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It was the Superbowl of preachers. It was a big contest, but it wasn’t fair. On one side, 400 prophets of Baal would try to persuade their god to “fire-up” the sacrifice laid out on the altar. You remember the story don’t you. They had quite a prayer meeting on the top of that mountain! They prayed long…

A tiger met a lion as they sat beside a pool. Said the tiger to the lion, "Why are you roaring like a fool?" "That's not foolish," said the lion, with a twinkle in his eyes, "They call me the king of all beasts because I advertise." A riabbit heard them talking, ran on like a streak. He thought he would…

A few weeks ago I was in Cape Town, South Africa, for a gathering of world Christian leaders from 200 countries. One of the speakers was the Anglican archbishop of Jos, Nigeria. His name is Benjamin Kwashi, and he shared a story that was horrific and inspiring at the same time. Jos, this city in Nigeria,…

I was listening to James Macdonald (July 16, 2010). He was visiting Moody Church in Chicago and Dr. Erwin Lutzer was showing them around a beautiful new addition to their facility. As they were touring about on the rooftop, the group kepot hearing this strange whistling like sound. Inquisitive, Macdonald…

How to Fight Spiritual Warfare by Rick Warren For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. — Ephesians 6:12 (NIV) There are four things we need to…

The story is told of an old lady who had moved to the United States from Europe when she was a child, but now she wanted to officially become a citizen of this country. After months of going through all the necessary red tape, she was finally ready to take the required oath. Raise your right hand, please.…

From: Turning Point [turningpoint@turningpointonline.org] Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 6:00 AM To: bholtrop@nethtc.net Subject: Today's Turning Point with David Jeremiah | {{{" Weekend, August 4 & 5Fuel Gauge: Staying Topped OffEvery day I will bless You, and I will praise Your name forever and ever.…

- The belt of truth, so that we can know, understand, believe, and obey the truth of God as revealed in the Bible and in Jesus. - The breastplate of righteousness, so that we are not satisfied with known sin in our lives. We must confess any sin and, to the degree our spiritual maturity allows, live…

Os Guinness, the Christian author of The Dust of Death, once went to England to give a lecture series at Essex University. As he was being introduced to the audience, moments before he was about to speak, he noticed a young woman sitting in the front row. What caught his attention was that the young…

There is an old legend about Satan one day having a yard sale. He thought he'd get rid of some of his old tools that were cluttering up the place. So there was gossip, slander, adultery, lying, greed, power-hunger, and more laid out on the tables. Interested buyers were crowding the tables, curious,…

Though skeptical of his teenage son's newfound determination to build bulging muscles, one father followed his teenager to the store's weight-lifting department, where they admired a set of weights. "Please, Dad," pleaded the teen, "I promise I'll use 'em every day." "I don't know, Michael. It's really…

It is his delight to smash, mangle, twist, mutilate, disfigure, and blast in every way he can. It does not make any difference whether it is bodies or souls, flesh or ideas, matter or spirit – the aim of the devil is exactly the same in every case. That is why the devil can never offer anything positive…

A policeman who weighs 140 pounds can stand before an 18-wheeler and with uplifted hand say, “Stop, in the name of the law.” He is appealing to an authority higher than himself. The truck stops because of that name or authority. The policeman certainly did not and could not stop the truck with physical…

From the view point of the Christian religion, of course, the primary struggle within human nature first appears as the struggle between the individual and God. This makes perfect sense once we understand human nature in relation to the purpose for us in Creation, as explained earlier. We were made able…