I Put On: The Helmet of Salvation The Breastplate of Righteousness The Belt of Truth I shod my feet in preparation to Proclaim the Gospel of Peace I hold up the Shield of Faith to ward off the fiery darts of the evil one I take up the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God Create in me a clean heart, O God and renew a right spirit within me. I will make not provisions for the flesh to fulfill the lusts thereof. I will bring every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ. But, I say to you, that for every idle word that you shall speak, you shall give account of it in the ..read more

          For this message I am forwarding the site to access the latest issue of Christian Times Magazine in which I have written an article on National Day of Prayer as requested by the magazine's Editor-in-Chief Charles Lingerfelt. www.CTimesmag.com/digital-magazine              Download Issue 83              Page beginning 13 "Corporate and Personal Prayer" Please be reminded of my web site www.combatfaith.com, where, admittedly my books are mentioned, but, more importantly, I have information f ..read more

 by The Honorable Allen B. Clark      allenbclark@aol.com      When Linda and I travel abroad or in our own nation, we tend to visit sites off the typical tourist paths. Such was so years ago when we visited St. John's Episcopal Church in Richmond, VA. It was not an accident we went there. That is the church on March 23, 1775 where American Patriot Patrick Henry, member of our First Continental Congress and first governor of the state of Virginia, spoke those immortal fiery words that were a guidepost in the following years leading to the liberty of and forma ..read more

 By allenbclark@aol.com Probably ten Bibles are in my possession, but my favored one I received just three years ago as a gift. It is The Evidence Bible New King James Version Bridge-Logos, Florida, 2011. Commentary by Ray Comfort Here we are one day before the newest total eclipse of the sun. I just "happened" upon turning again to Genesis 1 in the Bible to discover this footnote (pg. 4) below for Genesis 1:16: "Then God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He made the stars also." Both lights will be evident April 8, 2024! "Ma ..read more

                                                                   Prayer of Surrender If you have ever said, "I am ready to accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior, but, I do not know what to say?," then read on! Below is the "Prayer of Surrender" distributed by the pastor of my place of worship on Easter 2024. Jesus, Your sacrifice for me on the cross not only covers the debt of my sin, it reveals the depth of Your love for me. Y ..read more

                                                           BORN TO DIE!      Typically, the furthest most arrive in learning about the ultimate historical being on earth, Jesus the Christ, is in our youth Sunday School classes. We learn all those touchy feely stories about the beautiful baby Jesus, who was born divinely to Mother Mary, grew up in Nazareth north of the Sea of Galilee, learned carpentry from His earth father Joseph ..read more

Biblical Quotes from Life Application Bible King James Version Tyndale House Publishers      Let us begin at the beginning to learn how we got here and started down the trail of each of our lives and back way past our own individual creation to Creation.  THE CREATOR: Who was the Creator?      He was the all-powerful entity that was there at whenever was the beginning and before. To understand how wide it is to comprehend God and where He resides, we must look in the New Testament at John 8:23 "Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am ..read more

      For the purposes of discussion let us assume our mortal lives are lived along a "trail." As a minimum the trail of our lives not only is "dusty," but, actually has side paths to explore to sidetrack us from our destination, holes, slopes and inclines, boulders, muddy areas, pools of deep water, rain, torrential downpours, snakes, tarantulas, bandits, dangerous wildlife and hopefully, a few covered rest places along the way. We keep wondering, when the dusty trail will end, so we may find a paved road and then perhaps we may even progress to where we encounter an interstate ..read more

      In 1966-1967 I was a first lieutenant and junior aide to the Major General commanding the Second Armored Division at Fort Hood, Texas. My introduction to personalities was when the general described one of our brigade commanders as a "phlegmatic." For some reason that word stuck with me. At the time it did not make much sense to me. Webster's 1828 original dictionary describes a phlegmatic as "...not easily excited into action or passion; as a phlegmatic temper or temperament."      Fast forward to 1986 and a book by Florence Littauer Your Per ..read more

      "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." (Ephesians 6:12 KJV Life Application Study Bible). Footnote pg. 2079. "In the Christian life we battle against 'principalities and powers' (the powerful evil forces of fallen angels headed by Satan who is a vicious fighter, see 1 Peter 5:8)....the whole body needs to be armed...fight in the strength of the church, whose power comes from the Holy Spirit."      In ..read more