Playlist: Meddling (topic)
Don't Meddle and Always Be Ready to Answer
Sermon by Mark SchindlerMeddling arises as a serious spiritual hazard when believers allow themselves to become entangled in the political controversies and power struggles of this world. The warning appears in the instruction that none should suffer as a meddler, a term denoting one who interferes in matters that lie outside his proper concern and …
What's So Bad About Busybodies?
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughMeddling, or acting as a busybody in others' affairs, receives stern treatment in Scripture as a sin comparable to murder, theft, or evildoing because it involves stepping outside the sphere of responsibility and authority that God has assigned to each person. The term allotriepiskopos describes one who presumes to oversee …
Gossip
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughThe apostle James says that the tongue can metaphorically start a dangerous fire. He warns that gossip, tale-bearing and being a busy-body is like murder.
What Is Happening Is Ordained of God
Sermon by Mark SchindlerAs we look at the insanity around us, we need to remember that our citizenship is in heaven. We cannot allow pride to draw us into the controversy before us.
Politics and Christ's Return
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughBecause we are set apart by God, we are not to become involved in the world's political, judicial, or military systems. Our term in office has yet to begin.
It Takes a Church
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughAs Christians, we need to form warm, productive, quality relationships with our brethren, actively ministering to the needs of one another.
"If I Have Not Charity"
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughChristianity has both an inward aspect (building godly character or becoming sanctified) and an outward aspect (doing practical good works).