Playlist: Love, Perfecting (topic)
Love God, Love Neighbor
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughAs God's called-out ones, we should have a far more mature understanding of real love, which is God's love. This love is not merely a warm and fuzzy concept of coexistence, as portrayed in popular songs, but a profound connection between love for God and love for neighbor. These two are inseparably linked, and without this …
No Real Love Without God
Sermon by John O. ReidThe world today is driven by greed, hatred, and self-seeking, reflecting the way of get, rather than love. What the world truly needs is not the fleeting, worldly idea of love, but the true love of man reflected across all humanity, which alone can bring peace, harmony, joy, happiness, fulfillment, purpose, and brotherly love to …
Love
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by John O. ReidLove, as exemplified in the story of the lieutenant and the captain, is an outgoing concern for others, a decision of the will leading to right action rather than merely an emotion. The lieutenant demonstrated this agape love by serving his captain selflessly, even to the point of giving his life to save him, despite the …
Love's Importance and Source
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughGod is the source of real love; mankind by nature does not have it. It is only by knowing God that we can have this love. Godly love is a cycle that God initiates.
Love's Basic Definition
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughLove is not a feeling, but an action—defined as keeping God's commandments, the only means by which we can possibly know Him, leading to eternal life.
God's Perseverance With His Saints (Part Three)
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsThe unity Jesus appeals for with His disciples is not organizational unity, but unity within the divine nature, exampled in the unity between He and the Father.
Paul's Letter to Titus (Part 2)
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsThe last two chapters of Titus emphasize the importance of sound doctrine to neutralize the negative worldly aspects of culture and the attending heresies.