Playlist: National Defeat (topic)

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Extreme Environmentalism and National Security

Sermonette by Charles Whitaker (1944-2021)

Ezekiel 7:14 contains a chilling description of a summons to battle followed by a refusal to defend the home country. This prophecy pertains to the nations of Israel.


The Goodness and Severity of God

Sermon by Charles Whitaker (1944-2021)

On the heels of destruction will come the forces of reconciliation. The forces of destruction and construction will appear to be virtually simultaneous.


Amos (Part Twelve)

Sermon/Bible Study by John W. Ritenbaugh

God will do what He must to bring Abraham's seed to repentance and salvation, including allowing crisis, hardship, humiliation, and calamity.


Amos (Part Eleven)

Sermon/Bible Study by John W. Ritenbaugh

Ancient Israel had at the core of its religion an obsession to please the self at the expense of justice and the best interests of the disadvantaged.


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.


Lamentations (Part Two; 1989)

Sermon/Bible Study by John W. Ritenbaugh

Jerusalem recounts her sins as a nation, depending on her own strength or on her lovers (political alliances) rather than upon God.


Psalms: Book Two (Part Four)

Sermon by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Eight of the psalms of Book Two were not written by David, but by Asaph, the sons of Korah, and Solomon. These psalms have more of a group emphasis.


Knowing God

Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

To fulfill one's purpose, one must be singularly focused on what one wants to accomplish. Divided minds result in no productivity or even devastation.


Psalms: Book Three (Part Two)

Sermon by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Book Three of the Psalms addresses the compulsion to fast and to mourn. Judah's faithlessness brought about the horrific destruction of Jerusalem on Av 9.