Playlist: Sifting (topic)
All Sifted Like Wheat (Part One)
Sermon by Mark SchindlerAll are being sifted like wheat under the same circumstances as Job while strengthened and empowered to get through this just as those faithful who have gone before. God has given all into the trials and troubles of Satan's world and sifted like wheat to bring the wheat to the perfect harvest product God desires. Through Jesus …
All Sifted Like Wheat (Part Three)
Sermon by Mark SchindlerSifting like wheat is presented as an ongoing, painful, yet purposeful process by which Christ perfects those the Father has called to Him, and this sermon forms the third and concluding installment of a series exploring that theme. Sifting works through the tension between the carnal mind's love of contention and the new heart …
All Sifted Like Wheat (Part Two)
Sermon by Mark SchindlerThe sifting process described here centers on Jesus Christ's words to Peter in Luke 22:28-32, where Satan demands to sift all the disciples like grain, yet Christ prays specifically that Peter's faith will not fail, so that once restored he may strengthen his brethren. This sifting is not destructive but purposeful—it is …
Think Soberly (Part One)
Sermon by Mark SchindlerAs we examine our spiritual gifts, we must avoid any presumption that we alone carry exclusive knowledge that other church groups are too blind to see.
The Doctrine of Israel (Part Fourteen): Israel Redeemed
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughGod employs a winnowing process in selecting those who will enter the Millennium. The process includes punishment for Israel's failure to serve as priests.
Psalms: Book Two (Part Three)
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughBook II of the Psalms was written largely by David and shows how he reacts to some gruesome trials by surrendering to God's redemption.
Making Faithful Choices (Part Two)
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsGod demonstrated to Gideon, through His systematically whittling his army from 30,000 to 300, that His providence, and not Gideon's might, would bring victory.