You know, I wonder how many times you have heard from medical experts or medical amateurs these words: «You need to drink more water.» «Do you drink enough water?» «How many glasses of water do you drink a day?» «Be sure to drink plenty of water.» [...]

Some of you have read the book «The Tale of Two Cities.» Some of you have heard of it. And today I want to talk to you about the tale of two trees. One of those trees grows in the Middle East; the other grows in the tropics. The tree that grows in [...]

I believe if there is one affliction, one affliction that all of us, everyone at the sound of my voice, is susceptible or prone to, it will be this: stress. Stress. Well, how do I define stress? It is our response to physical, mental, emotional, and [...]

In our modern urban society, we can live our whole lives without seeing a sheep or a shepherd, except on television and probably for kids in a petting zoo. Today, that concept of a sheep and shepherd is so alien that we see it as something quaint, [...]

We all know that doors and gates are very important in our lives. We don’t think about them, but they are very, very important to us. But in a moment, I’m going to tell you about a door. Consider how many times we think about or mention the term [...]

Some years ago, a Naval Institute magazine published a true story. Actually, it’s not a story; it was an incident that took place about a battleship navigating its way on a very dark and foggy night. And the light coordinator reported to the captain [...]

Perhaps there are no greater claims and no clearer claims regarding the exclusivity of Jesus as we find in the Gospel of John. In the Gospel according to John, you see it and you read it very clearly over and over again. Jesus repeatedly reminded [...]

This kind of confusion that we see in our culture today is reminiscent of an incident that the Bible talks about when the Apostle Paul was in the city of Athens in Greece. He found himself thoroughly confused. Two thousand years later, Western [...]

After Solomon completed the building of the temple, the priests of Israel and the leadership of Israel in the temple made a decision that they were going to sing a certain psalm on a certain day of the week. For example, on Wednesdays they sang [...]

Welcome to Victory Church If you’re here for the very first time, if you are watching me right now on podcast or listening to this message wherever you are, we want to welcome all of you to Victory Church. I want to welcome you to week four of our [...]

Entering the Final Week Open your Bible, if you will, to the eleventh chapter of the gospel of Mark, the eleventh chapter of the gospel of Mark. With this passage, we come to the final week of our Lord’s life and His public ministry. This is the [...]

As I approach my assignment, I just want to thank God for everybody being in the house and thank God for all those who are watching online. I even want to thank God for the men and women who are joining us right now from hundreds of correctional [...]

We are in week four of a series we’re calling «Triggered.» We are putting Christ in the middle of our crash-outs. It is the first week of October. Has anybody had a crash-out in the first week of October? I’m not even saying last month; it’s only [...]

Would you get your Bibles out and go with me to Ephesians chapter 4? We’re going to start today, I believe, at verse one. This is the start of week three of a series we’re calling «Triggered.» Has anybody been blessed by this series so far? All [...]

Turn to John 16:33. John 16:33. This word is going to be tight, and it’s going to be right. I’m going to get you out of here. But I have to deliver this word because some of you are very triggered after all that praising, after all that worshiping. [...]

And today I have an assignment, and so I need everybody to buckle up because I want to let you know that God gave me confirmation of this message I’m about to speak to you 78 days ago. Amen. I was in a conversation with Pastor Bri before I headed [...]

Welcome and Introduction Welcome to Bible Study Tuesday night. Such a joy to be here. Thank you for joining us wherever you are in the world. I'm excited and thankful for your presence tonight. Thank Reverend Stephen Hurd and our praise and [...]

Opening Gratitude and Reminder I'm grateful and thankful for the mercy of God and the grace of God, and I'm grateful for this opportunity to dive into the Word of God. So thank you for joining us. We're going to pray, and I want to [...]

Genesis chapter 1, verse 24: Then God said, «Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to its kind.» And it was so. Our minds produce ideas, our hands [...]

1 Timothy chapter 1, verse 18: This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare. Paul was aware of the prophecies that had been made concerning Timothy, [...]

Yesterday, we looked at the battle that King Jehoshaphat led the people of Judah into. They were fighting three armies from Moab, Ammon, and Seir. They went into this battle with singing. And so today, we’re going to look at the victory that God [...]

1 Timothy 1:3 and 4: As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, remain in Ephesus that you may charge some that they teach no other doctrine, nor give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than godly edification, which [...]

This week, we are focusing on singing a very important part of our worship and praise to the Lord. And so we go to Colossians chapter 3: Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and [...]

Genesis 1:31: Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day. God looked at what He had done, and He pronounced it very good. They were very good morally, and they were very [...]

We are looking at singing into battle. When you’re faced with opponents and difficult situations in front of you, you can go into warfare with singing. Our story is from 2 Chronicles 20:21. And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed [...]

1 Timothy 1:1–16 However, for this reason I obtain mercy, that in me first Christ Jesus might show all longsuffering as a pattern for those who are going to believe in Him for everlasting life. Paul saw his salvation as a pattern that God was [...]

The Doxology: A Hymn of Praise «Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God, who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.» (1 Timothy 1:17) This verse is a doxology — a hymn of praise used by the early church. It reveals [...]

2 Chronicles chapter 20, verses 27 and 28: Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat in front of them, to go back to Jerusalem with joy. For the Lord had made them rejoice over their enemies. So they came to Jerusalem [...]

First Timothy, chapter 1, verse 15: This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. This is a very dramatic verse in First Timothy, where Paul calls himself the chief [...]

1 Chronicles chapter 16, verses 8 and 9: Oh, give thanks to the Lord! Call upon His name; make known His deeds among the peoples. Sing to Him; sing psalms to Him; talk of His wondrous works. This psalm was a psalm that was composed on the day that [...]

1 Timothy 1 verse 12: And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has enabled me because he has counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry. So, at this time, Paul is talking about his calling and the ministry that God has given to him, and he [...]

Genesis 1, verse 26: Then God said, «Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, over the cattle, over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps [...]

We’ve talked about singing and worshiping the Lord with our song, with our praise. That we must sing a new song. That what we sing must be in the word of God. And we must declare God’s works in our singing. Look at Isaiah chapter 44:23. Sing, O [...]

Welcome to a brand new week as we continue our study of God’s Word, and I trust that you have been enriched every morning. This week, we’re going to look at singing, as singing is a very important part of our worship and our praise to the Lord. We [...]

Well, we’re still talking about fruitfulness; we’ll be discussing it this week and next week. So, there’s quite some ground to cover, and we’ve spoken a bit about it. Now, we go to Genesis 1, verse 28: «Then God blessed them, and God said to them, [...]

Welcome to a brand new week. We’ve been talking about fruitfulness since the previous week, and we will continue this week discussing fruitfulness. We have talked about several factors relating to our fruitful life. So, Matthew 21:19 tells us: «And [...]

Introduction to Isaiah Chapter 33 Well, you guys, grab your Bibles tonight and turn to Isaiah chapter 33—a chapter that is one of the most difficult chapters to teach on. Literally tremendous. I encourage you later: if you get absolutely nothing [...]

You guys okay? For real, you guys good? How many of you have come to the church in the last six months? You’re new here? You’ve been here for the last six months? Raise your hands. Don’t be shy. I’m not gonna bother you. Okay, great. Excellent. That [...]

Welcome to «Live with Passion,» I’m Father Cedric Pisegna, this is a special episode, a Christmas episode. Merry Christmas to you all. Want to proclaim to you what we proclaim at the Midnight Mass, if you’re Catholic, comes from Isaiah chapter 9, [...]

In 1997, National Community Church was just getting off the ground. We were meeting in the movie theaters at Union Station, and one day after church I was walking home. We lived on F Street; F Street dead ends into Union Station. I came to the [...]

On December 31st, 1759, Arthur Guinness leased a 4-acre piece of property in Dublin, Ireland. That’s where Guinness built his brewery, which he saw as a form of philanthropy. Guinness beer was less alcoholic than gin; it was more nutritious than [...]

Almost half a century ago, Ellen Langer conducted a rather unorthodox experiment involving octogenarians. She called it the Counterclockwise Study. The year was 1979, but she created the world of 1959 by retrofitting an old monastery where those [...]

We wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We hope you had a wonderful Christmas. Uh, joy to be with you for just a few minutes. This won’t be a long message, just a little [...]

If you were a kid in the '60s, it was an Etch A Sketch or an Easy-Bake Oven. In the '80s, a Nintendo; the '90s, Tickle Me Elmo; the 2000s, man, you need that Xbox, don’t you? And in the '10s, let’s be honest, Apple took over: [...]

On October 28, 1926, Dr. Allan Craig delivered a speech to the American College of Surgeons. If a 150 lb man was reduced to chemicals, claimed Craig, there would be enough iron to make a ten-penny nail, enough lime to whitewash a chicken coop, and [...]

In October of 1902, the Paris Police called a French criminologist named Alons Beron. Beron investigated a murder in a wealthy neighborhood near the Arc de Triomphe. He found a single fingerprint on a window frame that helped him identify the killer [...]

In December of 1874, John M was staying at a cabin nestled in the Sierra Nevada mountains when a winter storm whipped through the valley. In situations like that, most people seek shelter; John M was not wired that way. His desire was to seek [...]

Right now, you have no sensation of motion. It seems like you’re sitting still, but that, my friends, is an illusion of miraculous proportions because you are on a giant merry-go-round that’s spinning at a miles per hour around its axis. Oh, you’re [...]

300 years ago, a visionary named Count Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf founded something called the Order of the Mustard Seed. It was an eclectic group that included the King of Denmark, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Scotland’s Secretary of State, [...]

On April 16, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King penned a letter from a Birmingham Jail. He was responding to critics who questioned his tactics, and this is what he said in that letter: there was a time when the church was very powerful, a time when early [...]