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The Same Mind, Judgment, and Speech (Part Two)
CGG Weekly by David C. GrabbeWhat is hotly contested today will be irrelevant in a short time. Earthly knowledge has an expiration date, but understanding how to live is eternal.
Is Education the Answer? (Part 2)
Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)Education is the answer to life's problems, but only if it is founded on godly knowledge. Modern conveniences do not always make our lives better.
The Same Mind, Judgment, and Speech
Sermonette by David C. GrabbeWith the mind of Christ, we can agree with our spiritual siblings. We do not receive the fullness of Christ's mind at baptism; we must continue to seek it.
Pitfalls of Scholarship
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughWhile we find much biblical scholarship useful and productive, without God's Spirit, most biblical scholarship is at best a mixture of good and evil.
Who Then Is In The Kingdom Of Heaven?
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Martin G. CollinsIn Matthew 18, some disciples pondered who would be greatest in the Kingdom. However, ambition, arrogance, and pride will keep one from even being there.
New Covenant Priesthood (Part Seven)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughKnowledge alone cannot be trusted, because pride turns it into a source of arrogance and harm. In 1 Corinthians 8, Paul warns that knowledge puffs up while love builds up, and that anyone who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought. Since no one ever knows all there is to know on a subject, the counsel is patience and caution. Pride makes those with knowledge bold, rash, and careless of the ignorance and feelings of others. It leads them to judge critically, ridicule or condemn those who do not act as they do, and become hair-splitting and hypercritical. Such people divide congregations and families, which is not love. A little knowledge is dangerous, since people who learn a little imagine a lot. Maturity usually brings caution as experience shows the damage done by presuming to know more than one did. Knowledge of food can become a weapon of self-righteous judgment, though the Kingdom is righteousness, joy, and peace in the Holy Spirit, not food and drink. The same self-sufficiency appears in Proverbs 26:12: a man wise in his own conceit has less hope than a fool, because a fool may stumble on knowledge and use it, while the proud already think they know and refuse correction. Eliphaz and his friends, certain of their wisdom, were rebuked by God, while Job spoke rightly. Moses, by contrast, quickly admitted he did not know the answer and appealed to God, an example of humility the proud find hard to follow.
What's So Bad About Babylon? (1997)
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by John W. RitenbaughBabylon constitutes the fountainhead of instruction that, like strong drink, impairs the ability to function properly while creating the illusion of ability.
Considered Rather Than Commanded - Choose Life
Sermon by Mark SchindlerAs God calls His people, He enables them (through His Spirit) to make considered decisions concerning living His way of life by obeying His commandments.
Growing Into Liberty
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughOur emancipation from sin does not automatically remove our acquired spiritual shackles. We must grow out of the slave mentality into liberty and freedom.
In the Twinkling of an Eye
Sermonette by Craig SablichImmortality is granted instantly, yet God allocates a lifetime for preparation. Every season has purpose; temporality does not imply meaninglessness.
Vanity (Part 1)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughVanity has many nuances, including transitoriness, futility, profitlessness, confusion, falseness, conceit, vainglory, denial, and idolatry.
Deuteronomy (Part 3) (1994)
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by John W. RitenbaughWe will not be prepared to rule in the Millennium unless we are experientially persuaded of God's faithfulness to His Covenant and His intolerance of evil.
Acts (Part Sixteen)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughWe must always conduct ourselves with the long-term spiritual interests of others in mind, being sensitive to the conscience and scruples of others.
Abraham (Part Eleven)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughIf we hold fast to principles, though it may seem initially uncomfortable and fearful, we will eventually receive respect and even admiration.
The Bread and Wine of Passover
Sermon by David C. GrabbeThe Passover reminds us of the New Covenant on the anniversary of the Abrahamic covenant God using the original elements of the meal between Melchizedek and Abraham.
'All Mine Are Yours!'
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsChrist prays for us as He did for His original disciples because we, too, have been called by the Father. Christ values us because the Father values us.