Playlist: History, Forgetting (topic)
Handwriting on the Wall: Forgetfulness
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughManasseh received his name because God had made Joseph forget all his toil and his father's house, a designation that the transcript presents as belonging in a significant way to Manasseh's descendants. The name implies a national tendency to be forgetful or actively to want to forget the past, allowing the people to start over …
Lest We Forget
Commentary by Mark SchindlerThe persecution of so-called heretics under Pope Innocent IV's 1252 decree, which authorized torture against the Cathars and laid groundwork for later Inquisitions, illustrates a recurring historical pattern: the collusion of church and state used to suppress those who diverged from imposed orthodoxy. Though the Cathars …
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.
Never Forget
Sermon by Ryan McClureAfter Adam and Eve sinned, God provided them a vivid introduction to death, perhaps killing an animal in their presence to make tunics for them to wear.
Things Pertaining to the Kingdom!
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsBetween Christ's resurrection and ascension, He appeared to His disciples 10 times within 40 days, instructing them about things pertaining to the Kingdom.
The Doctrine of Israel (Part Fifteen):The Israel of God
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughThe top priority for the Israel of God is to cooperate with Him as He develops godly character through their mortifying the old man and putting on the new man.
Many Are Called, But Few Are Chosen (Part Three)
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsChrist cautions the Pergamos congregation to shun the doctrine of the Nicolaitans. The Church suffers when it harbors those who compromise and offend.
The Patterns of God
Sermon by John O. ReidGod's people have repeatedly refused to hear His warnings, and He answers their deafness with correction. He set watchmen over Israel saying, "Listen to the sound of the trumpet," but they replied, "We will not listen" (Jeremiah 6). Their ear is uncircumcised, His word is a reproach to them, and they take no delight in it. In …
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.
A Government to Fear (Part Three)
Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)Secular-progressives are increasingly winning legal cases because of the enormous ignorance of the populace of both religious and civic knowledge.