Playlist: Affection, Lacking (topic)

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Without Natural Affection

Sermonette by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

In these perilous times, as foretold, society exhibits a profound lack of affection, described as being without natural affection or family love. This absence of human connection manifests in the breakdown of familial bonds, where the natural love between family members is eroded. Historical accounts from the Roman Empire reveal …

Handwriting on the Wall: Without Natural Affection

Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

In these perilous times, as described in II Timothy 3:1-5, society is marked by a profound lack of affection, termed as "unloving" or "without natural affection" in various translations. This concept, rooted in the Greek word "astorgos," signifies a heartless absence of family love, a callousness that has been building in our …

Childrearing (Part One)

Sermon/Bible Study by John W. Ritenbaugh

In the prophecy of perilous conditions during the last days, the apostle Paul lists without natural affection as one of several attitudes that arise within families. This condition, rendered in the original language as astorge , refers to the absence of the instinctive attachment that normally exists between parents and children …

Biblical Loves

Sermon by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Lacking affection appears in the material through the negative form of storge, rendered as astorge. This term denotes the absence of natural family affection or the warm, familiar bond that normally exists among parents, children, and siblings. Paul lists astorge among the traits of a debased mind in Romans 1:28-31, where people …

Never Allow Your Love to Wax Cold

Sermon by Clyde Finklea

Hosea 4:6 provides the foundation for understanding how God's people become spiritually destroyed through a lack of intimacy with Him, and this lack of affection connects directly to the broader theme of Israel's spiritual harlotry and covenant unfaithfulness. Chaim Bentorah's Hebrew word study reveals that the word for …

The Heart's Self-Absorption

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

The theme of lacking natural affection appears within Paul's list of nineteen characteristics describing the "perilous times" of the last days found in II Timothy 3:1-5, a passage that catalogs the many expressions of humanity's deceitful, incurably self-centered heart as described in Jeremiah 17:9. Paul warns Timothy that …

Joseph: A Saga of Excellence (Part One)

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

The theme of lacking affection runs through the account of Jacob's family and forms the emotional backdrop into which Joseph was born. Jacob's deep love for Rachel, established when he served fourteen years for her and never wavered throughout his life, stood in stark contrast to the way he treated Leah, who was "unloved" not …

Childrearing (Part Four)