Subject: The New Covenant Allows Freedom 

Summary: David Grabbe, focusing on the allegory of the Bond and Free Women in Galatians 4:21, explains the misunderstanding of some antinomian Protestants in their claim that Paul wanted to do away with the law or works. Paul never denigrates law or works but... 

Subject: The Mystery of Iniquity 

Summary: In this sermon on The Mystery of Iniquity, John Ritenbaugh reiterates that the prophecies concerning the Man of Sin refer to a personage having immense political power with global significance rather than to an errant leader of a small church. The my... 

Subject: Going About Doing Good 

Summary: In this self-examination sermon, Richard Ritenbaugh suggests if we don't see the concrete proof of Christ working in us, we are on thin ice. Head knowledge of God's truth is useless unless it is transferred to action. Spiritual growth (Hebrews 5:13-1... 

Subject: Antinomianism 

Summary: John Ritenbaugh emphasizes that the truths of God are eternally dependable because the Father and Jesus Christ remain steadfastly dependable. If we trust in His truth rather than ourselves or other men, we will not jeopardize our spirituality. Sadly,... 

Subject: Dispensationalism 

Summary: John Ritenbaugh, focusing upon the seemingly innocent but subtle and pernicious doctrine of Dispensationalism, attacks the assumed yet unbiblical adversarial relationship between law and grace. In the misguided, extra-biblical seven periods of dispen... 

Subject: Gnosticism and 'Eternal Security' 

Summary: John Ritenbaugh, exploring the invasion of the early apostolic church by Gnostics( interlopers who savagely denigrated the "enslavement to Yahweh, His Law, and the Jewish Sabbath," replacing it with 'enlightened' Greek philosophy- the immortality of ... 

Subject: False Teachers 

Summary: John Ritenbaugh, repeating his caution about uncritically reading certain theological books and commentaries, warns that deception will abound exponentially in the Information Age. The elect are not immune to antinomian deception, including the doctr... 

Subject: Colossians 2 

Summary: Since God has authorized no day other than the Sabbath, John Ritenbaugh observes that Sunday worship is a pagan deviation, perpetuated by Hellenistic Gnosticism, a multi-faceted movement that despises Yahweh, the Sabbath, and God's laws. Though Const... 

Subject: Our Responsibility in Healing 

Summary: John Ritenbaugh emphasizes the necessity of work (dressing and keeping our life, our health, our possessions, our calling, etc.). God has called us to a lifetime of productive work. We cannot allow Satan to cause us to resent working or to feel victi... 

Subject: Ask, Seek, Knock 

Summary: John Ritenbaugh demonstrates that both the popular 'eternal security doctrine' and the 'no works doctrine' held by many mainstream Protestant organizations are destroyed by the remarkable example of Noah, who, by the generous grace of God, performed ... 

Subject: The Laws of God 

Summary: John Ritenbaugh emphasizes that the New Covenant, focusing on broader spiritual intent, does not do away with even one jot or tittle of God's law. Without help from God's Holy Spirit, New Covenant law is infinitely harder to keep. The decision about ... 

Subject: The Pharisees 

Summary: John Ritenbaugh insists that the major issue in the Acts 15 decision was not doing away with God's law, but seeking a theological solution to the problem of circumcision and the Pharisaical misconception that it was a recipe for salvation. Within the... 

Subject: Following In Christ's Footsteps 

Summary: David Grabbe, commenting upon the fierce culture war waged between evangelicals on the Christian right and ACLU types on the far left, with public displays of the Ten Commandments placed in jeopardy, points out the inconsistent stance of many mainstr... 

Subject: The Judgment of James in Acts 15 

Summary: Richard Ritenbaugh cautions that James did not expunge the Ten Commandments by offering special instructions to Gentile converts in Acts 15:24-29. These instructions addressed special problems inherent to these converts, practices that would be abhor... 

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Summary: In this broadcast on God's Law, Herbert W. Armstrong, using the analogy of an astronomy text, bluntly asks the world's denominations, " If the Bible is the textbook used by all the world's denominations, why is there so much disagreement about what t... 

Subject: Lust Destroys Peace 

Summary: John Ritenbaugh explores the relationship between keeping God's commandments and attaining great peace (Psalm 119:165), and the relationship between lust, coveting, or inordinate desire(I John 2:16, James 1:14-15), and the malicious destruction of pe... 

Subject: Lust and Coveting 

Summary: Coveting is the fountainhead of all other sins. Jesus located the heart (or thoughts) as the source of defilement or behavior (Mark 7:21-23, Matthew 5:21-22, 27-30). The imagination which God has given us can be fed on pure thoughts (Phil. 4:8) or on... 

Subject: Hypocrisy and the Pharisees 

Summary: In this sermon, Martin Collins marvels that hypocrisy has been elevated to a more egregious position than murder or adultery, used as a weapon to destroy political opponents. Having its roots in a Greek word denoting actor, hypocrisy suggests pretend... 

Subject: Jesus Christ's Words To His People 

Summary: Richard Ritenbaugh reflects that, over a period of time, we can become an aficionado, learning to evaluate works of art, distinguishing the works of one artist from another, or perhaps a mediocre from a quality work. Likewise, our spiritual wor... 

Subject: Justified by Grace and Works 

Summary: In this Unleavened Bread sermon, Richard Ritenbaugh asserts that learning God's way (and unlearning Satan's way) takes a lifetime- spiritually speaking, perhaps the most difficult and arduous task on the entire earth. Over a lifetime, with our cooper... 

Subject: Deeds Do Matter 

Summary: Richard Ritenbaugh, exploring the different nuances of the word "according to," in the context of the expression, "according to their works" suggests that parallel expressions "depending on," "equal to," or "in the same measure," seem to have the bes... 

Subject: Living by God's Ways 

Summary: John Reid explores the origins of standardizing weights and measures. Following the model of the European Trade fairs, the British perfected the first set of standards because of business necessity or the desire to make profit. Without accurate stand... 

Subject: Not Law or Grace?Law AND Grace 

Summary: God has given us two valuable tools, which if used in proper proportions, bring about character and spiritual fruit. Used independently, like all polar or dichotomous thinking (going to one ditch or the other), over-emphasis on one has the tendency t... 

Subject: Knowing Christ's Word 

Summary: Countering the Protestant red-herring argument, "You cannot earn salvation by works," John Ritenbaugh stresses that works certainly are not "done away" but that God expects works from all those He has called. We show our faithfulness and loyalty to G... 

Subject: Knowing Christ's Word 

Summary: Countering the Protestant red-herring argument, "You cannot earn salvation by works," John Ritenbaugh stresses that works certainly are not "done away" but that God expects works from all those He has called. We show our faithfulness and loyalty to G... 

Subject: Receiving Salvation 

Summary: In this sermon on Loving Christ and Revelation 2: 1-7, John Ritenbaugh, acknowledging that salvation cannot be earned or bought, reminds us that a gift is still a gift even though a condition has to be met. Meeting a condition does not (as Protestant... 

Subject: Grace Then Works 

Summary: Richard Ritenbaugh reiterates that people are attracted to magic because they think it brings quick results, bringing them their fondest desires, erasing their fears and providing for their needs, altruistically cleaning up the annoyances of the cult... 

Subject: Paul and the Law 

Summary: John Ritenbaugh focuses upon Paul's impressive credentials and pedigree, which Paul considered rubbish (making him, in his own eyes, the least of the apostles) compared to his conversion and God's dramatic intervention in his life. Paul's writings, b... 

Subject: Our Cooperative Effort With God 

Summary: Richard Ritenbaugh, reminiscing about a school science fair project on tree growth rings, draws an analogy to spiritual growth, pondering what our spiritual growth rings look like. Because nature abhors a vacuum, once people rid themselves of sin, th... 

Subject: Becoming Free from Sin 

Summary: Richard Ritenbaugh asserts that the seven days of Unleavened Bread depicts the protracted time it takes us to get rid of the influences of the world or the clutches of sin. We spend our entire lives fleeing from Egypt- a hard trudge every step of the... 

Subject: Doing Right 

Summary: Richard Ritenbaugh asserts that mechanically keeping the law is only the beginning of righteousness. The broad underlying principles of God's Law are far more stringent than the narrowly stated rules. Principles are broad comprehensive truths coverin... 

Subject: Christ and the End Time 

Summary: John Ritenbaugh stresses that we must avoid distractions and keep our lives focused on God and His Holy Word. The prophetic messages in Revelation 2 and 3 are designed for the end times, shortly before the Tribulation and the Day of the Lord. All sev... 

Subject: Favor Is Given So We May Obey God's Law 

Summary: In this sermon, John 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 ... 

Subject: God Does the Creating! 

Summary: In this sermon, John Ritenbaugh asserts that after justification, for grace to be made dominant, its influence must extend beyond justification, into the sanctification stage where the believer must yield himself to righteousness, keeping God's comma... 

Subject: The Meaning of Character 

Summary: John Ritenbaugh asserts that when God created Adam, He prepared only a foundation for mankind's eventual spiritual creation undertaken by the Second Adam. Spiritual creation requires much intense pressure and continual testing to determine character.... 

Subject: Defining Some Issues 

Summary: In this first installment of the Covenants, Grace and Law series, John Ritenbaugh examines the serious and devasting ramifications of the doctrinal changes made by the misguided leaders of the Worldwide Church of God, beginning with the "born again" ... 

Subject: A Testament and a Covenant 

Summary: In this tenth installment of "The Covenants, Grace and Law" series, John Ritenbaugh reiterates that the problem with the Old Covenant was with the people, not with the Law, as some have alleged. Paul uses the term "covenant" to describe an agreement ... 

Subject: New Covenant Israel 

Summary: In this eleventh installment of The Covenants, Grace and Law series, John Ritenbaugh affirms that the New Covenant of Hebrews 8:8 was given to Israel and Judah, not to the Gentiles. God does not deviate from this pattern; Israel is still involved wit... 

Subject: Why the New Covenant is Better 

Summary: John Ritenbaugh uses an analogy of a 1910 automobile as opposed to a modern one. Obsolete doesn't mean, as Protestant understanding would have it, "done away." The Old Covenant is obsolete only for those who "trade in" the Old Covenant, retaining sig... 

Subject: Benefits of Christ's Sacrifice 

Summary: In this thirteenth installment of the Covenants, Grace and Law series, John Ritenbaugh affirms that the Christian's hope constitutes an incremental acquisition of God's glory; that is what the New Covenant is all about. At this point in time, Christ ... 

Subject: Psalm 19: The Law Is Not Done Away 

Summary: In the fourteenth installment of The Covenants, Grace and Law series, John Ritenbaugh affirms that, contrary to Protestant misconception, no part of God's Law has been done away or set aside. Christ Himself torpedoed this notion by His proclamation i... 

Subject: The Spirit of the Law 

Summary: In this fifteenth installment of the Covenants, Grace and Law series, John Ritenbaugh asserts that things written in the Old Testament were written entirely for Christians. The operations of both the Old and New Covenants overlap. The differences foc... 

Subject: Does Law Define Sin? 

Summary: In this sixteenth installment of the Covenants, Grace and Law series, John Ritenbaugh teaches that God's grace gives us focus on what the Law's true purpose is -- namely the basic guide as to what good works are -- rules for the journey of life. God'... 

Subject: Does a Specific Verse Nullify a Law? (A) 

Summary: In this seventeenth installment of the Covenants, Grace and Law series, John Ritenbaugh forcefully answers the question "Is there a scripture that states such and such no longer needs to be done?" The Bible is an unfolding revelation, revealed progre... 

Subject: Does a Specific Verse Nullify a Law? (B) 

Summary: John Ritenbaugh reiterates that the entire Old Testament was written with the New Testament church in mind. Certain temporary ceremonial sacrifices, washings, and rituals were set aside when the spiritual reality—such as Christ's sacrifice repl... 

Subject: Christ's Example Verifies the Law 

Summary: In this nineteenth installment of the Covenant, Grace and Law series, John Ritenbaugh, countering the naive assumption that the spirit of the law does away with the letter, insists that without the letter, there is no spirit because no foundations ar... 

Subject: Christianity is a Way of Life 

Summary: In this second installment of the Covenants, Law and Grace series, John Ritenbaugh reiterates that the subtle incremental changes made by the misguided leaders in the Worldwide Church of God, beginning with the "born again" understanding in 1991, wer... 

Subject: Colossians (A) 

Summary: In this twentieth installment of the Covenants, Grace and Law series, John Ritenbaugh asserts that the S.P.S. (Specific Purpose Statement) of the entire Bible is "Let us make man in our image, according our likeness" (Genesis 1:26). To this end God h... 

Subject: Colossians (B) 

Summary: In this twenty first installment of the Covenants, Grace and Law series, John Ritenbaugh affirms that the way to be undefiled (to become sanctified, developing character) is to walk in the Law of the Lord (Psalm 119:1). We must do God's Word or it wi... 

Subject: Colossians (C) 

Summary: In this twenty second installment of the Covenants Grace and Law series, John Ritenbaugh affirms that the Word of God is not ever improved by syncretizing or alloying it with human philosophy, a pattern of reasoning which often begins with a faulty o... 

Subject: Colossians (D) 

Summary: In this twenty-third installment of the Covenants, Law and Grace series, John Ritenbaugh focuses upon two sets of verses (Colossians 2:16-18 and Galatians 4:9-10) which certain Protestant theologians have blasphemously charged that Paul was referring... 

Subject: Galatians (A) 

Summary: In this twenty fourth installment in the Covenant, Grace and Law series, John Ritenbaugh reiterates that the days, months, and times referred to in Galatians 4:10 do not refer to Jewish Holy Days or the law of God, but to Pagan Gnostic rites connecte... 

Subject: Galatians (B) 

Summary: In this twenty fifth installment of the Covenants, Grace and Law series, John Ritenbaugh teaches that in Galatians Paul took issue with the Halakhah- the Jewish way of life- not God's word, but a massive collection of human opinion, some fairly accur... 

Subject: Galatians (C) 

Summary: In this twenty-sixth installment of the Covenants, Grace and Law series, John Ritenbaugh reiterates that Paul's target in Galatians 2:16 was a syncretism of Judaism with strict Pagan ascetic Gnosticism and certainly not God's law. We need to avoid th... 

Subject: Galatians (D) 

Summary: In this twenty-seventh installment of the Covenants, Grace and Law series, John Ritenbaugh asserts that the Old Covenant in no way annulled the promises of the Abrahamic Covenant, but was added because of Israel's sins, with the intent of pointing to... 

Subject: Galatians (E) 

Summary: In this penultimate installment of the Covenants, Grace and Law series, John Ritenbaugh clarifies some difficult terms which Protestant theologians have foolishly misapplied, characterizing God's holy law as a "yoke of bondage." If we fail to realize... 

Subject: Summary of Series 

Summary: John Ritenbaugh provides a summary of the Covenants, Grace and Law series: 1. Realize the position carnal man comes from: completely under Satan' sway, antagonistic to God's law (Romans 8:7). 2. Always work from clear, unambiguous scriptures (Matthew... 

Subject: Defining Some Terms 

Summary: In this third installment of the Covenants, Grace and Law series, John Ritenbaugh reiterates that the subtle changes made by the misguided leaders of the Worldwide Church of God have contaminated and corrupted virtually every doctrine we have lived b... 

Subject: Justification 

Summary: In this fourth installment of the Covenants, Grace and Law series, John Ritenbaugh takes issue with the Protestant assumption that justification does away with the law. Justification does not any more "do away" with the law than it does with the edge... 

Subject: Justification and Obligation 

Summary: In this fifth installment of the Covenants, Grace and Law series, John Ritenbaugh reminds us that under both the Old and New Covenants, refusal to keep to keep God's Law severs our relationship with Him. Like loving parents who give rules to their ch... 

Subject: Circumcision 

Summary: In this sixth installment of the Covenants, Grace and Law series, John Ritenbaugh warns that human nature, if it believes something is 'done away' will willfully ignore whole portions of scripture. Interestingly, when Jesus referred to 'every word of... 

Subject: Circimcision of the Heart 

Summary: In this seventh installment of "The Covenants, Grace and Law" series, John Ritenbaugh insists that the New Covenant was designed by God in order to circumcise the heart, making it possible for God's laws to be permanently written in our hearts and re... 

Subject: Sanctification 

Summary: In this eighth installment of "The Covenants, Grace and Law" series, John Ritenbaugh explains that justification is not the end of the salvation process, but merely the doorway to a more involved process of sanctification, symbolized by the long jour... 

Subject: Sanctification, conclusion 

Summary: In this ninth installment of "The Covenants, Grace and Law" series, John Ritenbaugh warns that Satan, through the subtle Protestant Tkach doctrinal changes, has attempted to obliterate one major step in the conversion process, namely the sanctificati... 

Subject: The Spirit of the Law 

Summary: David Grabbe suggests the flaming sword in the Garden of Eden, keeping disobedient carnal minded individuals from attaining eternal life, provides a spiritual analogy. God will not tolerate a divided kingdom. One sharp edge of the blade is analogou... 

Subject: Saturday or Sunday? 

Summary: In this first installment of the Fourth Commandment series, John Ritenbaugh stresses that the Sabbath is the major means by which He protects His investment, the spiritual creation of His family. The Sabbath, far from being the least of the commandme... 

Subject: How To Keep The Sabbath 

Summary: In this second installment of the Fourth Commandment series, John Ritenbaugh asserts that the two major purposes for the Sabbath are to (1) remind us that God is Creator and (2) to remind us that we were once in abject bondage and slavery to sin. Chr... 

Subject: Passover Preparation and the Spirit of the Law 

Summary: Martin Collins contends that the effectiveness of a law is found in its purpose and intent rather than the letter. The blind spots to God's Law unfortunately are found in the spiritual application or principle rather than a specific motor behavior. C... 

Subject: Keeping the Commandments 

Summary: In this second installment of the "What Does God Really Want?" series, John Ritenbaugh emphasizes that commandment breaking is what has scatterred the greater church of God. We have allowed the self-assured Laodicean mindset (with its ignorance and s... 

Subject: Acts of Kindness 

Summary: In this third installment of the "What Does God Really Want?" series, John Ritenbaugh, using the term "malignant narcissism" (from M. Scott Peck's book "People Of The Lie") to describe the blind Laodicean pride which denies our inherent sinfulness an... 

Subject: Does Doctrine Really Matter? 

Summary: In this second installment of the Wilderness Wanderings series, John Ritenbaugh warns that the god of this world has superb public relationship skills and charm designed to persuade us of the logic and desirability of false doctrine, suggesting that ... 

Subject: Under Human Nature's Influence 

Summary: Richard Ritenbaugh suggests that in terms of excessive hedonistic venal pursuits, vandalism, and violent crime, Halloween brings out the worst aspects of Satan-inspired carnal nature or the works of the flesh. Our outward works telegraph to others an...