Joel

Joel is known as the Prophet of Revival. The title of this book is the name of its writer, as is probably true of all the prophetical books of the Old Testament. The name Joel means “Yahweh is God.” He was the son of Pethuel (“Persuaded of God”), who does not appear to have been…

Is the devil real?

“I cannot believe I thought such an awful thing!” Why do we wrestle with dark thoughts? What compels us to speak bad about others? Is it something in us, or someone attacking us that makes us wish harm on others? How about when some stranger is bursting with laughter and we snicker “how ridiculous!” What…

A Trickster ?

That cunning, slippery, shrewd, devious, astute, charming, shifty, subtle Liar, the Trickster of all the ages — easily engages his fancy footwork to trip us up every time we attempt to “be a do gooder”. Think about the evil Trickster and how he successfully recruited others to bewilder a mass of people into his ways! …