of bringing in ritualistic ascetic discipline to propitiate demons.
Preparing for the Feast
'Personal' Article; Posted 9/1/1995
The Feast of Tabernacles is far more than a yearly vacation. It is a time set apart for both rejoicing before God and learning to fear Him.
The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part Twenty-One)
Sermon; Given 8/19/1995
The Colossian Christians were criticized by ascetics for the way they were keeping the Sabbath and holy days. Paul argues against a philosophy, not the law of God.
The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part Twenty)
Sermon; Given 8/12/1995
God has given us His Law, which shows us the way of sanctification and holiness. God is in the process of reproducing His kind — the God-kind.
God's Promises Are Sure!
'Personal' Article; Posted 8/1/1995
The story of Joseph offers lessons and encouragement regarding God's dealings with men during the time of the Feast of Trumpets.
The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part Nineteen)
Sermon; Given 7/29/1995
The spirit of the law does not do away with the letter of the law; without the letter, there is no spirit because there is no foundation. Examples show God's will.
The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part Eighteen)
Sermon; Given 7/22/1995
Paul never taught any Jew to forsake the Law of Moses, but he did warn against Pharisaical additions for the expressed purpose of attaining justification.
The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part Seventeen)
Sermon; Given 7/8/1995
The Law (including the judgments, ordinances, and statutes), far from being done away, shows us our faults and outlines the way of mercy and love—how to live.
The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part Sixteen)
Sermon; Given 7/1/1995
Righteousness consists of applying the Law's letter and/or intent. Sin constitutes a failure of living up to the standards of what God defines as right.
Wandering the Wilderness in Faith
'Personal' Article; Posted 7/1/1995
Like the Israelites, Christians must live by faith as we follow Christ through a spiritual wilderness. Faith is the vital component carries us through.
The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part Fifteen)
Sermon; Given 6/24/1995
Things written in the Old Testament were written for us. The differences in the covenants focus on justification and access to God, not doing away with the law.
The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part Fourteen)
Sermon; Given 6/10/1995
No part of God's Law has been 'done away'. Jesus came to magnify the law, giving it a far more penetrating, spiritual application. Man flounders without law.
The Holy Spirit
Sermon; Given 6/4/1995
Theologians, misapplying grammatical gender and personification, falsely deduce a phantom third person, propped up by a spurious insertion (I John 5:7-8).
La nature de Dieu: Elohim
Sermon; Given 6/3/1995
La nature de Dieu Dans ce sermon, John Ritenbaugh insiste sur le fait que comprendre Elohim nous apprend beaucoup sur la nature divine qui donne une direction à …