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“Like a good chess player, Satan is always trying to maneuver you into a position where you can save your castle only by losing your bishop.” ~.C.S. Lewis

"We must learn to live on the heavenly side and look at things from above. To contemplate all things as God sees them, as Christ beholds them, overcomes sin, defies Satan, dissolves perplexities, lifts us above trials, separates us from the world and conquers fear of death." - A. B. Simpson

The Soldier and the Seagulls It happened every Friday evening, almost without fail, when the sun resembled a giant orange and was starting to dip into the blue ocean. Old Ed came strolling along the beach to his favorite pier. Clutched in his bony hand was a bucket of shrimp. Ed walks out to...

Last week the United States experienced a polar vortex. Historians call it a 100-year storm! Millions of Texans were without electrical power as the power grid almost fully collapsed. Between the United States and Canada sits Niagara Falls. An estimated 500,000 tons of water go over the falls...

“This much is certain, that we have no theological right to set any sort of limits to the loving-kindness of God which has appeared in Jesus Christ. Our theological duty is to see and understand it as being still greater than we had seen before.” -Karl Barth

Children's Letters To God Dear God, Did you mean for the giraffe to look like that or was it an accident? ~ Norma Dear God, Instead of letting people die and having to make new ones, why don't you just keep the ones you have now? ~ Jane Dear God, Who draws the lines around the countries? ~...

“Many of us are missing something in life because we are after the second best.” - Eric Liddell “It has been a wonderful experience to compete in the Olympic Games and to bring home a gold medal. But since I have been a young lad, I have had my eyes on a different prize. You see, each one of us...

BudinAk Location: Seward, Alaska God Cares! It was the winter of 1971 and we were in a cold snap in Alaska. Where I was living, in Seward, it generally doesn't get too extreme, but this one time it was an adventure for me. I was unemployed, very poor any just barely getting by with whatever...

I was living in Seward, Alaska, it was winter of 1971, and there was plenty of snow on the ground. One weekend my uncle asked if I wanted to go "snow-machining" with him and his son. Of course, as a young 22 yr old, I wanted to go! Soon the three of us were riding on up into the hills and...

"God has defeated Satan through the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. Through this overwhelming victory, God has also empowered you to overcome any temptation to sin and has provided sufficient resources for you to respond to any problem of life. By relying on God's power, you can...

The best laid intentions of mice and men often go aglee One of the great marvels of the Roman Empire was the invention of the aqueduct system to provide water over vast distances. It was an absolutely ingenious method which made use of gravity, with stone arches to support the water channels...