What comes to mind when you think of spiritual warfare? Perhaps images of Linda Blair’s contorted face or spinning head from the movie, The Exorcist. Those more biblically-minded might think of Jesus casting out a legion of demons, sending them into a herd of pigs to plunge over a cliff. Or, maybe you can find no other explanation for some experience of dark oppression, so you start to consider something demonic.
Read MoreWhat part does fasting play in prayer? And how, exactly, do we do it? As we approach at time of corporate prayer and fasting at Iron Works, Pastor Stan provides some guidance.
Read More“…how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” —Luke 11:13
What would God’s answer to this prayer look like? What do we miss out on from neglect of asking for the Holy Spirit from our Heavenly Father?
Read MoreI was on the tennis court, ready to receive serve, when I felt dizzy. That set me on an unplanned crash course on heart disease that included knowing symptoms of heart failure.
Spiritual heart failure is a serious matter as well, one which plagues us all.
Read MoreThere are a few voices that dominate and lead the conversations on sexual dispositions of the culture. Living a healthy celibate life as a single is not one of them.
The Socrates of our culture silently whispers, “A chaste life isn’t worth living,” and goads us to believe that lie.
Read MoreProverbs 18:24 says that “a man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.”
It is remarkable to think that one could come to ruin while surrounded by companions. What is needed is a friend—a soul friend.
Read MoreGather, bless, eat, share, and serve. This has been happening throughout time in countless homes as families and friends share meals together. The concept is not new. People have been gathering together to share meals for centuries. So in September when I attended a homeschool conference with the Wild and Free community I was pleasantly surprised to hear Sally Clarkson, a veteran homeschooler as it turns out, share about her experience and enthusiasm around the concept of “nurturing faith through feasting, one meal at a time” as her subtitle indicates in her new book, The Life-Giving Table.
Read MoreGod never expects us to be immune to pain, to pretend it isn’t happening, to fake happiness when we are grieving. He gave us tears to shed. He made us with the full capacity to feel the physical and invisible pains of the human experience. He made us human.
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