Playlist: Disease, Spiritual (topic)
Maintaining Good Health (Part 12)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThe church is perceived in the Bible as a female body in which each member functions as a cell to support the whole. Spiritual disease occurs when foreign elements invade this body and its defensive structure is overwhelmed. The body's wall is its immune system. When this system is compromised through a series of stresses the …
Maintaining Good Health (Part 2)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughSpiritual sin creates physical illness. Spiritual filth creates physical disease. Filth physical or spiritual promotes disease. Those who promote decay, disease, and destruction will be destroyed. Satan creates degeneracy, filth of mind and body, spirit and environment. The parallels in the Bible between physical and spiritual …
Are You Dissipating Your Own Energy?
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsWe need to be on guard against dissipating our energy, becoming over-immersed in activity and busyness to the point of losing overall effectiveness.
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.
Whom the Lord Loves He Chastens (Part One)
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsIf we are not receiving God's correction or chastisement, we should be concerned! God's chastening is what He uses to sanctify His spiritual children.
Why Does God Allow Us to Be Afflicted?
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsIn God's hands, trials and afflictions are tools to produce refined character and joy, and to move us away from worldly choices and back to His purpose.
Knowing God: Formality and Customs (Part Three)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughClothing and hair length signal and reflect areas of rebellion, defiled attitudes, and spiritual health, providing a barometer of a person's character.
Flee From Idolatry (Part Two): Faithfulness
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughLike a boxer, we must exert ourselves with a broad spectrum of skills to subdue our carnal bodies, mortifying the flesh with maximum self-discipline.
What's Your Function?
Sermonette by Joseph B. Baity'Functional' refers to fulfilling the role for what was intended or performing as designed. Functional families deal with conflict, avoiding abuse or neglect.