Playlist: Ego (topic)
Take the Red Pill
Sermonette byIf we were to consciously monitor our thoughts, we would be appalled about the percentage of our day that we are exclusively wrapped up in ourselves.
Human Will
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughHuman ego manifests as a self-centered drive that insists on personal autonomy and rejects any external authority, expressed most clearly in the defiant assertion of having lived entirely according to one's own choices. This attitude appears in the proud reflection that one carved an independent path, never yielding to the will …
Pride, Humility, and Fasting
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughEgo, expressed as pride, is the root obstacle to oneness with God. Psalm 10:4 shows that the proud do not seek God, because pride breeds self-sufficiency and blinds people to their need. Satan is the prime example: his heart was lifted up, he deceived himself into believing he could displace God, and he became king over all the …
New Covenant Priesthood (Part Twelve)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughOur forgiveness from God is conditional, depending upon our forgiving others. It is an opportunity for us to extend grace, sacrificing as Christ did for us.
New Covenant Priesthood (Part Seven)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughEgo, in the sense of inordinate self-esteem, is pride, which the source treats as the root of enmity against God and the father of much other sin. It rests on a perverted comparison in which a person sees himself as superior because he does not see God as so high above him that He is beyond comparison. Satan fell this way, …
Are You Living An Illusion?
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsThe material develops the concept of ego as the core driver of narcissism, an extreme form of human nature marked by an inflated sense of personal importance, a deep need for excessive attention and admiration, troubled relationships, and a lack of empathy for others. This ego demands constant feeding through narcissistic …
Leadership and Covenants (Part Twenty-Two)
Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)Much of Protestantism misconstrues the significance of the New Covenant as a 'free pass into Heaven' without paying attention to the Law within the Covenant.
Love's Greatest Challenges
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughAn irrational fear of loss prevents the development of agape love — we fear that keeping God's commandments will cause us to lose something valuable.
Private Religion
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughSomeone misusing piety to draw attention to themselves to enhance their reputation destroys character and they will not enter the Kingdom of God.
The March Toward Globalism (Part Eight)
Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)Satan is cultivating vessels of destruction by turning God's principles of child-rearing upside-down, encouraging permissiveness and destroying the family.
Lamentations (Part Seven)
Sermon byThe people suffering under the Babylonians had basked in the privilege of being God's chosen people while also trashing the terms of the Covenant.
Grace, Faith, and Love
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughPride condemned Satan to a fate of manipulating rather than serving. This presumptuous self-centered trait creates disunity and ultimately destruction.
New Covenant Priesthood (Part Ten)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughOur obligation toward God mandates that we love our fellow human beings, even individuals who have severely wronged us.
Amos (Part Six)
Sermon/Bible Study byThe favorite-son status of Israel was conditioned on accepting the terms of the covenant with God. Israel, then and now, has placed her trust in material things.
Ask, Seek, Knock
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughIn answer to the question, 'How can a mere human being fulfill the difficult expectations of God?', Jesus instructs us to 'Ask, seek, and knock.'
John (Part Nineteen)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughThe key to the real abundant life is to follow Christ's example of forcing His will into submission to the Father's will, even to the point of death.