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What Is the Proper Christian Perspective on Dreams and Visions?
Bible Questions & AnswersIn times past, servants of God were given visions and dreams to convey special messages. But He does this only when the circumstances warrant.
Explaining the Unexplainable
Sermonette by Craig SablichHundreds of people claim to have experienced near death experiences where they went up to Paradise or to the gates of hell. Is this possible?
Lamentations (Part Four; 1989)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughThe prophets and the religious leaders bear the greatest blame for the destruction by providing a quasi-religion and not teaching the Law of God.
Discerning Spirits and Discerning the Body
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsBecause of the culture of deception fostered by Satan and his children, we must develop discernment to tell the difference between truth and falsehood.
The Spirit of Antichrist
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughAll of us have anti-Christ tendencies in us, and must work vigorously to root out the anti-Christ elements within ourselves and to become like Christ.
Jude
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughThe book of Jude, a scathing indictment against false teachers, may be the most neglected book in the New Testament. False teachers twist grace into license.
'I Will Pour Out My Spirit!'
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsThe outpouring of God's Holy Spirit in AD 31 represented a pivotal event in biblical prophecy and church history, marking the initial fulfillment of Joel's prophecy (Joel 2:28-32) where God's Spirit (at one time reserved only for a select few) was now poured out on all believers, regardless of age, gender, or social class. This event which began the church age merely set the stage for greater future spiritual empowerment. The function of the Holy Spirit equips individuals for service, not by overriding their free will, but instead enabling them to perform with wisdom, courage, and humility. Both Saul and David illustrate not only the gift but the sobering responsibility of Spirit-led leadership. Saul's fall and David's rise reveal how obedience and humility must be coupled to enable Spirit-led leadership. Within God's church, leadership is not determined by hierarchy or dominance, but by servanthood, emulating Christ's example of a servant and a shepherd. Individuals like Diotrephes, who desired pre-eminence, clashed with the apostle Paul's qualifications for church leaders (Titus 1:5-9; 1 Timothy 3:1-13)—integrity, self-control, and faithful leadership, traits representing the aspiration standards for all God's chosen saints, members of God's royal priesthood, empowered to bring light to a hopelessly darkened world.
Making Faithful Choices (Part Two)
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsGod demonstrated to Gideon, through His systematically whittling his army from 30,000 to 300, that His providence, and not Gideon's might, would bring victory.
Joseph: A Saga of Excellence (Part Two)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughEven though Joseph was born into a highly dysfunctional family, he nevertheless had a high batting average when it came to making the right moral choices.
Ecclesiastes and Christian Living (Part Six): Listening
'Personal' from John W. RitenbaughWhen Solomon visits the Temple, he comes away with a sense that too many treat religion far too casually, forgetting that they are coming before God.
The Book of Joel (Part Two)
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsIf the victims of the devastating plague would return to the covenant, the land would be refreshed, prosperity would return, and the years lost would be restored.
Where Is Your Heart?
CGG Weekly by Richard T. RitenbaughWhat is truly important to us? What do we really need versus what do we merely want? Where are our hearts?
The Post-Resurrection Last Words of Christ (Part Two)
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsIt is presumptuous to cast aspersions on Thomas, using the cliché 'Doubting Thomas,' as he was braver than most of us would have been in his circumstances.
Jesus Christ's Trial (Part Three)
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsPilate's attempt to be neutral in a decision that would have required courage backfired on him, causing him to utterly fail in leadership.
Vision (Part One)
Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)'I Dreamed a Dream' from Les Miserables is a poignant reminder of the personal devastation that comes from not committing to a long-term vision of a good life.
How to Survive Exile
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughGod exiles to punish for sin, separating individuals and groups from Him in order to spur repentance. There is something to exile that God finds very good.