By Rev Peter Crumpler2025-03-12T17:31:00
In A Devil Named Lucifer, Jared Brock uncovers Satan’s hidden influence and tactics, arguing that understanding how he works and why he does what he does can help you resist him
Author and film director Jared Brock paid a high price to write A Devil Named Lucifer (Bethany House Publishers). From the week he decided to embark on the project his life “went into a tailspin of chaos.”
He suffered housing problems, health issues, money losses, and “had strange dreams, including one of a dead man in a coffin who sat up, opened his tuxedo and revealed himself to be a green cobra.”
To be fair, Brock’s year of writing this book was also one of blessing - his baby boy becoming a toddler, Brock leading a teenager to Christ and he and his wife became“debt-free home stewards”.
And yet it is clear that Brock’s life was turned upside-down as he launched into writing this book…
2025-08-18T13:07:00Z By Paul Valler
Fatherlessness is one of the most damaging yet overlooked issues of our time, says pastor and author John Woods. In Good Bad No Dad, he combines personal experience, biblical insight, and moving testimonies to show how the “father deficit” shapes lives and where true healing can be found.
2025-08-11T10:49:00Z By Lisa Skinner
When Beth Appleby received a devastating prenatal diagnosis, she faced it with grief, grit and faith. Carrying Hope is a moving story of holding onto God in the darkest of valleys, says Lisa Skinner
2025-08-08T09:44:00Z By Emma Fowle
You don’t need to love silence or structure to enjoy Faith Habits and How to Form Them. With warmth and clarity, Emma Timms offers an accessible guide to deeper spiritual practices for any stage of faith, says our reviewer
2025-08-15T15:17:00Z By Giles Gough
Celine Song’s latest film follows a successful New York matchmaker as she pairs people up by reducing them to numbers such as age, height and salary. But God doesn’t do this, says Giles Gough, and neither should Christians looking for love
2025-08-06T16:11:00Z By Tim Wyatt
Focusing on former members as they unpack the trauma inflicted by years of coercion, control and abuse within the Jesus Army, a new BBC documentary lays bare the grim reality the cult managed to mask for decades. Watching it, Tim Wyatt says, there’s little to do but weep with them
2025-07-30T09:07:00Z By Dr Joshua Bloor
Jamie Franklin’s The Great Return urges the Church to reclaim its past dominance but confuses the decline of Christendom with that of Christianity, argues Dr Joshua Bloor. True renewal, he argues, must centre on Christ, not nostalgia
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