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Doing Righteousness
Sermon by Kim MyersGod's church, because it co-exists with the unrighteousness of the world, is in danger of becoming corrupted or leavened by the world's example.
Whose Morality Are We Following?
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsMoral legislation over the years has steadily eroded because liberal leaders have rejected biblical standards of morality in favor of personal choice.
Forms vs. Spirituality (Part 1)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughLove, justice, mercy, and fidelity (the weightier matters of the law) God desires more than meticulous, mechanical religiosity.
Thinking the Righteous Way
Sermonette by Clyde FinkleaSin begins in thought before it ever becomes an action. Psalm 119:11 teaches we must hide God's Word in our hearts so we will not sin against Him.
A Rewired Society (Part One)
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughWe are being rewired, with the social Internet and media dangerously altering thought processes, making young and old more susceptible to believing lies.
Debased Sodom
Sermon by James C. StoertzUnrighteousness forms the opening element in the catalog of twenty-three attributes that mark a debased mind. This condition arises after a progressive descent that begins with rejection of God despite clear revelation, advances through idolatry and dishonoring of the body, reaches sexual perversion, and culminates when God gives people over to a mind incapable of reasonable self-reflection. The resulting state is characterized by unrighteousness together with sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness, envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness, whispering, backbiting, hatred of God, violence, pride, boasting, invention of evil things, disobedience to parents, lack of discernment, untrustworthiness, absence of natural affection, implacability, and mercilessness. Those who practice such things know the righteous judgment of God yet continue in them and approve of others who do the same. The same pattern of cause and effect appears in the account of Sodom. Its inhabitants displayed pride, fullness of food, abundance of idleness, refusal to strengthen the poor and needy, haughtiness, and abomination, producing a society whose unrighteousness invited decisive judgment. The narrative links this unrighteousness to an earlier post-Flood recurrence of the pre-Flood condition in which every intent of human thought was only negative continually. In the present age the same sequence operates. Rejection of God and His created order leads to idolatry, lust, and sexual deviance, after which societies exhibit the full list of debased traits headed by unrighteousness. Wealth, idleness, and self-sufficiency foster pride and covetousness that spill into crime and oppression of the needy, while leaders exalt vileness and nominal religious institutions accommodate prevailing standards. The resulting culture mirrors Sodom yet exceeds it in corruption, demonstrating that unrighteousness, once entrenched, blinds its practitioners to their own condition and accelerates the slide toward judgment. The material therefore presents unrighteousness not as an isolated moral failure but as the inevitable first fruit of a mind turned away from God, a condition that now pervades the modern world and calls for decisive separation.
Elements of Judgment (Part Two)
Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)None of God's law has been 'done away', though there is not always a literal application. Not every law of God has the same weight of importance.
Knowing God: Formality and Customs (Part Five)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThe notion that it does not matter what we wear if our heart is right on the inside is foolish. Our clothing ought to reflect our inward character.
Conscience (Part 2)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughA conscience can only function according to what it knows, and will automatically adjust in the way it is exercised. Conscience follows conduct.
Prepare to Meet Your God! (Part Four)
Article by John W. Ritenbaugh and Richard T. RitenbaughIsrael rejected God's truth, rejecting God Himself. In this way, God became their enemy. When they refused to repent, His wrath was not long in coming.
Self-Government and Responsibility (Part Three)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughJacob's Trouble, or the Great Tribulation, comes about because people are not meeting their God-given responsibilities: keeping His Commandments.