Kyle Winkler

For so many years, I insistently strived to live a victorious Christian life—free of impurity, wrong thoughts and other sinful behavior. I believed that the key to victory over sin was directly related to how many spiritual methods I engaged: how often I fasted, how long I prayed, or even a routine cleansing of my

For victory in any battle, it’s vital to know who the enemy is and why they’re after you. It’s the same in our spiritual battles. Obviously, we know that Satan is our greatest adversary. But did you know he’s not after you just for the fun of it? No, Satan hates you for at least

We each begin life like a blank page in the journal of life. For a few short moments, we’re unmarked and unblemished. Then, shortly after birth, someone comes along to give a heading to your page. They give you a name; it’s your first identity. As time goes on, the pages of each of our

Toward the beginning of my ministry, I was suddenly bombarded with feelings of guilt, shame and condemnation for mistakes all the way back to potty training! In no time, these nagging thoughts started to erode my confidence in God’s love so much that I was tempted to throw in the towel of ministry and go

Shortly after an encounter with intense spiritual warfare, the Lord revealed to me that, long before we were born, Satan devised a series of progressive stages intended to destroy our generation. “It’s a setup,” God said. And He instructed me to expose this design so that we might not be outwitted by Satan (2 Cor.

Often, the first place the devil attacks is the mind. This is why the mind is called the devil’s playground. Because thoughts are forerunners to actions, if Satan can inject wrong thinking, he’ll eventually trip you up. The Devil’s Garbage Dump Think about it. Things like depression, fear and temptation almost always begin in your

Perhaps more than other fears, the fear of people holds far too many back from blessings, opportunities, and even a deeper relationship with God. People are afraid to go to a certain kind of church because, “What will my family think?” Some are afraid to voice a certain opinion at work because, “What will my

Imagine the scene on crucifixion day. Jesus is mutilated beyond description. He’s hanging from a rugged, splintery beam, enduring what’s still considered to be the cruelest form of execution. It’s so cruel, in fact, that Rome wouldn’t put its own citizens through it. No, they’d only crucify strangers. Satan Thought He Silenced Jesus It must’ve

Remember the movie, The Passion of the Christ? It’s arguably one of the best depictions of Christ’s final hours. But it’s also one of the most gruesome. From Jesus’ violent arrest to His flogging and death, almost every scene is marked by intense cruelty. So much so that journalists couldn’t comprehend it all. One wrote:

Many of us have experienced that not everything the devil whispers is false—especially when he’s accusing about the past. I talk at length about my experience with this in my book, Silence Satan. One morning I awoke to a series of nagging accusations. The first started with, “Look what you’ve done!” This redirected my mind’s