Playlist: Wheat Harvest (topic)
Boaz and Pentecost
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughThe name of Boaz (a type of Christ) appears many times more than Ruth (a type of the church), indicating Christ's intense work on behalf of the church.
We Are Not Just Going Fishing
Sermonette by Mark SchindlerThe Feast of Weeks (Pentecost) calls each person to come before God with a thoughtfully determined offering reflecting both physical blessing and spiritual growth.
Pentecost and Hope
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughSimeon's life serves as a precursor to that of God's called-out ones, demonstrating the elements necessary to bring a person to spiritual maturity.
Walk By Faith Not Fleece
Sermonette by Bill OnisickGod mightily used Gideon, initially a timid man who required multiple signs from God, when he began walking more by faith than sight.
Pentecost and the Book of Ruth
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughAlthough many lessons of the book of Ruth allude to Old Covenant teachings, Ruth prefigures New Covenant principles such as mercy, Christ's care, and acceptance.
Still Producing Fruit?
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughPentecost focuses on the firstfruits of the wheat harvest. This wheat harvest depicts God's harvest of firstfruits when Christ returns. God has called His people to be firstfruits. God calls Pentecost the Feast of Harvest. The Hebrew word qasir lies underneath the word harvest. This word comes to mean harvest, but the base idea …
Firstfruits to God
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughSix descriptors describe the special qualities God desires in His Firstfruits. We must continually examine ourselves to make sure these descriptors apply to us.
Gideon's 300
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughGideon incrementally moved from a position of weakness and fear to a position of strength and valor as he increasingly started to trust in God to give victory.
New, Bible-Validating Discoveries
Commentary by Richard T. RitenbaughThe discovery of a clay bulla substantiates the account of II Chronicles 34:8, which avers that Josiah appointed Ma-aseiah to serve as Governor of Jerusalem.