Born to Finnish missionaries in Tanzania, Rami Kivisalo showed an unexpected bent toward crime and violence. In his teens he was schooled by a master in the lethal art of "snake kung fu." At twenty he had a booming international drug and arms trade, was allied with a major Russian mafia organization, and was drawing on demonic forces to maintain control. With a vivid, you-are-there style, this former Russian mob boss delivers a gripping story of how the son of missionary parents became empowered, and then trapped, in the deadly world of demonic possession and international intrigue--until the Lord reached out and saved him. Full of adrenaline-pumping action, true-life crime, and the unconditional grace of God, The Red Scorpion is an ultimately uplifting reminder of how even the most prodigal of sons is welcomed home.

The Red Scorpion: The True Story of a Ruthless Russian Mob Boss's Dramatic Redemption

Biographies & Memoirs

Kivisalo, Rami

Joensuu, Marko

Leaders & Notable People

Chosen

Rami was fourteen when his parents uprooted the family, moving from Finland to the mission field of Africa. Here, amid suffocating heat and dust, Rami became a kung fu master, tapping into supernatural force that gave him power he had never dreamed of.  Soon Rami found his life and body taken over by the darkness. Fueled by a demon inside of him, he soared through international criminal ranks, earning a coveted spot in the Russian mafia's inner circle, and overseeing booming drug distribution business.  Yet the beast inside would not be satisfied.It wanted more. It wanted complete control. From the beautiful shores of Finland to the luxurious, deadly underworld of the Russian mafia, and to the deepest places of a man's being, a physical and spiritual war raged.  Based on real events, the red scorpion is a modern day parable of the prodigal son.

The Red Scorpion: A True Russian Mafia Story

Iheringius

You were designed to be full of God's Spirit and hear His voice. You were designed for supernatural living! God gives the supernatural gift of prophecy freely but you will develop and keep it only through winning the spiritual battle against your self and the enemy. The Lord's Prayer provides a balanced biblical framework for growing in the prophetic gift. Its five spiritual movements ensure that you can enter into God's presence, perspective, provision, nature and freedom. Based on over twenty-five years of walking and ministering in the prophetic, Marko looks at different aspects of prophetic hearing and seeing, giving practical examples from everyday life and ministry, including forty prophetic lessons he learnt when God led him to marry his wife Daniella. 'Five Movements' shows how at the heart of mature prophetic ministry is longing to live in God's presence, how to discern when it is God speaking and when not, how to interpret dreams and visions, and how to overcome the enemy that will seek to snatch away your prophetic gift.

Five Movements: Winning the Battle for Your Prophetic Gift

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

The gifts of the Spirit were given to be used in a Christian community, but soon after the Azusa Street Revival in 1906 they were repurposed to be used in a stage performance setting, as revivalists travelled with large tents, and the Pentecostals built large auditoriums that utilised new communication technologies. Because of the stage performance setting, the Pentecostals and Charismatics began to focus on the visible aspect of the gifts, seeking to demonstrate God's power. But the original purpose of the spiritual gifts--words of knowledge and wisdom, tongues and their interpretation, gifts of healings, faith, working miracles, prophecy and discerning spirits--was to be an expression of God's love to His people. And when the original purpose was lost in the repurposing of the gifts to serve as an expression of charismatic power, their true power was also lost, and the Church also lost the gift of discerning spirits, as it got addicted to charismatic spectacles.Supernatural Love goes to the roots of the stage performance model to disentangle a biblical model of ministry, and exposes the roots and dynamics of a false prophetic ministry model that, today, amongst many other things, keeps on churning fables about the omnipresent evil spirit Jezebel and false political prophecies, such as the Trump prophecies.

Supernatural Love: Releasing the Compassion of Jesus Through the Gifts of the Spirit

Did you know that the Book of Revelation makes no mention of the Antichrist? Did you know that the beast in Revelation was referred to in the early manuscripts by two numbers: 666 and 616? Did you know that to understand Revelation at all, you need to study the Old Testament, as Revelation makes hundreds of references to it, and they are the keys to open the mysteries of Revelation? "Understanding Revelation" brings together the study of history, the Old Testament prophetic books and the New Testament, and profound understanding of the symbolic language of dreams and visions in order to bring to the surface the complex yet consistent symbolic and referential system within Revelation that is there to guide interpretation. It will debunk many myths about Revelation and give you a sound and biblical framework to study and approach the most enigmatic and prophetic book in the New Testament with confidence.

Understanding Revelation