A helmet covers the mind, a vital area, in times of warfare. The mind reaches the heart and the heart produces attitudes and actions. “For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he” (Prov. 23:7). A Christian’s mind must be firm in the truth of God’s salvation to withstand the satanic lies of religion, […]
Alexander, one of the greatest military commanders in history, inherited the throne of Macedonia from his father Philip in 336 bc and proceeded to conquer Asia Minor, Egypt, and Persia right to the borders of India. He fought great battles at Granicus, Issus, Gaugamela, and Hydaspes. What is seldom realized is he fought most of […]
Ephesians 6:10 leads off the classic passage on spiritual warfare: “…be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might.” We can faithfully put on all the armor listed in the rest of the passage, but unless we know what the war is all about, where the battlefields are, and from where our […]
The description of the Christian soldier given by Paul in Ephesians 6 is compact and comprehensive. He is depicted as being ever in the conflict, which has many fluctuating seasons—seasons of prosperity and adversity, light and darkness, victory and defeat. He is to pray at all seasons, and with all prayer, this to be added […]
What is faith? Our world in this age of “enlightenment” has so twisted its meaning that the typical person has no real idea of what it is. To most, it’s a feeling. It means wishing for something extremely hard. It means putting your confidence in something, gritting your teeth, hoping it won’t fail. It’s no […]
The year was 1940. Churchill had a sad message to deliver to the British people: 30,000 casualties of war and rumors of an impending invasion. On June 4 of that year Churchill delivered his now famous address to the House of Commons, which climaxed with the words, “We will never surrender!” This was a pivotal […]
Isaiah 59 should be read in any study of Ephesians 6 and the armor of God. Isaiah tells of a day when the wiles of the devil (as in Eph. 6:11) seem to have swept the field. All is sin and iniquity. Justice is not practiced. There is no man to stand up and make […]
Would a close examination of our lives reveal that we take seriously the reality of spiritual warfare in our day-to-day lives? Do we see the world—as A.W. Tozer puts it—as our playground to be enjoyed or as a battleground on which to fight? In the hour of temptation, can we draw on the Word of […]