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A Basket of Summer Fruit
'Ready Answer' by Charles WhitakerIn the midst of summer's distractions, the basket of summer fruit serves as a powerful emblem God uses to keep our focus on Him. It imparts two vital lessons: one of remembrance and one of fear. The first lesson, remembrance, urges us to recall God's blessings, especially the promise of salvation, as He is the God of our salvation, with Christ having given Himself for our sins to deliver us from this present evil age. The second lesson, fear, warns of the sudden end, emphasizing the urgency to remain vigilant and not let spiritual matters slip amid summer's busyness. This summer, let us hold fast to thanksgiving, praising God for the abundant blessings He bestows, while recognizing that the world is ripe for judgment. Refusing distractions, we must diligently prepare for the soon-coming harvest.
Amos (Part Fourteen)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughAmos indicts rampant, dishonest practices, placing gain above honesty, morality, or ethics, and arrogantly and covetously exploiting the needy for profit.
Amos (Part Thirteen)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughThe people to whom Amos writes have the mistaken assumption that because they have made the covenant with God, they can bask in a kind of divine favoritism.
Psalms: Book Three (Part One)
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughBook Three of the Psalms deals with the somber theme of judgment on a people who have rejected their God and have produced much rotten spiritual fruit.
The Time of Jacob's Trouble
Sermon by David C. GrabbeThe curses of Leviticus 26 and Deuteronomy 28 are warning shots over moral decay and national sins. Jacob's trouble will force a total reliance on God.
Lamentations (Part One)
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughThe book's five acrostic songs (chapters) answer the question, 'Why did this happen?' God brought the punishment on Judah because of gross and sustained sin.
Prepare to Meet Your God! (The Book of Amos) (Part Two)
Booklet by John W. RitenbaughIsrael had every opportunity that the Gentiles did not have. God gave the Israelites gifts to live a better way, but they completely failed to reflect Him.
The Firstfruits Declaration
Sermonette by David C. GrabbeThe Israelites were to bring their first fruits to the altar in a basket and make a solemn declaration to rehearse God's deliverance and abundance.