A Lesson About Spiritual Warfare from Alexander the Great

We can actually learn a lot about some of Satan's strategies in spiritual warfare by studying the military strategies of some of the warriors of old. ...

Banding Together in Spiritual Warfare

A few years ago, an old acquaintance of mine served as a police officer in a northern native settlement in Canada. One day a rabid wolf wandered into ...

The Stumbling-grains of Sin

As a very little dust will disorder a clock, and the least sand will obscure our sight, so the least grain of sin which is upon the heart will hinder ...

Seattle Group Believes Alcoholics Can't Change

Can alcoholics overcome their addiction? Seattle's Downtown Emergency Services Center doesn't seem to think so. It's spending $11 million on permanent ...

The Reality of Violent Video Games

Forgive me, for I have killed.

I have used swords and shotguns, handguns and grenades. I have shot, stabbed, and bludgeoned. I have crushed skulls with ...

Evangelist Encounters Spiritual Warfare

I once encountered a conflict that convinced me of the reality of subtle demonic hindrances. I was part of a church visitation team that had just spent ...

Comfort Endangers Our Spiritual Lives

We're too comfortable to be spiritual…. We think we will be able to pursue God better without danger or hardship. And yet it works in just the opposite ...

Albert Schweitzer on Sabbath Rest

"If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan."

—Physician, missionary Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965)

Wilma Rudolph Overcame Obstacles to Win Olympic Gold

Wilma Rudolph was the 20th of 22 children. Born prematurely, doctors did not expect Wilma to survive. She did, but at the age of four, she contracted ...

"Endurance": Destroying Hindrances

Endurance is the story of Sir Ernest Shackleton's daring expedition to cross the Antarctic. In August of 1914, Shackleton and 27 crewmen boarded The Endurance ...