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Two Arks of Salvation
Sermon by Ted E. BowlingThe Hebrew word tebah refers to a floating storage box or chest used to keep a living person alive on water. God instructed Noah to construct an ark of this type with specific dimensions, a window, a door, and multiple decks but with no rudder or means of propulsion. The vessel had no ability to navigate and its sole purpose was to stay afloat while keeping its occupants alive during the flood. God served as the navigator of the ark. The same word tebah describes the small vessel in which the infant Moses was placed among the reeds. That ark likewise had no means of steering and its purpose was to remain afloat. God protected Moses from the current and navigated the vessel. Both arks received a covering of pitch inside and out to prevent water from entering. Both vessels operated under divine protection with God in total control at every moment. The occupants of each ark experienced physical salvation through this arrangement as their lives were preserved while they remained inside.
Places of Safety
'Prophecy Watch' by StaffWhile an end-time Place of Safety is possible, we should not discount God's ability to protect us anywhere. In Christ, we find our safest place.
Faith to Face the Fire
'Ready Answer' by StaffWe sometimes mistake faith for certainty about God's will. However, faith is not knowing what God will do but trusting Him to do what is best for us.
Servant of God, Act II: God's Gift of Faith
Article by Charles WhitakerThe story of Ebed-Melech goes far beyond a historical vignette. His story is an allegory of God's grace to the Gentiles.
Psalms: Book Four: A New Day Dawns
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughPsalms 97 and 98 describe the military exploits of Jesus and the saints cleaning up the defiled earth preparing for a future event described in Revelation 21:2-13.
Promised: Protection and Healing
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughGod gives several conditions for receiving protection and healing, including God's sovereignty, God's purpose, and one's level of growth.
The Great Flood (Part Five)
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughThe 'giants' in Genesis 6 could have been large for average human beings, but the giant aspect should be applied metaphorically as the movers and shakers.
Acts (Part Six)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughThe early church had confidence in God's sovereignty, realizing that no human authority could thwart God's power. This conviction gave them strength.
Psalms: Book Five (Part One): Psalms for the Winter Blues
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughWinter is a time of cold, darkness, and sadness. As many as 10% of people in northern areas have Seasonal Affective Disorder. The Psalms for winter can help.
Faithful Travelers on a Spiritual Journey
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsPhysical salvation involves the rescue of Noah and his family through the Flood and their delivery into the new water-washed world. Physical effort was required of Moses and the Israelites when God rescued them from Egypt and delivered them to the Promised Land. As God delivered the Israelites into the physical Promised Land, so we are being delivered into our spiritual Promised Land. Physical effort is required when stirred to action to reject the world and follow Christ. God evaluates mental effort and counts some worthy of delivery based on conditions of submission to His will. The Bible presents multiple stories of physical deliverance from harm into safety.
Can We Win People For Christ?
'Ready Answer' by David C. GrabbeMost of the Christian world believes that it is the duty of believers to 'win people for Christ.' Yet the whole counsel of God reveals a larger reality.
How God Deals With Conscience (Part Five)
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsJoseph knew and recognized his brothers before they knew him, even as God knows our guiltiest secret sins that we think we have effectively hidden.
He Lives, We Live
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughRedemption is useless to mortal beings without God's gift of eternal life (I Corinthians 15:19), which God made possible through Christ's resurrection.
Are You Feeling Guilty Of Past Sins?
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsSometimes Christians fixate on past sins. But we cannot experience the joy of salvation while obsessing on past sins. Christ's blood covers sins repented of.