Satan’s Success Satan has muted one of the most viable messages the church possesses to bring people to their knees in repentance, the message of the reality of hell. When we neglect this vital doctrine we’re actually doing irreparable harm and damage in understanding God’s love and grace. To preach the good news of Jesus […]
Overturning Satan’s Schemes God will turn Satan’s plans against us back upon his own head. The Jewish feast of Purim celebrating Haman’s defeat reveals this reality. “In the twelfth month … on the thirteenth day, the time came for the king’s command and his decree to be executed. On the day that the enemies of […]
The Devil’s All About Opportunity The Bible tells us that we are to make the most of every opportunity. “Walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” (Ephesians 5:15-16) The reason we need to be careful in how we live, “walk circumspectly,” and redeem the time, or […]
When Satan Attacks When we’re not where we’re supposed to be, that’s when we’re the most vulnerable to Satan’s attacks. “It happened in the spring of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the people of […]
When Satan Attacks When we’re not where we’re suppose to be, doing what we’re supposed to be doing, that is when we’re the most vulnerable to Satan’s attacks. “It happened in the spring of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him, and […]
The Devil’s All About Opportunity The Bible tells us that we are to make the most of every opportunity. “Walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” (Ephesians 5:15-16) The reason we need to be careful in how we live, “walk circumspectly,” and redeem the time, or […]
Follow the Yellow Brick Road “Our spiritual journey is analogous to Dorothy’s journey in the “Wizard of Oz” by Frank Baum. “The journey we’re on from this world to God’s heavenly home, we need what the three characters with Dorothy discovered within themselves: the Scarecrow’s wisdom, the Tin Man’s love and compassion, and the Lion’s […]
Stopping Satan’s Sneak Attacks In the Parable of the Tares, Jesus is talking kingdom of heaven stuff, and how Satan has sown his ringers, his people, within the people of God. And in the story God allows them to remain lest some of God’s people get uprooted in the process of weeding them out. In […]
God’s Shortened Work In the end God will make short work of sin and Satan. Satan is making a last ditch effort to destroy believers in Jesus Christ and the church. He’s in an all out battle, which is evident in our world today. He has opened his mouth like a flood and we’re seeing […]
Overcoming Strongholds In ancient days strongholds were walled cities preventing the enemy from advancing and taking captive the inhabitance. But with the modernization of warfare, these became obsolete. Strongholds today are points of operations where offensives take shape and launched. They are hard to defeat and only the most concerted effort can remove them. Paul […]