Paul W. Powell Legacy Library

The Christian life is a fight, a struggle, a warfare. And our opponent is Satan. He is the adversary of God’s people. While he has succeeded in making some people question his existence, he is definitely alive and well on planet Earth today. As Christians we are not to be ignorant of his techniques lest he should get the advantage of us (2 Corinthians 2:11). Sa...

A good self-image is important if we are ever going to be successful. This is just as true in God’s work as it is in any other area of life. When God called Moses to lead the children of Israel out of Egypt, Moses tried to excuse himself by saying, “Who am I, that I should go unto the Pharaoh?” (Exodus 3:11) Mark that question “Who am I?&rdquo...

5 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. Introduction       I have been thinking about a little story I read sometime ago about this man who went to the doctor for a checkup. “I have bad news for you,” the doctor said. “You are...

1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. 2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. 3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. 5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other...

Among all the disorders of the soul, none brings more distress than doubt. It can be a source of misery and discomfort, fill your life with anxieties and fears, and rob you of peace. There are two kinds of religious doubt. One is sincere doubt; the other is insincere doubt. Some doubt is a cover-up for sin. Many people look on doubt as a badge of learning, and so the...

A. J. Cronin said: “Worry, in the final analysis, is a form of atheism.” To worry unduly is to deny faith in a God who can and will help you. Jesus agrees and addressed those in his day who worried unduly with the words: “O ye of little faith.” Unbelief is at the root of most worry. The solution to worry is faith in God. Faith is the greatest...

The Christian faith is no stranger to skepticism. In fact the very first announcement of the resurrection of Jesus was greeted with unbelief. Luke says, “And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not” (Luke 24:11). Such doubt still persists today. There are still those who believe that Jesus never lived. Others will concede that...

I believe in the devil! Many people don’t. They think that belief in a personal devil is a part of mankind’s nursery furniture. They put him in the same category as Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. They relegate him to the superstition and ignorance of the Middle Ages. Granted, the truth about Satan has been greatly distorted by the false notions of the...

Occasionally someone tells me that he is an atheist (doesn’t believe in God) or an agnostic (not sure there is a God). Such skepticism is rooted in one of three things:  1. Intellect. Some skepticism is intellectual. There are people who have delved so deeply into philosophy and science that they have more questions than answers. They demand more informat...