Playlist: Conscience, Unreliability of (topic)
Conscience (Part 2)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughConscience cannot be regarded as a fully reliable guide to right and wrong because it is not a faculty God installs completely at birth; rather, it develops according to a person's education and life experience, meaning its intensity and accuracy vary widely from one individual to another. Since conscience can only function …
Conscience (Part 1)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughConscience emerges as a faculty of the mind that discerns moral rightness or wrongness, functioning as knowledge experienced together with awareness—essentially, man's moral self combined with his thinking capacity. Yet this faculty is shown to be dangerously unreliable because it is not something God installs at birth; …
Conscience (Part 3)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughLawful behavior with a wrong attitude, motivated by pride, displaying lack of sensitivity to others or lack of wisdom, also constitutes sin.
The Commandments (Part One)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughWhat have we accepted as our authority for permitting ourselves to do or behave as we do — our value system, our code of ethics or code of morality?
The Commandments (Part Two)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughIdolatry constitutes the fountainhead from which all other sins flow, all of which amplify obsessive self-centeredness and self-indulgence.
The First Commandment: Idolatry
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughIdolatry is the most frequently committed sin, seen in five commandments. God challenges us to either defend our body of beliefs or drop them in favor of His.
God, Allah, Rick, and John
Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)Rick Warren, the energetic and ambitious founder of the Purpose Driven Church movement, is now seeking to syncretistically merge Islam and Christian faiths.
Sin (Part Three)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThough influenced by Satan and the world, sin is still a personal choice. Christ's sacrifice and God's Spirit provide our only defense against its pulls.
Faith and the Calendar (Part Two)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThe real issue in the calendar controversy is not astronomical, but faith in God's sovereignty, providence, and His right to assign responsibility.