Spiritual Combatants is the outpouring of the personal ministry and mission given by the Lord to Hamp Lee III. Hamp Lee III is originally from Compton, CA and has been married for 15 years. He currently serves in the United States Air Force as a Knowledge Operations Manager.
History
1998: Spiritual Combatants was created in June 1998 through a daily e-mail ministry, Quick Quotes.
1999: Under the Lord's guidance, Quick Quotes was renamed to Spiritual Combatants.
2005: November 2005, the Spiritual Combatants website was created.
2006: June 2006, 'original' quotes via the inspiration of the Holy Spirit began.
Purpose
The purpose of Spiritual Combatants is to re-establish truth by being a drink offering to the world.
Re-establish truth...
In re-establishing truth, Spiritual Combatants is not seeking to reveal any unknown Bible secrets. Re-establishing truth is illuminating the authority of Jesus Christ and the commands He outlined for those that would place their belief in Him. It is the tearing down of traditional strongholds that bind brothers and sisters of faith from living as true disciples of Jesus.
The church has found herself outside of God's intended purpose and dwells as a mere shadow of what He called for it to be. By God's mercy and grace, the church continues to stand as a ray of light and hope in a world of darkness, but much of the church has willingly allowed darkness to dwell within its walls as it has reduced its standard of faithful living before the Father. The church has compromised its standard of righteousness and entered into a partnership with worldliness and practices clearly outside of biblical principles.
Be a drink offering to the world...
God told me many years ago that Spiritual Combatants would be used as a vehicle to pour my life out before others, but there is a greater purpose. Though there is an element of sharing my personal life, the drink offering God intends is willing to give their life for His purpose, sharing what is received from Him...as HE intends...HIS way.
Philosophy
In being 'philosophers' of Christianity, it is our goal to seek wisdom and to enlighten others. The Holy Bible and the lives of men and women that go (and have gone) before us, provide a wealth of insight and knowledge into the very will of God. As we build upon the foundation of Jesus Christ, we will continue through the fear of the Lord, prayer, teaching, and the life experiences that shape us as disciples of our Lord (Proverbs 9:10; James 1:5-8; Psalm 51:6). As God wills, He will allow us a 'platform' to re-establish truth.
In our purpose of re-establishing truth, we do not to look for new fads, gimmicks, or marketing schemes to increase our stature or prominence. As we've seen in our history, fads come and go, but Jesus remains the same (Hebrews 13:8). Sadly, many people (including myself at one time) used concepts, teachings, or principles to impress and entertain rather than expose, reveal, and convict.
Therefore, it is the desire of Spiritual Combatants to refocus the attention of our brothers and sisters in the faith to that which has been passed over, forgotten, mishandled, and purposely erased. Lord willing, we will be able to save what has been lost, find what has been discarded, redirect detours of thought, and bring our understanding (as a whole) into clear focus.
Our methods may not be conventional or logical in the estimation of this world (or even the church), but our purpose is not to please people or follow others - it is to bring glory to God and complete the work He has set before us.
Website
The Spiritual Combatants website is built on the free, open source program, Joomla. Joomla is a powerful program that has allowed us to expand over the years without much trouble. There are a lot of quality add-ons to build a custom site as well as templates to choose from. Our template is called JA Rave from JoomlArt. There is a bit of a steep learning curve with learning the ins-and-outs of Joomla, but if you can hang with it, you won't be disappointed with what it can do with a website.
Our web hosting is provided by SonServers. We have been with SonServers since November 2005 and have received great service and support. Two thumbs up!
We also use Blue Letter Bible's ScriptTagger. This little gem allows each Bible verse on the site to pop-up its scripture reference - very cool! We used to do this by hand...
Lastly, we retrieve our photos from three sites (two free, one pay-per-photo): Stock.XCHNG, CreationSwap, and iStockphoto. As a graphic artist, I also design much of the artwork for Spiritual Combatants.
Copyright and Use Policy
Man has been given gifts from the Lord. Like Bezaleel and Aholiab (and others), who were given the wisdom from God to create the Tabernacle of the Congregation (Exodus 36:1-2), the Lord does the same throughout the ages in other areas. What has been given unto Spiritual Combatants is through the work of the Holy Spirit.
As we have gleaned from the tables of those that have gone before us and stand along side us in history, so shall those that read through the pages of this website. Each of us are made of us various teachings and experiences that shape our lives for the express purpose of delighting ourselves in the Lord glorifying Him through your work. It is not our intention to copyright this site to the point where we track every word and media source.
Our purpose is to re-establish truth by being a drink offering to the world. In order to do that, you must be able to freely use what is upon these pages. Therefore, we have established the following policy for use of our material resources:
1. Our prayer and intent is for you to freely use our materials WITHOUT COMMERCIAL PROFIT to teach and share with others the express will and purpose of God.
2. Where required, we ask that you would give credit to your sources at Spiritual Combatants as your audience may further profit from our additional teachings.
3. No fees must be charged beyond what is necessary to produce the materials.
4. Where required, copyrighted materials must be honored. There remains some materials on this website under copyright and/or trademark. Please see the specific instructions for those materials.
Current Spiritual Combatants copyrights and trademarks:
- The Spiritual Combatants logo is a registered trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Registration date: 25 November 2008.
- The image without the words 'Spiritual Combatants' became a registered copyright in 2006 by Hamp Lee III.
5. Our works grant license under Creative Commons:
This work by Spiritual Combatants is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.
This license grants remixing of materials on these pages without the use of commercial profit, unless otherwise noted by a copyright or trademark. Additionally, any derivative work created according to the specified license does not suggest any specific endorsement to you by Hamp Lee III or Spiritual Combatants
