Posts Tagged ‘Spiritual Warfare’
Spiritual Soldiers Standing Strong: Ephesians 6:11-17
Ephesians 6:11–17 gives us the necessary commands and picturesque language to prepare us for spiritual battle. What follows below is a brief summary of four themes from this passage. First, stand ready and firm in battle. We ready ourselves with God’s armor in order “to stand” (Ephesians 6:11), “to withstand” (Ephesians 6:13), and “to stand…
Read MoreAre You in the Wrong War?
I had the great privilege of being raised in Sunday School. Among the songs I still remember was “I’m in the Lord’s Army”: I may never march in the infantry Ride in the cavalry Shoot the artillery I may never fly o’er the enemy But I’m in the Lord’s army (Yes, sir!) [All done with…
Read MoreThe Weird and Wacky Wokeness of Walter Wink
If Satan authored an article for publication and the subject was himself, he would do no better job vindicating his evil than Walter Wink has done in tackling the subject. Wink was a twentieth-century theologian who significantly influenced the discussion of spiritual warfare in Protestant liberalism. Trained at Union Theological Seminary in New York City,…
Read MoreMisunderstanding God: Greg Boyd’s non-evangelical approach to spiritual warfare
In “What’s War? The Existential Question of Spiritual Warfare,” pastor Matt Walker introduced the subject of spiritual warfare. In today’s piece he describes an approach to the topic which all Christians ought to reject. We offer it today as something of a respite to the “all virus all the time” coverage we are getting on…
Read MoreWhat’s War? The Existential Question of Spiritual Warfare
In 2005, American writer David Foster Wallace delivered the commencement address at Kenyon College in Ohio.1 He began his speech with a story about two young fish being greeted one morning by an older fish. “Morning, boys. How’s the water?” As the story goes, the younger fish swam on for a moment until one turned…
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