Playlist: Western World (topic)
Has America Gone Crazy? (Part One)
Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)The condition of the Western world—understood as encompassing Europe, the United States, and Canada—serves as a framework for interpreting present social and political turmoil in America. Reflecting on a lifelong interest in history, particularly Western history, this perspective was shaped early on by Herbert …
Mightier Than The Sword (Part Twenty-Two)
Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)The identity of the Western world lies at the center of a broader argument about national ignorance and spiritual decline. A poem written by a Minnesota schoolboy in 2011 illustrates how prayer, Scripture, and the Ten Commandments have been outlawed from public schools, while moral relativism, vulgarity, and occult practices are …
Is America a Christian Nation? (Part Four)
Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)The Constitution, in some ways, makes a mockery of God's sovereignty, preferring a hodge-podge of syncretism of the world's religions.
What's So Bad About Babylon? (2013) (Part Three)
Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)Babylon is a system, virtually irresistible to the carnal mind, appealing to ambition and self-centeredness. It is far greater than any church institution.
What's So Bad About Babylon? (2013) (Part Two)
Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)Babylon's way is the culture of the Western world, having the same religious, economic, and political systems, enslaving people to the state.
The Beginning of History
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Charles WhitakerMany believe that history is progress—that mankind, along with his nature, governments, and technology, is on an inevitable course of advancement.
Leadership and the Covenants (Part Twenty-One)
Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)Prior to the Flood, mankind's thoughts and intents were evil continually. A parallel time of demonic activity is on the horizon for those living today.
Cultural Paradigms in Scripture
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughPaul had the capability of seeing the truth from several different cultural paradigms, namely from honor-shame, power-fear, and innocence-guilt continuums.