Playlist: Proud, The (topic)
What Do We Have to Be Proud Of? (Part Two)
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughBelievers often rely on worldly philosophy rather than divine revelation, ignoring the fact that all gifts and abilities are received from God rather than earned.
Narcissists! Get Real!
Commentary by Martin G. CollinsPride in the Bible is always on the verge of being humbled and eventually brought low. If we desire to avoid being brought low by God, we must work at humbling ourselves daily. We must constantly monitor our motivations, judging our own thoughts and actions before God has to intervene and bring us down in a painful manner. The …
From Pride to Humility
Sermon by John O. ReidPride emerges as the defining spiritual danger of the Laodicean era, a subtle but deadly attitude that God hates and that, if unrepented, will bar entrance into the Kingdom. Living in a wealthy, self-sufficient, anti-authoritarian nation fosters the same lukewarm self-satisfaction condemned in Revelation 3, where material …
Pride, Humility, and Fasting
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughPride stands revealed as the fundamental barrier separating humanity from God, a theme rooted in Psalm 10:4, which states that the wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God, because God is not in his thoughts. For those already called, seeking God does not mean finding Him for the first time, since He …
Living by Faith: Human Pride
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughOur human nature is pure vanity with a heart that is desperately deceitful and wicked, motivated by self-centeredness, a deadly combination for producing sin.
Faith (Part Seven)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughPride is a perverted comparison that elevates one above another. Because of its arrogant self-sufficiency, it hinders our faith. Faith depends on humility.
New Covenant Priesthood (Part Seven)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughPride is an invisible, internal spiritual condition that originated in Satan and is communicated to mankind. Its core is a perverted comparison: the proud fail to see God as beyond comparison, and so exalt themselves above Him and others. Proverbs 21:4 shows pride preparing the way for sin as plowing prepares the ground, and …
New Covenant Priesthood (Part Nine)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughPride elevates one above God, denigrating any dependence upon God, replacing it with self-idolatry. We ought to boast or glory in the Lord instead of ourselves.
The Christian Walk (Part Four): Mutual Submission in Godly Fear
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughAmericans have a hard time submitting to authority and like to consider themselves as sovereigns, having the last say over anything including church doctrine.
Abomination
Sermonette by Martin G. CollinsThe common synonyms for abomination include loathing, hateful, abhorrence, evil anathema, repugnance, and disgusting. It is something which ignites hatred.
Atonement, Fasting, and Isaiah 58
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughTrue fasting is not outward ritual but inner transformation: breaking sinful patterns, seeking reconciliation, and preparing to serve others selflessly.
Spiritual Renewal
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsPaul admonishes the Corinthians to resist contentions, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambition, backbiting, whispering, slander, conceit, and agitation.