Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem “I Heard the Bells” is a powerful and emotional piece of poetry that speaks to the human experience of suffering and hope in the midst of turmoil. He wrote this poem in 1863, after his son went to fight in the American Civil War. The poem depicts the narrator hearing the…
However, when they got to where Jesus was, there were so many people crowded around Him that they could not get their friend to Jesus. So they lifted their friend up onto the roof, broke open the tiles of the roof and lowered their friend down before Jesus.
The following excerpt is from my forthcoming book, due out this Christmas… I hope it is a fun read and a blessing to you, today! Let me know what you think! One particular effect I was enamored with was the Straitjacket. Having first read about Houdini in Walter Gibson’s Master Magicians I have been fascinated…
Jesus: Magician or God? By Andre Kole Years ago I was challenged, as a skeptic and as a magician, to investigate the miracles of Christ from the point of view of a magician. At that time, I took great pride in the fact that I had never been fooled by any other magician, so I…
“Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 3:13-14) As John Haggai often says when quoting this verse, “There are some things we should NOT forget.” Such as what we…
There are so many reasons and degrees of sorrow. Sorrow is almost certain at the death of a loved one…many have experienced this. But there are many other types of sorrow which carry varying degrees of emotional response on our part. The loss of a mate or relative through a divorce, through either permanent or temporary…
Isn’t it incredible that we can believe that we know what it better for us than God does! However, Satan knows how to make us believe that. First, he raises questions in our mind about God’s command and then contradicts God’s word. To question God’s authority and veracity is one of the deceiver’s primary tools….
How many times have you had an impression of something you should do, or a thought or idea cross your mind? Later you found out that a positive reaction to that idea was the best thing you could have done. Was it an educated guess … was it because you are “smarter” than others … was it…
The Lord said, ” Whatever is not of faith is sin.” (Romans 14:23 NKJV) There is no question that the “KEY” that unlocks the Supernatural is “FAITH.” God has always dealt with His people on the basis of faith. It was Abraham’s faith to obey the Lord’s directions that were counted unto him (Abraham) for…