Did Eve Really Speak to a Snake?
CGG Weekly by Mike FuhrerReferring to Satan as a serpent is an example of a figure of speech. No ancient, physical snake is still running errands for Satan.
Is It Salvational? (Part One)
CGG Weekly by David C. GrabbeWhether a matter is salvational is the wrong question. There is a better question and another approach to evaluating matters that will put us on better footing.
The Conquering Offensive!
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsMartin Collins reflects on the time of Satan's restraint, which will be a time vastly different from today due to his present ability to reach into our homes through the media and Internet. Our Christian warfare cannot merely consist in maintaining a defensive holding pattern, but instead we must go on the conquering offensive, …
How Human Nature Came to Be
CGG Weekly by Richard T. RitenbaughWhy is human nature so corrupt? Why is it so widespread? How did it come to be? Did God create it this way?
Should a Christian Play Devil's Advocate?
'Ready Answer' by StaffWe frequently use phrases whose origins are unknown to us. What is behind the phrase 'Devil's Advocate'? Should Christians take the wicked one's side?
The First Prophecy (Part One)
'Prophecy Watch' by Richard T. RitenbaughGenesis is a book of beginnings, and in that theme, it also contains the first prophecy. Part of it is God's curse on the serpent in Genesis 3:14-15.
Leadership and the Covenants (Part Nine)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughJohn Ritenbaugh, emphasizing that God continually uses perennial types, patterns, and examples, indicates that humankind, nature, and Satan (including his demonic legions) have been mortally impacted by sin, and that the entirety of nature awaits redemption through the appearance of God's offspring. Nature has become a slave of …
Christ's Death and the Immortality of the Soul
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThe dangerous false belief of inherent immortal life has led to an acceleration of sin and the danger of eternal oblivion. Only God can give eternal life.
Seeking God's Will (Part Six): Forethought
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughRichard Ritenbaugh, reflecting on the Pilgrims' thanksgiving experience in 1621, following a horrendous loss of life in the Plymouth Colony in 1620, mentions that this event was solemn. The original settlers had no inkling that their offspring would eventually bourgeon to 300 million people, spreading from sea to sea. The extent …
Is it Salvational?
Sermonette by David C. GrabbeIt is easy to denigrate a matter as not being 'salvational,' but the real question to ask is, How will this action affect my relationship with God?
Satan (Part 2)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughSatan uses disinformation, spread through false ministers/prophets, teaching smooth things that destroy. We must test the spirits to ensure a teaching is from God.
In the Wake of an Unnatural Disaster (Part Nine)
Commentary by John W. RitenbaughJohn Ritenbaugh, citing Romans 1:18-20, asserts that, even though the existence of the Everlasting Deity can easily be accessed by reason and observation, Satan, having worked feverishly through philosophers and educators in the western world, to where Jacob's children had migrated, employing the distorted 'luminaries' (such as …
The Plan of Salvation in Genesis 3:15
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughThe sin of Adam and Eve led to three prophecies that outline God's plan to remedy this grim situation. The conflict ends with the Christ destroying Satan.
Sovereignty, Election, and Grace (Part Five)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughJohn Ritenbaugh clarifies that, in terms of salvation, grace and works are mutually exclusive (Ephesians 2:8-10), but good works are the result (or the fruits) of God's creative efforts. Grace frees one; works prove that one has been freed. Grace (or the gift of God) enables us to have a clear enlightened perception of God (I …
Preternatural, Natural, Unnatural, Supernatural (Part One)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughGod, before He created Adam and Eve, preternaturally planned the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ to save humanity from the curse of sin and death.
God Works in Marvelous Ways (Part Two)
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by John W. RitenbaughGod's mysteries have been in plain sight from the beginning of time, but carnality has obscured them from mankind.
Being Alert to Our Enemy
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by John W. RitenbaughLike the cycles of the seasons, the events of prophecy follow natural progressions. God has given ample warnings to His prophets to prepare His people.
Imagining The Garden of Eden (Part Five)
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughRichard Ritenbaugh maintains that God created the Garden of Eden after He had created Adam in order to provide Adam a pattern of industry and work ethic. Adam would have had the ability to reason and calculate, obviously an ability independent from the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. God imparted to Adam the …
Snares
Sermon by John O. Reid (1930-2016)Even as the world contains bait and switch schemes and false advertising, so also there are spiritual snares, far more dangerous than physical ones.
The Original Sin Question
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThough we inherit the proclivity to sin, neither it nor Satan makes us sin. We are responsible for our own sins and for the consequences—death.
Human Nature: Good or Evil?
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughProgressives tend to believe that human nature is perfectible and evolving. Conservatives tend to believe that human nature is evil and must be controlled.
