Saint Patrick (Maewyn Succat) was born in Roman Britain (Wales) somewhere between 385-386 AD. As a teenager, he was kidnapped by Irish pirates and enslaved in Ireland for six years, before, following a miraculous conversion to Christianity, he managed to escape back to Britain. One would imagine that after this ordeal, he would hate even the mention of Ireland and seek for nothing except revenge for what happened. But, after much time spent in prayer and studying the Scriptures, he would eventually return there, as an ordained bishop - and lead many of the pagans in Ireland to Christ - transforming the spiritual climate of the nation! This is the power of forgiveness, through the Cross of Christ. One thing St. Patrick is remembered for is his famous teaching on the Trinity, where he would use the three-leaved shamrock to illustrate the unity of the Godhead. “Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ on my right, Ch...
A Testimony In 1996, while I was in college, I was given a evangelism tract by a friend. This small booklet explained to me (a humanist at the time) the full Gospel: man’s fallen state, through Adam; our separation from God, who is perfect and holy; and what He (God) did to take away this separation. I read the tract, was convicted of my sin, repented and acknowledged Jesus Christ as 1. The Son of God, who is God 2. The Lord and sovereign of my life 3. My Savior from death and Hell. I did not realize then, that what happened at that moment, had not only saved my soul, but was going to keep me from falling…over and over again. Doctrines of demons…in the House of God “God’s Word is not scripture, God’s word is the message you are hearing from God, and then you speak forth and you attract the reality that you speak.” This above quote from Joel Osteen, Your Best Life Now, is a New Age/New Thought teaching known as the Law of Attraction…and is a mainstream teaching in but n...