Was the Early Church Socialist or Communist?
Sermonette by David C. GrabbeThe apostles never required converts to give up property as a precondition for church membership. Rather, the members voluntarily gave, retaining ownership.
An Environmental Irony
Commentary by Richard T. RitenbaughSocialist countries have polluted the environment far more than capitalist countries have. The environmentalist movement is a deplorable sham.
South Africa's Land Confiscation
Commentary by Richard T. RitenbaughThe sinister handwriting is on the wall for South Africa, hell-bent to follow the same Marxist principles which destroyed Zimbabwe.
The Obsolescing Right
CGG Weekly by Richard T. RitenbaughGod allows us to own things under Him to teach us lessons pertaining to stewardship so that we can learn to be more like Him and eventually exercise rulership.
Did the Early Church Practice Socialism? (Part One)
CGG Weekly by David C. GrabbeMany Americans advocate some form of socialism, allowing the government to regulate greater areas of everyday life. Does the Bible support this idea?
Would Jesus Christ Vote? (Part One)
Bible Study by Martin G. CollinsBecause it is not directly mentioned in Scripture, people often ask if voting is biblically condoned. The real question is, would Jesus vote?
A Government to Fear (Part Six)
Commentary by John W. RitenbaughThe US government has changed for the worse in the past 50 years, incrementally following collective dictatorships like Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia.
Land of Milk and Honey
Sermonette by Ronny H. GrahamJesus Christ will accomplish what no politician has ever been able to accomplish, to drain the putrid corrupt swamps of all failed man-made government.
Liberalism and Legalism
CGG Weekly by Richard T. RitenbaughThe conventional wisdom is that conservatism is restrictive while liberalism is liberating, but consider that a more liberal America is becoming less free.
Did the Early Church Practice Socialism? (Part Two)
CGG Weekly by David C. GrabbeThe witness of the early church was impressive because the members were personally convicted to sell what they had, not because the leadership told them to.
How Was It Accomplished So Easily? (Part One)
Commentary by John W. RitenbaughThe communists preached victimization to us; the major political party in America has picked up this theme and crammed socialism down our throats.
The Myth of Fairness
Commentary by Richard T. RitenbaughThe term 'fairness' when used by progressives means guaranteeing equal outcome by taking from the productive and giving to the unproductive.
Mightier Than The Sword (Part Sixteen)
Commentary by John W. RitenbaughThe last resistance to Marxist Communism is the family and the church, institutions under continuous attack by humanist, 'progressive' liberalism.
How Was it Accomplished So Easily? (Part Four)
Commentary by John W. RitenbaughSatan's few lying words motivated Adam and Eve to sin, acts which have affected us all. We must guard ourselves from the propaganda of the mainstream media.
Marxism in Academia: The Origins of Political Correctness
Commentary by David F. MaasHerbert Marcuse and Saul Alinsky introduced a more pragmatic form of Marxism into American academia, facilitating self-destruction by creating 'victim groups.'
Jumping Into the Shallow Pond (Part Two)
'Ready Answer' by Charles Whitaker (1944-2021)Communism presents itself as high-minded in its redistribution of wealth, producing prosperity for all. However, reality belies collectivist theory.
Globalism (Part Two): The Tents of Shem
'Prophecy Watch' by Charles Whitaker (1944-2021)Globalism is a fact of our age, but what ideas undergird it? Most of globalism's underlying principles have their origins in the Israelitish peoples.
Set Up For Success
Sermonette by Richard T. RitenbaughRichard Ritenbaugh acknowledges that young people display a proclivity to accept socialism, oblivious to the horrendous damage socialist experiments have brought to the world. Politicians of the ilk of Bernie Sanders have fomented hatred toward capitalism by comparing it to an imaginary utopia. Economist Walter Williams insists …
Is Redistribution of Wealth Biblical?
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughThe Bible shows that economic disparity is a given. Scripture teaches that we should voluntarily help the poor rather than be coerced by the government.
Mightier Than the Sword (Part Six)
Commentary by John W. RitenbaughRousseau's malignant ideas have metastasized into a virulent cancer of collectivism, socialism and Communism, the centralization of power.
How Was It Accomplished So Easily? (Part Two)
Commentary by John W. RitenbaughLike the gullible German public in the time of Hitler is the equally gullible American electorate, oblivious to the calamity which will soon befall them.
The Commandments (Part Seventeen)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughWealth accumulated by honest work and diligence will be blessed, but hastily acquired by any kind of theft or dishonesty will be cursed.
A Government to Fear (Part Seven)
Commentary by John W. RitenbaughEven though Western governments are comparatively less tyrannical than their Gentile counterparts, they too can force their ways on the populace.
How Was it Accomplished So Easily? (Part Three)
Commentary by John W. RitenbaughThe leftist takeover was accomplished not by brute force, but through unctuous prevarications — words designed to appeal to people's thinking.
Mightier Than the Sword (Part Twenty-Four)
Commentary by John W. RitenbaughJohn Dewey immersed himself in the works of Rousseau, Darwin, and Marx, applying their doctrines to his Humanist Manifesto.
The Nanny Church (Part One)
CGG Weekly by David C. GrabbeJesus does not want 'serving' through iron-fisted control and ruling by fear, nor does He mean 'benevolently' doing for them what they can do for themselves.
The Eighth Commandment
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThough God indicts Gentile nations for violent crimes, He indicts Israelitish nations for untrustworthiness and their tendency to defraud or misrepresent.
His Own Vine and Fig Tree
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughProperty rights will be held sacrosanct during the Millennium. God brings His people back to their own land, and to restore it to be like the Garden of Eden.
Handwriting on the Wall (2020): Critical Race Theory
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughThe Frankfurt School holds that race, the family, gender and religion are social constructs that are out-of-step with modern society and need dismantling.
The Eighth Commandment (1997)
'Personal' from John W. RitenbaughWe can steal by burglary, larceny, embezzlement, robbery, shoplifting, or plagiarizing. We can defraud, hold up, lift, loot, pinch, pilfer, snatch and swindle.
The Eighth Commandment
'Personal' from John W. RitenbaughThe eighth commandment seems so simple: You shall not steal. Yet, it seems that just about everyone on earth has his hand in someone else's pocket!
Are You Being Brainwashed? (Part 3)
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsThe media's steady stream of brainwashing has painted 'fundamentalists' with a broad brush, ridiculing faith, belief in God, Jesus Christ, and the Bible.
Hebrews (Part Fifteen): Chapter 2, A Mind Bending Purpose (Part Four)
Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)Even though we must cooperate in cultivating spiritual fruit, God alone creates character and takes responsibility for creating spiritual offspring.
A Government to Fear (Part Five)
Commentary by John W. RitenbaughThe Federal Government has declared a parcel of land (500,000 square acres) a Federal Monument through eminent domain, solidifying federal authority.