Playlist: Boredom (topic)
Are You Weary of Doing What's Right?
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsThe middle period of life poses a subtle danger in which the initial excitement of conversion gives way to familiarity and routine. The thrill of new discoveries fades, leaving one conscious that advance and development seem to have ended. This produces a sense of boredom in which the same duties are performed day after day …
Overcoming Discouragement and Depression
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsBoredom exerts a negative influence on human mood by depriving the mind and body of the balanced variety and stimulation that God designed them to require for vitality and equilibrium. As the absence or dullness of stimulation and feeling, it generates apathy, lethargy, and a sense of worthlessness that, when prolonged, prepares …
It's Enough! Now, Lord, Take My Life!
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsBoredom and loneliness harm mood because God designed minds and bodies to require balanced variety and stimulation for vitality and equilibrium. Boredom is defined as the absence or dullness of stimulation and feeling; it produces apathy, lethargy, and worthlessness. Continual boredom therefore sets a person up for depression. …
Wilderness Wandering (Part Four)
Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)We share in Christ's suffering, realizing that glory follows suffering. It may involve enduring hardship, deprivation, duress, and outright boredom.
Everlasting Consolation and Good Hope
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsGod's saints are not immune to depression. Job, Moses, and Elijah all felt so overwhelmed, they wanted God to take their lives.
Relationship with the World
Sermonette by Craig SablichDesire for companionship could lead one to become unequally yoked with an unbeliever, compromising on God's Law and yielding to the world's culture.
Christian Zeal
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughZeal has been discredited as the tool of the charlatan, but Christians must develop passion and zeal for the Christian way of life and the Kingdom of God.
Love and Fellowship
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughFellowship with God is the only antidote to overwhelming feelings of despair, doubt, and self-condemnation.
Wilderness Wandering (Part Five)
Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)Christ's suffering was not confined to crucifixion, but also consisted of rejection, humiliation, and the duress of persecution. Glory follows suffering.
Passover and I Corinthians 10
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughLike the Old Testament examples, the Corinthians had a careless presumption, allowing themselves to lust, fornicate, tempt God, and murmur.
Taking Your Priestly Responsibilities Seriously!
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsGod is training us as a holy priesthood, called to offer unblemished sacrifices, honoring His name, putting down pride, presumptuousness, and arrogance.
God's Rest (Part 3)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughLust begets a guilty conscience, agitation, anxiety, depression, grief, torment. Wrong desire leads to lying, adultery, and murder—eventually leading to death.
The Unleavened Life Is a Happy Life!
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThe Days of Unleavened Bread define our responsibility in God's plan to purge out habits, attitudes, and teachings that do not conform to God's way.
The Saudi Arabian Makeover
Commentary by Richard T. RitenbaughCrown Prince Mohammad bin Salman has given the fundamentalist, cleric-influenced regime an intense, severe punch in the solar plexus.
Leavening: The Types
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThe holy days are reliable teaching tools, emphasizing spaced repetition to reinforce our faulty memories and drive the lesson deep into our thinking.