Playlist: Treatise (topic)
Hebrews (Part Two)
Sermon/Bible Study byHebrews is addressed to a people living at the end of an era, who were drifting away, had lost their devotion, and were no longer motivated by zeal.
Hebrews: A Message for Today
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThe book of Hebrews is more like a treatise than an epistle. A treatise is a persuasive argument in writing. A treatise does not contain exhortations. A treatise is merely a detailed argument or one side of a debate. The book of Hebrews contains the most powerful exhortations in all of the Bible.
Hebrews, Love, and the Ephesian Church
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by John W. RitenbaughHebrews is not even truly an epistle. It is more like a treatise. It is not exactly a treatise either. A treatise is a persuasive argument in writing. A treatise does not contain exhortation, as Hebrews does. Hebrews contains the most powerful exhortations in the Bible. This fact gives rise to the truth that Hebrews was written …
Hebrews (Part One)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughIn terms of spiritual insight, Hebrews is a pivotal book, whose function is to bridge the purposes and themes of the Old and New Testaments.
Hebrews (Part Five): Who Was Jesus?
Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)The book of Hebrews is titled as an epistle in English language Bibles. Only the final chapter resembles other epistles. Its form is more treatise-like than an epistle from one friend to many friends. The author uses the opening paragraph to name seven qualifications briefly but with effective comprehensiveness. The author names …
Ecclesiastes and the Feast of Tabernacles (Part 1)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughEcclesiastes is a treatise containing proverbs. A treatise is a formal and systematic account of something. Most of the writings of the apostles in the New Testament are epistles that were letters. The book of Hebrews is not a letter. The closest thing that the book of Hebrews comes to is a treatise. Ecclesiastes fits into the …