Playlist: Right and Wrong, Distinguishing (topic)
Repentance and Righteousness (Part 1)
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughThe theme of distinguishing right from wrong emerges most sharply in the discussion of self-determined repentance and its dangers. When human beings attempt to decide for themselves what constitutes good and evil, apart from God's revealed standard, they repeat the very sin of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden—seizing …
Are You Being Brainwashed? (Part 1)
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsThe corruption of language and thought explored through Orwell's 1984 provides a framework for understanding how societies lose the ability to distinguish right from wrong. In the novel, the Party's doctrine of doublethink trains people to accept contradictions, believing that only the ruling power can determine truth from …
Ecclesiastes and Wisdom
Sermonette by John W. RitenbaughThere is a vital linkage between wisdom and understanding, understanding comes only through hard work and experience. Wisdom is skill in living.
Developing Discernment
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsHuman discernment can be developed and exercised, triggering early warning systems with the reactions of revulsion and confusion when confronted by evil.
Vanity (Part 2)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughSolomon's statement that all of life is vanity is only true if one is not privy to God's ultimate purpose for mankind. Paul describes what God is doing.
A Bed Too Short (Part 1)
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Charles WhitakerOur society is too connected with the present, too enamored of technology, too surfeited on abundance to pay attention to basic laws of cause and effect.
Biblical Principles of Justice (Part One)
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughAll authority for law and justice resides in God; when God is taken out of the picture, darkness and chaos dominate. God's laws create a better life and character.
Does Doctrine Really Matter? (Part Five)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughMost people have not used the Word of God as their standard of morality and conduct, but instead are allowing society and culture to shape their attitudes.
Are You Being Brainwashed? (Part 3)
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsThe media's steady stream of brainwashing has painted 'fundamentalists' with a broad brush, ridiculing faith, belief in God, Jesus Christ, and the Bible.
Satan (Part 2)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughSatan uses disinformation, spread through false ministers/prophets, teaching smooth things that destroy. We must test the spirits to ensure a teaching is from God.
Man's Greatest Challenge (Part One)
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughIt is almost impossible to make sense out of this world if we try to process the voluminous information available in these days of exploding knowledge.
The Doctrine of Israel (Part Four): God's Indictment
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughEven though Jacob's offspring have had a special relationship with God, their carnal nature led them to test God's patience, growing more corrupt than even Sodom.