“Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong – these are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history.” These are words spoken by Winston Churchill in a speech to the House of Commons in 1935. The Bible plainly warns us, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour” (1 Pet. 5:8). Historically, the church of our Lord has always been the focus of the…
Filed under: Devotional, Michael Carter on April 30th, 2006 | No Comments »
According the 12th chapter of the Book of Revelation, the Dragon (Satan) is presented as casting out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman (God’s faithful Jews). His purpose was “that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood” (12:15). We then read of how the earth “swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth” (12:16). This “flood” appears to be the lies that Satan spreads in order to deceive that so many are sadly and gullibly accepting. The Bible is under serious attack, and Satan is indeed spewing forth…
Filed under: Devotional, Michael Carter on April 23rd, 2006 | No Comments »
On April 22, 1915, passengers boarding the HMS Lusitania were handed this message from the Imperial Germany Embassy in Washington, D.C.:
“NOTICE! Travellers intending to embark on the Atlantic voyage are reminded that a state of war exists between Germany and her allies and Great Britain and her allies; … that, in accordance with formal notice given by the Imperial German Government, vessels flying the flag of Great Britain, or any of her allies, are liable to destruction in those waters and that travelers sailing in the war zone on the ships of Great Britain or her allies do…
Filed under: Devotional, Justin Boitnott on April 16th, 2006 | No Comments »
