Bøker av Cliff Sparks

Anyone who appreciates poetry will enjoy this practical guide for understanding and composing acrostic verses. Readers will particularly benefit from its clearly presented concepts accompanied by detailed examples. The author writes from a strong biblical perspective with uplifting, personable good humor. This little book is destined to become an American classic on style and composition methods in a unique form of literary expression: acrostic poetry. It is a must for students of creative writing in Christian private schools, colleges, and home schools. Cliff Sparks also writes Bible studies, devotions, and children's stories. His previous Xulon Press book, IT'S WAR! Adventures in Spiritual Warfare, was published December 2012. He attends Bastrop Christian Outreach Center along with his wife Lynda. Together they serve as volunteer police chaplains in Bastrop, Texas. Back cover photograph by Lynda Sparks.

This is a book on spiritual warfare. The enemy had just finished licking the wounds he received when Jesus stomped him on the head, and he quickly set back to work against a suddenly different and rapidly growing threat: disciples armed with spiritual weaponry they were quickly beginning to understand and gain proficiency in using. We fight against the same invisible enemy that has already been defeated by our Commander in Chief, Jesus Christ. In the case of this enemy entity, he has such an ego that he still wants to have what he can steal; if he can't have it, he aims to kill or destroy it. That's all. He's been beaten already, but since we live in a delayed action universe in contrast to how things go in the face-to-face kingdom of God, we still must resist the devil and make him flee from us. That's why there is spiritual warfare. We have to fight, because, although the game result is in and we have won because our Commander has secured the victory for all time, there is still "mopping up" necessary to keep the enemy from wreaking any more havoc on the world and its inhabitants. The author and his wife have been active in many aspects of Christian ministry for over three decades. Their home base of operations is Bastrop Christian Outreach Center in Bastrop, Texas.