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Here's to Your Good Health!
'Personal' from John W. RitenbaughMaintaining good health is a vital part of our duty to glorify God. We should study health and ourselves so we can maintain the temple of the Holy Spirit.
Maintaining Good Health (Part 1)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughStewardship of our bodies is (like the Levitical maintenance of the temple) an aspect of holiness, strengthening our relationship with Jesus Christ.
Maintaining Good Health (Part 2)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThe cleanliness laws in Leviticus, prescribing cleansing and quarantine, apply to the spiritual dimension as well. God will not tolerate uncleanness.
Maintaining Good Health (Part 9)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughGood spiritual health follows the same patterns and laws as do physical and psychological health. Any permanent change in character must come from within.
Maintaining Good Health (Part 12)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThe church of God today resembles a patient languishing from a deadly disease, resulting from a diet of spiritual junk food and neglecting the bread of life.
The Microbe is Nothing, the Terrain is Everything
Commentary by Bill OnisickWe should be more concerned about a compromised immune system than about germs. Instead of fearing the virus, we should fear breaking God's health laws.
Antibiotic Doomsday Scenario
Commentary by Martin G. CollinsOver 50% of the prescribed antibiotic drugs are unnecessary and are actually strengthening the pathogenic bacteria, turning them into killer diseases.
Our Reasonable Service
Sermonette by Bill OnisickOne really cannot have proper spiritual health without maintaining a physical regime of diet, exercise, and rest. We have a responsibility to educate ourselves.
'Never Events'
Commentary by Martin G. CollinsMedication error constitutes the deadliest form of 'never events.' The medical community seems more interested in managing disease than in finding its cause.
Our Genetically Altered Foods (Part Two)
Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)We do not face an immediate lack of food today, but we face a situation where the only food we can acquire does not function in the way God designed.
Romans 14, Judging, Food, and Sin
Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)We need to be careful about what we consume, but we cannot be judgmental if a brother cannot afford organically grown food and must depend on inferior food.
Fluoride, the Chemical Weapon
Commentary by Martin G. CollinsFluoride is the main ingredient in nerve gas, rat poison, and intensifies the danger of tooth decay, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes and other maladies.
Our Genetically Altered Foods (Part One)
Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)In this time of GMOs, we cannot always be sure of the purity of the food we consume. Judging one another for carelessness is not an option open to us.
A Tale of Two Frenchmen
Commentary by Charles Whitaker (1944-2021)Comparing Pasteur's Germ Theory with Béchamp's Terrain theory reveals that the latter is more descriptive of the biological landscape as created by God.
Stewardship of God's Temple (Part Three)
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by David F. MaasHumanity has been disobeying the laws of sleep and rest, leading to a cumulative sleep-debt which has shortened and deteriorated the quality of their lives.
Stewardship of God's Temple (Part Two)
Sermon by David F. MaasEven though individuals do not necessarily practice spiritual fasting for physical reasons, the physical benefits supply types that teach us spiritual things.
WiFi: Why Die?
Commentary by Martin G. CollinsWe must educate ourselves about this invisible threat; neither industry nor government have been truthful regarding the dangers of this type of radiation.
Stewardship of God's Temple (Part One): Controlling Our Appetites
Sermon by David F. MaasAfter God's calling, the human body becomes the temple of God's Spirit, a reality which obliges us to care for our bodies because they belong to God.
Eating: How Good It Is! (Part One)
'Personal' from John W. RitenbaughThe Bible frequently uses analogies from physical life to explain spiritual principles. There are over 700 references to eating in Scripture.
Fooling With the Code
'Prophecy Watch' by Richard T. RitenbaughScience has ventured into the field of genetics, an area traditionally considered part of God's exclusive domain as Creator. How will God react?
Faith and Healing (Part One)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughWe have a responsibility to analyze our health needs, continually adjusting and changing as we learn, faithfully maintaining the temple of God's Spirit.
Eating: How Good It Is! (Part Five)
'Personal' from John W. RitenbaughBoth food and information are readily available in the West. What is our approach to them? Our attitude toward and application of them makes all the difference.
Gluttony: Sin of Lust and Greed (Part One)
Article by Martin G. CollinsAmerica has grown fat, and the sin of gluttony plays a part in it. Obesity is dangerous physically, but it also has a spiritual side.
Faith in the Healer
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughWe must establish an iron clad trust in God for spiritual matters, including healing, rather than having a misguided trust in self or other human beings.
Vaccine Policy
Commentary by Richard T. RitenbaughGod's church, though responsible to preach scriptural principles on God's health laws, including vaccines, does not dictate how God's people choose.
Blessings We Could Have Had
Sermon by Kim MyersDespite Abraham's loyalty to God's covenant, Abraham's offspring have violated this covenant, thanklessly squandering the blessings and reaping curses.
Hope to the End
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughPeter, while warning about impending suffering, nevertheless distinguishes himself as the apostle of hope, keeping our minds on what is to be rather than what now is.
The Seven Laws of Success
Herbert W. Armstrong BookletWHY are only the very few—women as well as men—successful in life? Just what is success? Here is the surprising answer to life's most difficult problem.