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Are These Your Feasts? (Part One)
CGG Weekly by Mark SchindlerThis earth is a prison, and Satan is its jailer. The inmates—mankind—do not realize that there is no free will! A prison takes away freedom.
Taking an Insult
Sermon by Ted E. BowlingWhen Jesus commands us to turn the other cheek and go the extra mile, He did not present that option as weakness but as powerful demonstrations of spiritual maturity.
Servant Leadership: Practical Meekness
'Ready Answer' by David F. MaasMuch has been said and written about leadership in the church in the past several years. Godly leadership is an outworking of the virtue of meekness.
God's Stare Decisis
Sermon by Mark Schindler'Stare Decisis' is a principle that precedent should determine legal decision in making a case involving similar facts.
The Poor in Spirit
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughNothing that we could ever do could impress God, except for our contrition, acknowledgment of our infirmity, and remorse for our sins which displease God.
'But I Say to You' (Part Six): Retaliation
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughJesus, using hyperbole to shock His disciples into a change of behavior or attitude, emphasizing that they should resist the impulse to retaliate.
Biblical Principles of Justice (Part Two)
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughAre we ready, at this stage in our spiritual growth, to apply chapter and verse all the biblical principles that apply to a case?
Matthew (Part Seven)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughJesus, showing the spirit of the law, warns against rash divorces, taking oaths, invoking God's name frivolously, realizing that a covenant is binding.
Flag of Our Father
Sermon by Mark SchindlerThe sin of taking from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil produced an immediate shift in which Adam and Eve viewed their God-given physical differences not as the basis for unity but as a source of division, sewing fig leaves to cover themselves in the first act of human selfishness. This self-inflicted mindset became embedded in all subsequent human relationships through the curse pronounced in Genesis 3:16, where the woman's desire would be to gain the upper hand over her husband yet he would rule over her by force if necessary. The resulting power struggle has manifested across history as repeated demands for rights, illustrated by the progressive women's rights movement and the suffragettes who insisted that power concedes nothing without a demand. Their efforts, which influenced the origins of both Mother's Day and Father's Day, sought to dismantle patriarchal structures and promote equal parenting, yet they operated from the same framework of contention rather than godly wisdom. Such demands perpetuate the division begun in Eden because they rely on human assertions of entitlement instead of the self-sacrifice modeled when God clothed Adam and Eve with tunics of skin. The broader message of the material is that true unity is restored only by living under the banner of God's truth, where wives submit rather than contend and husbands love rather than dominate, thereby diminishing the effects of the curse through the same outgoing concern that Christ demonstrated toward the church.
Are You Happy? (Part Two)
CGG Weekly by Ronny H. GrahamAttitude plays a crucial role in bringing us closer to or taking us further away from happiness. Here are five emotional diseases that eat away at happiness.
WHAT?! Me Submit to Someone Else?
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsSubmitting is repugnant to the carnal mind. The church is no place for uncompromising people who demand their own way.
Why Do You Feel Entitled?
Sermon by Kim MyersThe entitlement attitude has crept into God's church, with people seemingly feeling they should be served instead of eagerly serving others.
Continuing on to Completion
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsBecause of God's grace, those who are called late will reap as much as those who are called early. Whenever we are called, we must continue faithfully.
Everybody's Protesting
Commentary by Richard T. RitenbaughAmericans have a high regard for free speech. God, on the other hand, shows little tolerance for incessant grumbling, complaining, murmuring, or rebellion.
Biblical Principles of Justice (Part Three)
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughThough the Old and New Testament are complementary to one another, the emphasis of justice in the New Testament switches from national to personal in scope.