Playlist: Wilderness (topic)
Wilderness Wandering (Part One)
Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)The wilderness journey of the Israelites serves as a profound analogy for our spiritual pilgrimage after being called out of spiritual Egypt, a representation of the world under satan's influence. God led the Israelites out of Egypt not by the direct route through the land of the Philistines, for fear they might return upon …
Wilderness Wanderings (Part One)
Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)The concept of the wilderness in the journey of the Israelites reveals profound lessons about their prolonged path to the Promised Land. Though the distance from Goshen in Egypt to the Promised Land was short enough to traverse in a month, it took the Israelites 40 years due to their mental wandering, rooted in entrenched sin …
Numbers (Part One): Journey in the Desert
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughGod never says the Christian life would be easy or that life would always be fair. Difficulties and tests are given to test our hearts and promote humility.
Numbers: The Book of Judgment
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughWe live daily in uncharted territory, but the sobering account in Numbers provides a roadmap, establishing God's pattern of judging our pilgrimage conduct.
Deuteronomy (Part 2) (1994)
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by John W. RitenbaughDeuteronomy, which is to be reviewed every seven years, provides us with vision and instruction for living in our spiritual Promised Land.
Agape Never Fails
Sermonette by Bill OnisickIn the World Tomorrow, the majority of the water will be fresh and God's Holy Spirit composed of agape love will slake mankind's spiritual thirst.
Titus (Part Six)
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughWe have the commission to be witnesses to a corrupt society. It is in the closeness of the crowd that we have the greatest potential to grow spiritually.
Running God's Marathon With Christ
Sermon by Mark SchindlerChrist endured many more than three temptations; rather, He was tested continuously, and perhaps the intensity increased as He neared the end of His life.
The Stones of the Jordan
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Clyde FinkleaAn overlooked prophecy in Matthew 3:7-9 refers to the stones placed in the Jordan River by the priests in Joshua's time, inscribed with the law of God.
Matthew (Part Three)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughJesus resisted Satan with the knowledge of God, resisting appeals to vanity, using power selfishly resisting to lust of the flesh, eyes, and pride of life.