Hebrews (Part Fifteen): Chapter 2, A Mind Bending Purpose (Part Four)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughEven though we must cooperate in cultivating spiritual fruit, God alone creates character and takes responsibility for creating spiritual offspring.
The Sacred Name Movement
CGG Weekly by John ReissThe name of God plays an important role in our beliefs, but some people associated with the church of God have made it the central focus of their religion.
What Is the Prophesied 'Pure Language'? (Part Two)
CGG Weekly by David C. GrabbeA culture that is far from God has a debased language, but the real problem with the Jews of Isaiah's day was that they were going astray in their hearts.
What Is the Prophesied 'Pure Language'? (Part Three)
CGG Weekly by David C. GrabbeGod's people need spiritual lips, not carnal lips speaking Hebrew. The angel told Mary that she should call her son Iesous, which is not a Hebrew name.
A Pure Language
Sermonette by David C. GrabbeWe don't need to be experts in Hebrew or use Hebrew names to call on the name of the Lord, nor is Hebrew sacred. Pure language comes from an undefiled heart.
Suppressed Archaeology (Part Two)
Commentary by Martin G. CollinsMany members of the archeological community suppress evidence of any Western Hemispheric explorations before Columbus, especially evidence of Semitic settlement.
Spiritual Fine Tuning
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by David F. MaasDavid Maas, cuing in on Paul's declaration of a debt he owed to Greek and Barbarian, to both the Hebraistic Jewish world view and the Hellenistic world view, observing that God has chosen to canonize the Scripture in both Hebrew and Greek, contends that these major two dominant forces in western culture were meant to be …
Going Beyond Definitions
Commentary by David C. GrabbeIt is improper to build a doctrine on one scripture, let alone the definition of a word. We need at least two reliable witnesses to establish any teaching.
What Happened Between the Testaments?
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsThe Inter-Testamental period, approximately 400 years between the time of Malachi and Matthew, was a time of intense political and intellectual fermentation.