Playlist: Love, Cost of (topic)

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Love's Emotional Dimension

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

Love, particularly the kind referred to as agape , always comes with a cost. This cost involves effort, work, and often sacrifice when one engages in acts of godly love. The ultimate example of this love is seen in God's giving of His Son as a sacrifice for mankind's sin. True love is an action directed toward the well-being of …


Love's Basic Definition

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

Love is not a feeling, but an action—defined as keeping God's commandments, the only means by which we can possibly know Him, leading to eternal life.


Deuteronomy and Holiness

Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)

God has provided the God-plane marriage relationship to teach us how to submit to one another, sacrificing our self-centeredness for the benefit of our spouse.


Leadership and Covenants (Part Twenty-Two)

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)

Much of Protestantism misconstrues the significance of the New Covenant as a 'free pass into Heaven' without paying attention to the Law within the Covenant.


It's Important to God Too (Part Two)

Sermonette by John W. Ritenbaugh

God does not do things uselessly, and certainly does not need our physical goods. Being a living sacrifice produces successful living.


Offerings (Part Seven)

Sermon/Bible Study by John W. Ritenbaugh

If we want to follow Christ, we must sacrifice, take up our cross, and follow His example of service to God and others.