Playlist: Heart, Incurably Sick (topic)
Harden Not Your Heart
Sermon by John O. ReidThe heart with which all are called is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked, a condition that remains hidden even from its owner and produces subtle suggestions that call evil good while crying peace where none exists. This corrupt heart supplanting, tortuous, and full of windings continually seeks to gratify pride, …
Guarding Our Vulnerable Hearts
Sermon by Clyde FinkleaThe verse from Jeremiah 17:9 is often rendered to describe the heart as deceitful above all things and desperately wicked, yet research into the underlying Hebrew terms aqov and anesh indicates that these renderings are inaccurate. The heart instead contains knowledge so deep that it remains beyond full comprehension, rendering …
The Heart's Self-Absorption
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThe heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked, a condition that renders it incurably sick and resistant to any human effort at reform. The Hebrew term rendered deceitful conveys a swelling pride, fraudulent vanity, and intentional perversion of truth designed to induce surrender of what is valuable, while the …
Communication and Coming Out of Babylon (Part 2)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughAll of us are influenced by the culture of the world, guided and inspired by the prince of the power of the air. Satan has deceived the whole world.
Human Nature: Good or Evil?
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughProgressives tend to believe that human nature is perfectible and evolving. Conservatives tend to believe that human nature is evil and must be controlled.
Living by Faith: Human Pride
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughOur human nature is pure vanity with a heart that is desperately deceitful and wicked, motivated by self-centeredness, a deadly combination for producing sin.
Original Sin and Holiness
Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)God gave Adam and Eve a neutral spirit and free moral agency; they chose the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, predisposing their offspring to sin.
Philippians (Part Eight)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughWe must willing to yield to God's shaping of us, willing to be corrected and changed as He sees fit. If we become self-satisfied, He cannot work with us.
From Pride to Humility
Sermon by John O. ReidTwo tests to reveal the presence of pride are the way we treat others (especially our own family) and the way we receive instruction or correction.
Resistance (Part Two): Solutions
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughMoses, Jonah, David, and Gideon demonstrated resistance to God's prompts, indicating that they initially feared men more than they feared God.
Values and Conversion
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughRepentance involves incorporating God's values, alien to our human nature—ones that will unify us with God and with others who accept His value system.
New Covenant Priesthood (Part Eleven)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughPride destroys relationships, rendering righteous judgment next to impossible. Self-righteousness (a product of pride) makes an idol out of self.
Discerning Spirits and Discerning the Body
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsBecause of the culture of deception fostered by Satan and his children, we must develop discernment to tell the difference between truth and falsehood.
The Ninth Commandment
Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)We must embody truth as did Jesus Christ, absolutely refusing to bear false witness in our words, our behavior, and our cumulative reputation.
Knowing Christ (Part 4)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughSanctification is the longest, most difficult, and most grueling part of the conversion process—a time when suffering and sacrifice are demanded of us.