You can imagine the scene; over-confident, the soldiers on the high-ground had taken off their boots to relax for the evening. In the dark, the enemy crept to the summit of the mountain, and surprised the complacent troops at the top. Fleeing in...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
An injury to the knee may be painful, but seldom fatal. Yet, a bullet to the heart spells sudden death. Just as you would not want to be the only member of a SWAT team without a bulletproof vest, so no believer can survive without God's Christian...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Charleen Lester was a woman known by God and loved by God. She was ready to die because she was forgiven by God. She was so certain. but the question is, "Why?". What gave Charleen such confidence to face death and enter into the presence of God?...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
What a rare treasure to know a person who was content to live simply yet generously. Charleen Lester was such a person. When it pleased the Lord to take her home to Himself at the young age of 40, leaving her husband and two young daughters, the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Do you consider yourself richer when you are handed counterfeit money? Neither should you consider yourself safer when you cling to a counterfeit faith. Strikingly, it is not articles of small value that are worth counterfeiting, but articles of...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
How many churches have been destroyed in this war? How many bodies litter this battlefield; bodies of those who once seemed to be on the path of victory? This can be intimidating. the seriousness of Paul's instruction to stand.Yet this standing is...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Without warning a young wife and mother was called home to glory. On Sunday, Josh made sense of it for a grieving congregation. Is God unkind? Does He intentionally inflict suffering? Is a tragedy like this the greatest tragedy?Some may say so,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
War is not a beautiful or desirable, but grotesque, foul and ugly. Yet the dread of war doesn't even begin to describe the horror and the values at stake when we speak about spiritual warfare. We are speaking about inestimable power and measures...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Is it really the Devil who makes people sick? Is it really a demon that makes your husband argue with you or your child rebellious? Are there really special formulas to use when casting out a demon? Do Christians today really have the power to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Does the Bible ever speak about people's sinful actions and declare that the solution is to cast out a demon? No. Rather Scripture places the blame and responsibility for sin on the human agent. Even in cases where Satan is involved in the sinful...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
