Thoughts and Prayers: Power Tools in the Hands of Skilled Craftsmen
“...Simon, Simon, behold Satan has demanded to sift all of you like wheat, but I have prayed that your own faith may not fail; and once you have turned back, you must strengthen your brothers” (Lk 22: 31-32). Christians have an especially significant means of communication, a vehicle for societal change and a methodology for transformation s...
The Devil is a Dad Too
Did you know Jesus once called the Devil a father? When the Son came to “reveal the face of the father” and was asked by His disciples how they ought to pray, it was with this very image – “Our Father, who art in heaven…” So, I think we should pay attention when the devil is given a paternal recognition. Fatherhood generates and per...
Dear Men, Defend Your Garden from the Lies of the Devil
“And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit for forty days in the wilderness, tempted by the devil… The devil said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God…’” (Lk. 4:1-3) “If you are the Son of God…” Those words must have had some real force behind them if they were the beginning of Jesus...