Our first guest on the Testimony series at the Faith Fortress Warriors Blog is a native of of Texas and former bull rider Colton Chatham.   We heard his testimony on youtube and wanted to give him another opportunity to share his testimony directly with men who may be dealing with the same situations.   Do you ever wonder why God has you here?   Colton questioned God on why he was here but eventually discovered purpose, peace and the path to salvation through Jesus Christ. Enough from us, here are the words from the man himself.   Hey guys!,   So, I was raised in a Chr ..read more

Ways to Set Your Mind Back on God and Get the Victory! by Tonja Taylor These can be very tough times, even for Believers in Christ. But the the Spirit of the LORD Jesus and His Word, the Bible, is the victory for us--our answer! I personally have used these strategies for years, and although this is a partial list of how to find tools and strategies to get victory in the LORD! It helps to hear others--even when it seems we could never get where they are. So going to online sites and radio stations that have Bible-based teaching, preaching, and music can only help you.  If you don't w ..read more

The Measure of a Man by Stephen Kimball It’s easy to believe that success or popularity equals “manhood”. But do not be deceived! The God who created you and knows you intimately, looks beneath the surface into the recesses of the heart, and what really matters is what he sees in there. Lose that perspective and begin to live your life with the ideals of the world, guided by your own selfish desires, and fall short of what God has planned for your life. On the other hand, live life with an undying deep desire to understand the heart of God and to walk in the wisdom of His Word and you will en ..read more

A "TRUE" CHURCH by Lewis E. Thomas   A "TRUE" CHURCH   The UNITED STATES has millions of Churches from COAST TO COAST! Yet, we have an "EPIDEMIC of SIN" that causes old Satan to "REJOICE and BOAST"!   Most Churches today are merely "DEAD" social clubs that have no "SAVING POWER" within! They never, ever preach on the WAGES OF SIN!   All you will hear preached are little love SERMONETTS to make sinners feel "GOOD"! You will never hear today's "FAKE PASTORS" preach "AGAINST SIN" the way they should!   CARNAL PASTORS who never preach on sins like those condemned in ..read more

My Fortress is My GOd by Katy Curry Can you see it? That great stone fortress? It is there, I just need to keep my eyes on Him, my mind and heart in His Word. It is there. Can you see it? It is mighty and strong in the distance, the sun sparkles as diamonds on those great stones and I know once I reach it I will be safe from the harm and temptation, from the evil and pain of this world. I must keep striving! As I race, running with all my might; fear begins to leave. I look around and see I am flanked on either side with mighty soldiers! They are tall and mighty, they fight off the enemy and ..read more

Differences: The Old and New Testament By: Christine Bettridge The Bible is a Book that has two main divisions in - the Old Testament and the New Testament. Even though there are these distinct parts of the Bible - it still has only one theme - redemption. This is necessary to understand because the whole Bible revolves around this theme, and some have said that there is a scarlet thread (of blood) that runs form cover to cover. Other Similarities Before the differences are looked at, let's consider some other similarities that exist between the two halves. The books were all written by men ..read more

Where to Find Images for Church Website By: John Smith Now that you have already downloaded one of our free Christian templates, the one that you loved most, you want to customize it to fit your church. You want to replace the logo, to change the text and to replace the pictures with real ones. If the logo is something that you already have, the text will be also something that you will be able to produce all by yourself, one single question still remains: where to take pictures from, in order to replace the ones already placed in our Christian template. Well, there would be many answers becau ..read more

Jesus Christ: Self-Denial or Self-Esteem By: Johnny Kicklighter A Review & Critique of Dr. David Tyler's book, "Jesus Christ: Self-Denial or Self-Esteem. If one didn't look at the title of Dr. Tyler's book, "Jesus Christ: Self-Denial or Self-Esteem," they might think they were reading a book about the life of Christ instead of a refutation of the self-esteem movement. Dr. Tyler takes a different approach that's characteristic of some of the other books on critiquing self-esteem. He doesn't exclusively argue that the self-esteem position is defective from a humanistic psychological approac ..read more