A Change of Heart
Ted Bowling, reflecting on the topic of fasting, points out that the wicked inhabitants of the wealthy, powerful, pride-filled, and arrogant city of Nineveh saved their physical lives by humbly fasting after hearing the prophetic warning from Jonah. ... 

A Day Without Work
Richard Ritenbaugh, reflecting upon the uniqueness of the Day of Atonement, suggests that this day shows our frailness and total dependency on God. This day commemorates our High Priest making intercession for us, making us at one with God, and conti... 

Are God's Holy Days To Be Kept Today?
Martin Collins insists that if we do not keep God’s Holy Days, we will deprive ourselves of the knowledge of God’s plan or purpose. Ancient Israel was termed the Church in the Wilderness, a type of the Church of God. Leviticus 23 enumerates the feast... 

Division, Satan, Humility
In this Atonement sermon on Division, Satan and Humility, John Ritenbaugh describes the prevailing mindset in human society as one of contention, division and disagreement. The source of division and separation from the source of life is sin that has... 

Don't Disregard Satan!
Richard Ritenbaugh, reflecting upon a vivid dream in which two lions entered the meeting hall, hungrily were eyeing, describes the terror he had as they came toward him. The dream served as a mnemonic device to remind us that Satan and his demons are... 

Fall Feast Lessons
In this sermon focused on the meaning of the Fall Feast, John Ritenbaugh affirms that the world will learn that God judges- that He has had perpetual hands on contact with His creation, having the ultimate decision over everything. After Satan is bou... 

Give an Offering? No Sweat!
In this offertory message, Richard Ritenbaugh affirms that without God's providence we are and have absolutely nothing. Even though we may lack physical energy on this day because of afflicting our souls with fasting, it is not a time we become total... 

Isaiah 58 and Fasting
In this sermon on the significance of the Day of Atonement, Richard Ritenbaugh teaches that on this day we do no work because most of the work of atonement is done by God Almighty. We fast, afflicting our souls, reminding us how much we depend upon G... 

Positive Aspects of Atonement
Martin Collins asserts that the Day of Atonement depicts a time Satan will no longer broadcast his evil impulses into our thoughts. More important than the binding of Satan and his demons will be the "at -one- ment" that we will have attain... 

Pride, Humility, and Fasting
John Ritenbaugh focuses on the Day of Atonement and our responsibility toward God in afflicting our souls. The intent of this process (made clear by the Hebrew verb'awnah'cowing or browbeating our human nature into submission) is to deflate our pride... 

Reconciliation and the Day of Atonement
In this sermon on reconciliation, John Ritenbaugh insists that if mankind is separated from one another, it is also separated from God. Moreover, atonement with God will occur when mankind loves one another, loving as an action rather than simply a f... 

Reconciliation and Unity
In this vital Atonement message, John Ritenbaugh embarks on a new series focusing on unity, stressing that unless the splinters of the greater church of God repair their mangled relationships with the Almighty, recoupling will be impossible. A major ... 

Reconciliation Through Christ
In this Atonement message, Martin Collins explains the process by which a rebellious people are ultimately reconciled to their God. In Leviticus 16, the slain goat represents the innocent Christ, sacrificed for our sins, while the Azazel goat, banish... 

Satan, Division, and Humility
John Ritenbaugh suggests that competition is the root cause of all war, business takeovers, and marital discord. Carl Von Clausewitz observed that war is nothing more than politics brought to the battlefield. Evolution has glorified competition, ensh... 

The Azazel Goat
In this Atonement sermon, John Ritenbaugh, taking issue with the heresy that the Azazel Goat represents Christ, examines both the causes of the separation between God and His people and the conditions for reconciliation. Not all reconciliation requir... 

The Binding of Satan
Using the analogy of Satan as an obnoxious, unwanted intruder spoiling an otherwise pleasant get-together, Richard Ritenbaugh moves us forward to the time when this arch-deceiver will be bound, gagged, put in a straightjacket, and stuffed down a hole... 

The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part 23)
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... 

The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part 5)
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... 

The Fourth Commandment (Part 4)
In this fourth installment of the Fourth Commandment series, John Ritenbaugh warns us that because of our close proximity to a materialistic world filled with man's works, our faith cannot take root. The Sabbath is the day consecrated by God for buil... 

What We Can Learn From This Day of Atonement
Beginning with Acts 3:21, John Ritenbaugh speaks of a future time of refreshing and restitution after things get a whole lot worse, a time when the Beast would attempt to wear out the saints. The Day of Atonement pictures Satan being confined. God ha...