Classics
A New Creature
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” (2 Corinthians 5:17, KJV. “For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation” (Galatians 6:15 NKJV).* [In Matthew 5:3-10, the Beatitudes] remind us of certain primary, central…
The Life of God in the Soul of Man
[Being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God” Philippians 1:11, NKJV.] [For Paul] everything always ends in Christ and with Christ. He is the final point. He is the explanation of Paul’s living and his whole outlook upon life… Christ is all-sufficient for every…
Abundant Life Testimony of John Bunyan
From Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners by the author of Pilgrims Progress (1678) . Now did my chains fall off my legs indeed, I was loosed from my affliction and irons, my temptations had fled away; so that, from that time, those dreadful scriptures of God [about judgment to come] left off to…
Sin Ruled My Life
A Testimony by David H. Sin has ruled my life. Early in my Christian walk I made deliberate choices to sin and go against God. Sin became a habit and a way of life. Some people call this an addiction, which it was, but more importantly, it is the result of repeated choices to go…
Identifying the Unpardonable Sin
One of the most important incentives for your spiritual growth and fellowship with God is the assurance of salvation (1 John 5:13). If you are not confident that your name is written in the Book of Life, how can you be secure in depending on Christ moment by moment here and now? However, one of…
The Christians Choice: Self-Life or Christ-Life. Which?
The Christians Choice: Self-Life or Christ-Life. Which? By Philip Mauro (1859-1952) “For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose…
Discoveries From Robinson Crusoe’s Journal
The movie Cast Away [produced in 2000] told a personal survival story. Tom Hanks portrayed the story of Chuck Nolan, a FedEx engineer who became the sole survivor of a plane crash in the middle of the Pacific. After washing ashore on an uninhabited island, he somehow found enough food and shelter to survive. The…
Christ in Heaven and Christ Within (Part 1)
“Which He wrought in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and set Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places” (Eph. 1:20). “To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Col.…
What If: Love Unveiled in Power Disguised
“What if: Love Unveiled in Power Disguised” by Lynn Alford “He must increase, but I must decrease.” John 3:30 What if the one thing we most needed was weakness, and to decrease in our wrong kind of self estimations, so that we could really live? What if the one call we have is to this…
Then Came Amalek
“I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. But if you are led by the…