The time was December of 1983. The place was the office of Jean Gibson at Fairhaven Bible Chapel in San Leandro, California. My wife Nancy and I were attending the Discipleship Intern Training Program that Jean and William MacDonald had organized. The program began in late August of 1983 and ran through May of 1984. […]
In some respects young men have an advantage in open-air preaching over those who are older. They are as a rule less cautious, and therefore more ready to take risks that the older would not take. They see visions where the older dream dreams. There is, moreover, a freshness of faith and a simplicity of […]
Is the world overrun with demons? Is demonic activity, as we are told, the cause for virtually every problem a Christian will encounter? Whether it be emotional problems, addictions, physical illness, or marital unfaithfulness–are these all caused by demonic activity? This is the teaching of the popular “Spiritual Warfare” movement. Spiritual warfare teachers, who once […]
David Hill (1840-1896) was a pioneer missionary in central China with connections to the Wesleyan Missionary Society. Hill was from a privileged background and gave generously to missionary and church work. He founded schools for the blind, set up orphanages, and homes for destitute elderly. He founded the Christian Literature Society, labored against the opium […]
Some time ago a friend of mine took me to a restaurant where they must love darkness rather than light. I stumbled into the dimly-lit cavern, fumbled for a chair, and mumbled that I needed a flashlight to read the menu. When the food came I ate it by faith and not by sight. Gradually, […]
Apollyon threw a flaming dart at his breast; but Christian had a shield in his hand, with which he caught it, and so prevented the danger of that. Then did Christian set himself for battle and Apollyon was fast at him, throwing darts thick as hail, by the which, notwithstanding all that Christian could do […]
The spiritual warfare “Prayer Intercessor” exclaimed, “This city is overrun with demons… there are demons in every house and on every street…souls will never be saved until this city is taken back by the power of prayer, house by house, street by street!” These Christians were encouraged to take part in a week-long prayer vigil, […]
True Christianity is far removed from the hurdy-gurdy entertainment of modern Christendom. It is not to be confused with the luxury-living and pleasure-seeking that are so rampant today. Rather, it is a struggle to the death, an unceasing conflict against the forces of hell. No disciple is worth his salt who does not realize that […]
How dreadful a thing it is to allow ourselves to get into a condition of soul in which we are unable to bear distinct testimony against the ministers of Satan. “We must,” it is said, “be liberal”; “we must not hurt people’s feelings.” But truth is truth, and we are not to put error for […]