Despite its long history of encounters with colonialism, slavery, and neocolonialism, Panama continues to be an under-researched site of African Diaspora identity, culture, and performance. To address this void, Renée Alexander Craft examines an Afro-Latin Carnival performance tradition called "Congo" as it is enacted in the town of Portobelo, Panama--the nexus of trade in the Spanish colonial world. In When the Devil Knocks: The Congo Tradition and the Politics of Blackness in Twentieth-Century Panama, Alexander Craft draws on over a decade of critical ethnographic research to argue that Congo traditions tell the story of cimarronaje, charting self-liberated Africans' triumph over enslavement, their parody of the Spanish Crown and Catholic Church, their central values of communalism and self-determination, and their hard-won victories toward national inclusion and belonging. When the Devil Knocks analyzes the Congo tradition as a dynamic cultural, ritual, and identity performance that tells an important story about a Black cultural past while continuing to create itself in a Black cultural present. This book examines "Congo" within the history of twentieth century Panamanian etnia negra culture, politics, and representation, including its circulation within the political economy of contemporary tourism.

Every Believer can overcome the enemy and be victorious in life. Watch Out! exposes many of the tactics the enemy uses–in his sly and deceptive ways–to infiltrate, deconstruct and eventually destroy lives, families, etc. The author guides the Believer to overcome the enemy’s strategies and obtain victory through Scriptural references, Biblical examples, personal experiences, prophetic dreams, and Words of Wisdom from the Lord. In this book you will learn: - How to take authority over the enemy - How satan uses our words against us - How God uses the Word of God, spoken through us, to stop our enemy so we can receive God’s blessings - How to free your children from extreme, unexplainable problems - How the enemy uses certain entertainment and literature to gain entrance to our lives - How to guard the mind from oppressive or defiling thoughts that foster mental illnesses - And more

You’ve probably seen depictions of angels in popular TV shows and movies, and you may have read about angel encounters. Curiously, however, these accounts often have little in common with the Bible’s portrayal of angels. How can you tell what is real and what isn’t? How can you separate fact from fiction? With this fascinating and inspirational guide, you’ll journey through God’s Word and discover who angels are, what they are like, and how they are involved in your life today. You’ll also find solid, biblical answers to such questions as... Where did angels come from? Are all angels good? Should we communicate with angels? Angels are active all around you—of that you can be certain. As you learn the truth about their secretive role in the world, you’ll be encouraged to see the ways angels are indeed available to help us.

One Of The Whosoevers tells the story of a young man growing up in the hills of Kentucky, who from a very young age had only dreams and aspirations of being a minister of the Gospel. He went from these humble beginnings with this one desire in his heart, and has gone forth with God to become an honored leader in the nation. Each sermon in this collection is a testament of Dr. McCutchen's faith, devotion and journey with the Lord, and is an inspiration to all.

Heart-fire is the invigorating feeling that ignites inside you when you encounter the reality—the reality of the living God, and the reality of who you are meant to be. But fire is more than a feeling—much more! When the fire inside God touches something inside you, the effect is spontaneous combustion. God actually made your heart to be a flame-holder of his presence. The flow of fire into your heart is just as important as the flow of blood into your heart. You can’t live without blood, and in reality, you can’t live without fire—not really live! Here’s the good news—it is not your job to set your heart on fire. Fire is what God does, not what you do. Hearts on Fire is altering the course of history. God wants to set your heart on fire and to make you a history-shaper. No one else can take your place. You have a unique mission to fulfill. May God spark revival fire in your heart today. Hearts on Fire is not a book about revival, it’s a book of revival.