Victorious Christian Living By Bertha Smith An edited Transcript of her audio message That old woman [the flesh] hasn’t even paled a little. Let’s cover her up quickly. Just as black as she ever was. And if I could be as old as Methuselah, I wouldn’t be one bit better. Well, if a person’s nature’s…

Epic exhortations from Whaleman’s Chapel: Excerpts of a sermon preached in the novel, Moby-Dick Moby-Dick is the famous novel published in 1851 by Herman Melville. The main character and narrator, Ishmael, enlists with a whaling ship, the Pequot, under captain Ahab in pursuit of a huge and vicious sperm whale known as Moby Dick. Before…

THE WORD “For with God nothing shall be impossible. And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to Your word.” Luke 1:37-38 THE POINT At this Christmas season our thoughts turn to the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, and rightly so. Jesus is the reason for the season! No…

A spiritual warfare testimony: My dark night of the soul In the darkest period of my life, caused by internal struggles, the Holy Spirit gave a promise, Psalm 37:5: “Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass.” This  was not to be fulfilled until 19 long…

“Therefore if you have been raised with Christ [to a new life, sharing in His resurrection from the dead], keep seeking the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.  Set your mind and keep focused habitually on the things above [the heavenly things], not on things that are…

Perhaps the earliest Christian confession of faith is the statement “Jesus is Lord.” Missionary statesman and author, E. Stanley Jones, used three raised fingers (the peace sign plus ring finger) to represent these three profound words. This theme is woven throughout the New Testament. “…preaching good news of peace through Jesus Christ (he is Lord…

Adam was created and placed in a beautiful garden, having fellowship with His creator, and all His needs met—well, most of his needs.  He had all he could want— plenty of food, no disease, no battles to fight, no crime, no one angling to get his job, no sin. Things were good! Just not yet…

“As He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, ‘Be holy, for I am holy’” (1 Peter 1:15,16). “Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so…

Fear fades when the heart is captivated by Christ. Worship turns the mind toward the One who holds the keys of life. Introduction: When Setting the Mind Isn’t Enough In Part 1 of this series, we explored how the fear of death can be compared to watching a fictional movie of the old self—a false…