Playlist: Interdependence (topic)
God's Perseverance With His Saints (Part Three)
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsThe unity Jesus appeals for with His disciples is not organizational unity, but unity within the divine nature, exampled in the unity between He and the Father.
Together We Stand - But on What?
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsPaul, using the body analogy in I Corinthians, focuses on the need for unity and inter-relatedness by concentrating upon sound doctrine.
The Mystery of the Church (2005)
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsPaul's body analogy illustrates the interconnectedness of all members to Jesus Christ and to each other. Not one is unimportant or useless.
The Measure of Christ's Gift
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsJesus selected disciples with disparate temperaments, unifying them to accomplish a steadfast purpose. God disperses a wide diversity of spiritual gifts.
Serving the Brethren Through Prayer
Sermon by Ted E. BowlingChristians are joined together as members of one spiritual body in which each individual part is essential to the health and function of the whole. This interdependence is expressed first through brotherly love that moves beyond feeling into deliberate acts of preferring one another in honor. Such love reflects God Himself and …
Jesus the Door
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughJohn 10:7-10 proclaims that Jesus is the door of the sheepfold or corral. If we follow Him in and out, we will have abundant life, now and in the Kingdom.
Liberty vs. Independence
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughWe have been liberated from the degeneration of sin, the fear of death, corruption, and the elements of this world. If we live righteously, we remain free.
Marriage and the Bride of Christ (Part One)
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsWives are admonished to submit to their husbands, children to their parents, servants to their overseers, and we all are admonished to submit to one another.
Confessions of a Sinner
Sermonette by Joseph B. BaityHow we handle our own sins and those of others proves foundational, particularly through confessions to one another in appropriate circumstances.
Money and Balancing Prosperity
Sermonette by John W. RitenbaughChrist enlarged the concept of success beyond individual achievement to encompass group success through cooperation and sharing, teaching that personal self-assertiveness must be balanced by larger loyalties and responsibility toward others, including the use of wealth. This principle of interdependence arises because no one …
Marriage and the Bride of Christ (Part Three)
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsIn the order of creation, the husband was designated as the leader. From the Garden of Eden to the present, there have been problems with this arrangement.