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To any brothers and sisters struggling against a spirit of Fear and other demonic manifestations.  Gentle Reader, The devil wants you to  have one of two responses to the presence of his forces: deny/ignore their existence or stark terror. Whatever you do, DO NOT BE AFRAID. I know that’s easier said than done–I’ve had a few more encounters than I care to remember and even had a spirit of fear driven out. No matter how big, ugly, or mean the manifestation looks, the One who lives within you is still greater, as the Word says. Resist the devil and he will flee, the bible promisesRead More →

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Normally, Saturday is a no-blogging day for me, but it’s my turn on the tour for Tricia Goyer‘s latest in the Chronicles of the Spanish Civil War, so I’m writing my review in advance. Now, I had the opportunity to review the first book, Valley of Betrayal, for the CFBA back in February, so I was glad to be asked to review A Shadow of Treason as well. The story picks up again with the aftermath of the Guernica bombing that devastated the city, where we find Sophie working in the hospital and her new boyfriend headed back to the front lines. Then the reporterRead More →

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On the Guild we’ve been having a debate on what separates Christian Fiction from Non-Christian. I submitted a version of this piece on that blog, originally as Writing as Unto the Lord. And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not unto men –Colossians 3:23 What separates secular from sacred? When dealing with this question in any public forum, it quickly becomes evident how many of us truly are waffle brains: Secular and Sacred are in separate compartments,with each area of our lives clearly defined in our minds and totally separate from the other. In this mindset, God takes up residenceRead More →

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I received an unscheduled book to review from the CFBA, When the Morning Comes by Cindy Woodsmall. This sequel to When the Heart Cries opens with Hannah Lapp fleeing from her Old Order Amish community by train; even without having read the previous book, we quickly gather why: she has recently miscarried a child conceived in rape, and her community chose to believe lies and rumors rather than Hannah. The reader, or at least this one, is quickly swept up into her drama, as Hannah wins us over by the time she’s left huddled in a store’s doorway on a cold winter night in anRead More →

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In: Dreams and Spiritual Warfare, Sin and Holiness

Where we’ve shown ourselves weak in the past, Satan will hit us again–and again. The devil loves to grab us by the ears, turn us around, and rub our noses in the dung of our past sins and failures. Read on for tips on how to keep this sense of shame from interfering with serving the Lord today.