Category Archives: Spiritual Warfare

Fear: The Ruination of the American Church

September 12th, 2011

If someone were to ask me what emotion best characterizes the American Church in 2011, I’d have to say fear. Everywhere I look, some self-styled church leader is playing the fear card. Christian bloggers blog about issues that instill fear. Average Christians in the pews lament the continued American downslide and point trembling fingers willy-nilly [...]

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When the Devil Seems to Win

July 27th, 2010

A little country church tucked just off Main Street, Trinity Fellowship had served the community for years and did it well. They had experienced growth over the last year—eight new families—but they had also experienced something less encouraging. Rebecca Simms worried that her youngest daughter would end up in jail. She did. Mike Travers heard [...]

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The Christian, Rage, and Powerlessness

June 1st, 2010

It started with a lack of bacon. Too many people at Wendy’s ordered items with bacon, so the crew had to cook more. The bacon lovers in line were told it would be six minutes, so we gathered calmly off to one side and began to chat. One man steered the conversation to politics. In [...]

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