Courageous

What does the Bible say about courage? “Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord!” (Psalm 31:24, ESV) There is a reason behind God’s command to be courageous. Nearly every time God says “fear not,” He provides a reason to have courage, and that reason is God Himself. God calms…

Cowardly!

What does the Bible say about cowardice or being a coward? At first glance, it would seem the Bible has very little to say about cowardice. Some translations do not even contain the word, while in others it occurs only once in the book of Revelation: “But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as…

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Screwtape Letters – Week 2, Letters 4 – 6

Letter 4 Themes: The subtle attacks against prayer life; the implications of not seeing God directly in prayer. Letter 5 Themes: Fear, anguish, despair; war, suffering; contented worldliness; growth through suffering; faith. Letter 6 Themes: Fear, anxiety worry, suspense about the future; faith trust; prayer; revenge, anger; apathy.

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Screwtape Letters – Week 10, Letters 28 – 31

Letter 28 Themes: Fear of and blessings of death; spiritual perseverance; middle aged prosperity and adversity; worldly attachments; spiritual attrition, earthly utopia. Letter 29 Themes: Cowardice; pride; hatred; courage; despair; God’s motive for creating a dangerous world; superstitions involving hypotheticals; relying on God alone. Letter 30 Themes: Duty, purpose, pride, cowardice, fatigue, peevishness, disappointment, total…

Line of Departure

“Does that tree look familiar to you?” I asked the squad leader in front of me. “We’re in the jungle, man; it all looks the same,” he responded. I let it slide, as it was more forest than jungle. We were headed toward a distant Vietnamese village we knew was being used by the Viet…