Apprentice 2 Jesus

spiritual warfare

  • Do We Understand the Times?

    I just finished my first Stanley Hauerwas article. I have heard his name for quite awhile but had never ventured into any of his writings. I finally linked to one and read it. Normally when I read such intelligent pieces having a dictionary by my side is helpful. Even that didn’t help. I understood the… Read more

  • We Don’t Need Apostasy

    We just need boredom. Our enemy is not interested in our utter rejection of the gospel if we are simply bored with our Christianity. I ran across this great C.S. Lewis quote from The Screwtape Letters: If you can once get him to the point of thinking that “all religion is all very well up… Read more

  • Whose Report?

    I am preparing for my Sunday message in 1 Thessalonians. I will be preaching on the devil. Fun stuff. One of the tactics the enemy uses is deception. We will often believe the lies of the enemy over the truth of God. It’s often because we spend more time listening to the deception instead of… Read more

  • Do we know the forces with which we deal?

    The scariest words I may NEVER want to hear in my own life come from Acts 19:15. It is the episode of the seven sons of Sceva. They are trying to cast out a demon in the name of Jesus who Paul preaches. The demon’s response: “Jesus I know, Paul I know, but who are… Read more