Fear Overwhelms the Overconfident

On July 21, 1861, raw Yankee recruits marched toward the Confederate Army camping at Bull Run, 30 miles southwest of Washington. The Union soldiers were ...

We Know the Enemy's Plans

The Battle of Antietam in 1862 lasted for 12 hours and ranks as the bloodiest day of the Civil War, with 10,000 Confederate casualties and even more on ...

The Inescapable

In The Divine Intruder, James R. Edwards recounts this story:

Wilmer McLean was a small farmer in the Shenandoah Valley in 1861. In the spring of that ...

Rocker Scott Stapp's Spiritual Struggles

In a Spin interview, Scott Stapp, the lead singer of Creed, discusses the impact his strict religious upbringing has had on his life:

"I tell you, ...

Alert to Satan's Work

When we lived in St. Petersburg, Florida, we would go to the beach. It was always hard to relax and have a good time with our children, though, because ...

Avoiding False Security

The Hibernia oil platform in the North Atlantic is 189 miles (315 kilometers) east-southeast of St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. As a fixed structure, ...

Benefit of Enemies

I heard [a story] about attempts to ship fresh North Atlantic cod from Boston to San Francisco during the nineteenth century. At that time the only way ...

Treat the Devil Like a Dog

Our tribulations and doubts, wherewith the Devil plagues us, can be driven away by no better means than by condemning him; as when one condemns a fierce ...

Wartime Trickery

The February 26, 1974 edition of Insight told the story of Major William Martin, a British subject who is buried near Huelvo on the southern coast of ...

Violence God Approves

You must violently resist the tides of the world. Violently give up all that holds you back from God. Violently turn your will over to God to do His will ...