I often hear Christian friends refer to certain difficult circumstances in their lives as “spiritual battle” or a “spiritual attack”. They seem sure that satan is the hand behind their difficulties. Yet, we also know that nothing can come...
Pogo was right. “We have met the enemy and he is us.” Matthew 16:13-28 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do men say that the Son of man is?” 14 And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and...
May 30, 2004 A Pentecost meditation: God (and therefore Christ and the Holy Spirit) was, is, and will ever be the same. How then can I understand what is written in the Word in a way that is compatible with the way I see the world now? If they appear at odds with one...
Sometimes one has enemies; other times one is viewed as the enemy by others. Rev. Ron Carpenter has written about the necessity of enemies in a book of the same name, “The Necessity of Enemies.” He shows how individuals not only survived attacks of an enemy but, by...
