This Present Darkness (Darkness, #1)

by Frank E. Peretti

“Okay, people, now I have a real burden to

pray for this town, and I know you do too, so I think that’s where the answer lies. That’s the first thing we need to do.” They were all ready. Many felt awkward praying out loud for the first time; some knew how to pray loudly and confidently; some prayed in phrases they’d learned from certain

liturgies; all meant every word, however they managed to express it. The fervency slowly began to rise; the prayers became more and more earnest. Someone started a simple song of worship and those who knew it sang, while those who didn’t...

voices smooth and flowing like cellos and basses in a symphony. Triskal looked at Krioni, smiled broadly, and flexed his arms. Krioni smiled and flexed back. Chimon took his sword and made it dance from the pivot of his wrist, tracing streaks ...

beautiful resonance. Mota just looked toward heaven, his silken wings spreading, his arms upraised, caught...

be concerned with the question of ‘if.’ The question we must deal with is ‘when.’ Both Hogan and Busche are now laying the foundation we need for this battle. Once that’s done, Hogan as well as Busche must fall. Only their clear defeat will coax the Strongman out of hiding.”

Guilo and Nathan both looked at Tal with consternation. “You—you would sacrifice these men?” Nathan asked. “Only for a season,” Tal answered.

“So who was this Thomas really? Just a figment of her imagination?” “Some things you’re just going to have to accept for now,” Susan replied with a sigh. “We’ve talked about God, we’ve toyed with the idea of angels; now let’s try evil angels,

evil spirit entities. To the atheistic scientists, they might appear as extraterrestrials, often with their own spaceships; to evolutionists they might claim to be highly evolved beings; to the lonely, they might appear as long-lost relatives speaking from the other side of the grave; Jungian psychologists consider

them ‘archetypal images’ dredged from the collective consciousness of the human race.” “What?” “Hey, listen, whatever description or definition fits, whatever shape, whatever form it takes to win a person’s confidenc...

they tell the deluded seeker of truth whatever he or she wants to hear until they finally have that pers...

Edith Duster turned to the others and said, “Just remember, brothers and sisters, we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against

the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.” She got several Amens to that, followed by someone starting a worship song. Immediately the whole Remnant took up the song and sang it loudly,

Tal brought out his sword. He could feel the blade resonating with the worship of the saints, and he could sense the power of God’s presence. He smiled a

“For the saints of God and for the Lamb!”

they were sorry. All