Author Archives: theagonyofvictory

You go out into the day hoping that the world likes you as you like it. You wish all well, and the sun is shining, or not, but still there is ample reason to shake joy and gratitude from the … Continue reading →

Half lit morn, Cicada chorus. In the woods, an owl trills soprano. Down valley, the rooster calls in mournful tenor. A bat flutters ’round the yard searching his last supper. And in the sky, a sliver of moon over rising … Continue reading →

This Easter marks 11 years since God supernaturally intervened in my wayward life with two words that sent me on a search. Those words were “dry bones.” I was a prodigal, a rebel, a rambler. I left my small farming … Continue reading →

This Easter marks 11 years since God supernaturally intervened in my wayward life with two words that sent me on a search. Those words were “dry bones.” I was a prodigal, a rebel, a rambler. I left my small farming … Continue reading →

    So he came home. After all those years of vowing he’d never go back, didn’t need them, didn’t want them, couldn’t stand that place, those people and their narrow-minded ways, it was home he turned when things went bad. He’d … Continue reading →

One of the subtle lies of the charismatic church is that there’s a perfect way, a better understanding, a purer worship, a more insightful teaching to be found in their fellowship. They hook people this way, offering prime real estate, … Continue reading →

In my travels in Charismania, I often shrugged off older religious books (unless they carried certain names), opting instead for the new revelation of the prophet of the hour. If Bill Johnson wrote it, or Patricia King published it, I … Continue reading →

We are told we will be good and right if we just do as we’re told. For many, there was no nurture to show us we are loved just for being. We must do to earn love. So we do … Continue reading →

  Our Charismatic crowd was quick to denounce the religious spirit anytime it felt freedom impinged. They were quite good at spotting it and quick to send it packing, or so they thought. My unraveling with this crowd came with … Continue reading →

Romans 10     6But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh in this manner: “Say not in thine heart, `Who shall ascend into Heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down from above) 7or, “`Who shall descend into the deep?’” (that is, … Continue reading →