Playlist: Sodom as a Type of the World (topic)
Life in Sodom
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughSodom serves as a vivid representation of the world in its corruption and distraction, mirroring the societal decay that Jesus Christ warns about in relation to the end times. In Luke 17, Jesus describes the days of Lot in Sodom, highlighting a society engrossed in buying, selling, planting, and building. These activities …
Leaving Sodom
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughSodom serves as a striking representation of the world, embodying its pervasive corruption and allure. The inhabitants of Sodom, known as Sodomites, were marked by violent homosexuality, but their sins extended far beyond this. They were exceedingly wealthy, living in a paradise-like region described as the garden of God, with …
Amos 5 and the Feast
Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)Sodom serves as a type of the world, illustrating a profound spiritual lesson. God identifies Jerusalem as Sodom in Revelation, highlighting the corrupt character of its people. This comparison underscores a society steeped in sin, much like the world at large, where even the observance of feasts and rituals fails to align with …
A Pillar of Salt
Sermonette by Joseph B. BaityWe have a mandate to flee idolatry and the contagion of worldliness. If we seek to save our lives by embracing worldliness, we will lose our lives.
Looking Back
Sermon by Ryan McClureSodom serves as a profound type of the world, illustrating the urgent call of God to separate from sin and the peril of lingering attachment to a corrupt environment. Just as Sodom and Gomorrah were steeped in sin, so too is the world in these times, mirroring the conditions that will prevail at the end, as God has warned. When …
Abraham (Part Nine)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughIn the narrative of Abraham and Lot, Sodom emerges as a powerful symbol of the world, embodying the dangers of entanglement with its ways. Sodom and Gomorrah stand as a permanent memorial to the children of Abraham, serving as a stark warning of the fate that befalls the ungodly. God's revelation to Abraham about the impending …
Faith (Part Three)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughFar from being blind, faith is based on analyzing, comparing, adding up from evidence in God's Word, our own experience, and our calling by God's Holy Spirit.
What's So Bad About Babylon? (2003) (Part 1)
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThe world's political, religious, economic, and cultural systems pose a danger to God's people, but God wants us to work out His plan within the Babylonian system.
Abraham (Part Six)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughAbraham was willing to lay down his life to rescue his nephew Lot. His sacrifice shows us what kind of effort and sacrifice is needed to wage spiritual war.
The Two Witnesses (Part Seven)
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughChrist's Two Witnesses will accomplished their work before the Beast kills them. Humanity will feel relief at their death, but stark terror at their resurrection.