Playlist: Balances and Scales (topic)
The Eighth Commandment
Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)Though God indicts Gentile nations for violent crimes, He indicts Israelitish nations for untrustworthiness and their tendency to defraud or misrepresent.
Lacking Nothing (Part Two)
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsDisobedience to God paves the road to scarcity and economic slavery. Moral debasement leads to debasement of currency, which leads to economic enslavement.
The Commandments (Part Seventeen)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughWealth accumulated by honest work and diligence will be blessed, but hastily acquired by any kind of theft or dishonesty will be cursed.
Lacking Nothing (Part Three)
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsWe should reduce expenses today in order to be free tomorrow. Debt is designed to bring people under subjection; the debtor is always the servant.
The Same Plumb Line
Commentary by David C. GrabbeA former president was sexually immoral, lied with impunity, and misused his position. The same is true of the current one. Will we apply God's standard equally?
Micah (Part Three): Who Is a God Like You?
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsMicah 5 describes legal proceedings against the people who have rejected God, promising a harsh retribution but future restoration for a physical remnant.
Keeping God's Standards
Sermon by John O. ReidGod's law will be the spiritual weights and measures in the Kingdom, but until then, we must glorify God by keeping these standards as a bright light.
Urgency to Get Closer to God
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Kim MyersThe time when the offspring of Jacob are going to pay the piper is rapidly closing in. We must cultivate a sense of urgency in our relationship with God.
Walking the Tightrope
Sermonette by Bill OnisickOur calling could be compared to tightrope walking, in which balance and proportion must be assiduously maintained and elements are in correct proportion.
Color In Scripture
Sermon/Bible Study by Richard T. RitenbaughThe Hebrews perceived color differently than we do, assigning symbolic significance to a number of different colors as they associate with concrete objects.