Playlist: Torture (topic)

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The Price of Your Life

Sermonette by Ted E. Bowling

Films try to depict the suffering and death of Jesus Christ, but have all fallen short of presenting the full dimensions of the event—the price of our sin.


Persecution (1993)

Sermonette by Martin G. Collins

Christians have been subject to psychological abuse as well as torture. Peter says that persecution is inevitable and is often triggered by good works


Those Who Are Persecuted

Sermon by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Persecution can include harsh behaviors such as torture and murder, ultimately leading to martyrdom. In the early church, Saul of Tarsus was involved in persecuting Christians, which reached the point of murder and dragging people off to jail. Persecution runs along a wide range of hostile actions, from saying mean and false …


A Place of Safety? (Part 5)

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

Some of the greatest heroes of faith were allowed the painful experience of going through torture or being killed in tribulations and persecutions. Can we not add to these 11 of the 12 apostles? Were they not men of zeal and integrity, reflecting the very character of God? Some who were certainly not by any appearance at all …


The Rest of the Story

Sermon by Mark Schindler

In I Corinthians 11:29, we are cautioned not to partake of the Passover in an unworthy manner, a primary example of which is the shabby treatment of brethren.


This Body of Death

Sermonette by Ted E. Bowling

In ancient times, the corpse of a murdered person was attached to the murderer, allowing the body to decompose until the murderer was infected and died.


The Path to Magnificence

Sermon by Mark Schindler

We have not been uninformed about the enemy's tactics, nor about our capacity to endure. God will never forsake us, and we should never forsake one another.


Are You Being Brainwashed? (Part 2)

Sermon by Martin G. Collins

Under group or authority pressure, many people would willingly inflict torture on other human beings, especially if sanctioned by a scientist in a white coat.


Does Doctrine Really Matter? (Part Twelve)

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

The early church was invaded by Gnosticism that denigrated the 'enslavement to Yahweh, His Law, and the Sabbath,' replacing it with Greek philosophy.