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Humanism's Flooding Influence (Part Four)

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

If people turn away from God and His laws, the only way they can move is to liberalize toward non-restraint and license.


Humanism's Flooding Influence (Part One)

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

Humanism stems from the Renaissance, a time men felt free to exalt human reason and self-realization over religion and divine authority.


Humanism's Flooding Influence (Part Five)

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

Institutions which started out as Puritan theological schools (Harvard and Yale) are turning out a plethora of godless humanists.


Are Humans Becoming More Intelligent? (Part One)

Commentary by Martin G. Collins

While Daniel proclaimed that knowledge would increase in the end times, he did not debunk the stellar accomplishments of ancient civilizations like Egypt.


Humanism's Flooding Influence (Part Three)

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

James Madison and the other founding fathers realized that a democratic republic would only work in a godly, moral, or Christian administration.


Humanism's Flooding Influence (Part Two)

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

The world's religions today are steeped in humanism, leaving the church of God standing virtually alone defending God's truth in a world of falsehood.


Humanism Dominates

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

The secular humanists, infiltrating education, entertainment, and government, have undermined the virtue and sullied the purity of America.


Commencement 2007

CGG Weekly by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Your modern, cutting-edge, progressive education is not really worth all that much over the long haul. Your education has not prepared you for life.


How Far Have We Really Come?

CGG Weekly by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

We like to think of ourselves living in the most advanced civilization that has ever graced this fair planet. But we should define 'advanced.'


What's in the Bucket? (Part One)

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

The last three American generations have had their minds poisoned, such that they unquestioningly embrace socialism and deviant lifestyles as the norm.


Mightier Than The Sword (Part Fourteen)

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

Ralph Waldo Emerson's insistence that every person is free to be his own god served as the underpinnings of the ascendant, emergent religion of humanism.


Mightier Than the Sword (Part Two)

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

Apostate philosophers such as Thomas Aquinas sought to elevate human reason above the knowledge of God, compartmentalizing secular from sacred knowledge.


Mightier Than the Sword (Part Ten)

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

Three English humanistic philosophers were closely related in ideas and outlook, namely Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, and Bertrand Russell.


Mightier Than the Sword (Part Four)

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

John Locke rejected all contact with any influence of the will of God, promoting secular liberty and human reason as the final arbiter of all truth.


Persecution From the Nones?

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

From 1950 to the present, the secular progressives called the Nones have risen from 3% to 20% of the population. This group has a Leftist political ideology.


No Meeting of the Minds

CGG Weekly by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

People in the world are functioning and reasoning on one wavelength and Christians on another, and the two are diametrically opposed.


The Remaking of America

Commentary by Mark Schindler

A new wave of billionaires, having rejected the conservative values of their elders, embrace multiculturalism, homosexuality, climate change and collectivism.


America's Most Powerful Religion

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

When pastors abandon their responsibility to uphold God's Law, government steps in to fill the gap, basing its decisions on humanism rather than true morality.


Liberal Haters of God

CGG Weekly by Charles Whitaker

To secularists, faith in the unseen God is incomprehensible and irrational. They view it as divisive to the coherence of society, as well as destructive.


How Did Europe Get This Way?

'WorldWatch' by David C. Grabbe

The Europe of the past few decades has honestly earned the label of 'that vast plain of irreligion.' Ironically, religion caused its secularization.


Bloodshed Upon Bloodshed

CGG Weekly by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Philosophically, the belief in the innate goodness of human nature has been a part of the liberal mind at least as long as the ideas of Mencius, Confucius, and Plato.


The Fruit of Existentialism

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

Progressives, oozing with pride, have brainwashed young people into embracing evil, godless propaganda, embracing immorality and ethical relativism.


Victims of Existentialism

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

Existentialism, a philosophy of humanism, became a major force in America following World War II, ushering in a steep moral decline that has continued unabated.


Mightier Than the Sword (Part Nineteen)

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

Without the acknowledgement of God, epistemology has no authority to set humanistic standards in place of the Creator.


Mightier Than the Sword (Part Three)

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

Jesuit-educated Rene Descartes never embraced religion, but instead apostatized by setting his own experience as his parameters of creation.


Mightier Than The Sword (Part Seventeen)

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

Legions of 'progressive' humanist academics of American and European universities have proclaimed Marx the most influential voice of the last millennium.


Conspiracy Theory (Part Fourteen)

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

Pragmatism relies on what is convenient rather than what is right, cowardly kicking the can down the road for future generations to pick up.


Has America Gone Crazy? (Part Two)

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

The word 'crazy' comes from the image of an object full of cracks. It implies that a crazy person is so untrustworthy that he must be handled with caution.


American Conservatism (Part Two)

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

American conservatism is judged more harshly because its tenets took root in biblical principles advanced by the Puritans.


A Truly Threatening Time

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

Progressive judicial powers have succeeded in taking away the civil rights of Christians, who can no longer practice their beliefs in the public square.


In the Wake of an Unnatural Disaster (Part One)

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

The past 70 years has seen a systematic undermining of morality by humanists, and a bizarre redefinition as to what constitutes normal and abnormal.


America's Imminent Perfect Storm

CGG Weekly by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Is there a leader in the wings who will have the fortitude to face the coming crisis? Perhaps there is, though it appears that he has not shown his face in public.


How Did We Get This Way?

Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

Secularism, founded on the philosophical underpinnings of Rousseau, is, in effect, the official state religion for the majority of our nation.


Is Education the Answer? (Part 2)

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

Education is the answer to life's problems, but only if it is founded on godly knowledge. Modern conveniences do not always make our lives better.


Why We Homeschool

CGG Weekly by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

A growing number of conservatives, frustrated with both the iron grip of liberals on the country's educational system, have opted to teach their children at home.


Identity as Sovereign

CGG Weekly by David C. Grabbe

With mankind as the pinnacle and the undisputed authority, and one's Identity unassailable, we are left with a whole planet of little sovereigns.


A Christian Nation?

CGG Weekly by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

A new atheistic force is arising, and it is using its dominance of the culture and the courts to drive Christianity out of the temples of our civilization.


Conspiracy Theory (Part Ten)

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

Satan has been using advances in technology to advance his agenda to neutralize religious liberty, replacing it with a 'progressive', humanistic agenda.


God, Allah, Rick, and John

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

Rick Warren, the energetic and ambitious founder of the Purpose Driven Church movement, is now seeking to syncretistically merge Islam and Christian faiths.


America's Cosmopolitan Elites

CGG Weekly by Charles Whitaker

The profile of a "cosmocrat" includes his open-armed embrace of tolerance, diversity, inclusiveness, and universalism. He seeks to be all things to all people.


A Government To Fear (Part Two)

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

The 'religious' communities of America are so biblically ignorant that they have learned to tolerate immorality, accepting lying in governmental leaders.


Christians and Evolution

'WorldWatch' by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Though seemingly large and increasing numbers of clergy and churches accept evolution, they are in reality a rather small percentage of professing Christians.


A Government Like the Nations

CGG Weekly by David C. Grabbe

Sometimes God's most effective judgment is to give His people what they want and let them suffer for it.


Mightier Than the Sword (Part One)

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

Apostasy in nominal Christianity has come from major philosophers, serving as 'educators' within the worldly churches, causing great damage with their pens.


American Conservatism (Part Three)

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

The partisan interview conducted by ABC's David Muir is an example of how shamefully low the media have stooped to destroy the reputation of a public official.


Mightier Than the Sword (Part Thirteen)

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

Although Transcendentalism as a movement never had an abundance of adherents, Emerson's teachings did permeate the schools of philosophy of the Ivy League.


Today's Brand of Tolerance

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

'Tolerance,' as used by progressives, does not reflect real tolerance at all, but instead an adamant hatred of anything associated with God and His words.


Leaving Christianity Behind

'WorldWatch' by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Millennials are changing the face of the nation, transforming society on both public and private matters and rejecting Christianity for humanist values.


Hope to the End (Part Two)

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

We need these horrific times and conditions to learn the consequences of foolish decisions in order to ensure that nothing like this ever happens again.


Persecution Edges Closer

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

Religious freedom is grave danger from trust in humanist leaders. If murder does not matter to the government, the Sabbath and holy days are but trifles.


Liberalism, in the News Again

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

Conservatism is a political philosophy that calls for stability and the protection of established institutions. Liberals think conservatives are stuck in the past.


What 'The Bible and Its Influence' Will Teach

CGG Weekly by David C. Grabbe

The liberal media and National Education Association strive to banish every hint of Christianity from public school. Surprisingly, one 'Bible class' is allowed.


Politics and Christ's Return

Sermon by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Because we are set apart by God, we are not to become involved in the world's political, judicial, or military systems. Our term in office has yet to begin.


Loving God's Law: The Thread of Reality

Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by David F. Maas

God considered His law so important that He sent His Son to pay for the penalties we have accrued against it, giving us also a model as to how to keep the Law.


The Symmetry of History (Part Two)

'Prophecy Watch' by Charles Whitaker

There can be no doubt that the past five centuries or so have been markedly different from the Medieval and Classical periods of Western history.


Today's Christianity (Part One): Christianity Goes Global

'Prophecy Watch' by Charles Whitaker

Americans and Europeans once provided the driving force behind mainstream Christianity, but Asians, Africans, and Latin Americans are now re-energizing it.


The Thinking Mind

Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Martin G. Collins

In the current toxic culture, we have been warned not to be conformed to the world, but to become transformed into the glorious likeness of Christ.


Conspiracy Theory (Part Eight)

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

People who are Satan's pawns in this conspiracy have no idea they are being manipulated. The religion of secular humanism binds the enterprise together.


Are You Looking for Some New Thing? (Part 1)

Sermon by Martin G. Collins

Man's obsession with new things most often turns out to be a recycled idea from the past attempting to satisfy the irrepressible itch for novelty.


You Will Become Like God!

Commentary by Martin G. Collins

We have been promised a dazzling future as indestructible Spirit beings. Nothing we could fashion with our hands or minds could compare with that.


The Cultural Moral Norm

Commentary by Martin G. Collins

Shockingly, two-thirds of the American populace believe truth is relative, while only one-third believe in absolute standards.


Mightier Than the Sword (Part Twenty-Four)

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

John Dewey immersed himself in the works of Rousseau, Darwin, and Marx, applying their doctrines to his Humanist Manifesto.


Conspiracy Theory (Part Nine)

Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh

The belief that technology has made us better is really a facade, masking the reality that intangible factors of love and hope have hopelessly deteriorated.


The Importance of God's Word

Commentary by Charles Whitaker (1944-2021)

II Thessalonians 2:6-7 speaks of a force capable of restraining the emergence of the man of lawlessness. God's word and revelation is what restrains iniquity.


Hijacking Peace

Sermonette by Joseph B. Baity

The world has no idea where peace comes from because they have long ago rejected the Prince of Peace and His prescription for tranquility.


Leadership and the Covenants (Part Twenty-One)

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

Prior to the Flood, mankind's thoughts and intents were evil continually. A parallel time of demonic activity is on the horizon for those living today.


Immigration and the Kingdom of God

'Prophecy Watch' by David C. Grabbe

Unlike Europe and the United States, God ensures that all His potential citizens will conform to His culture.