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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Christian is not to live life as a consumer but as a combatant. There is a real adversary who seeks to destroy the testimony and effectiveness of believers. This enemy is not of flesh and blood but is spirit, and operates in the heavenlies. To withstand him, a believer must have spiritual armor and […]
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 […]
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 subject I am about to address in this editorial is, I believe, so vital that I have allowed myself the luxury of FIVE pages, something I’ve never done before. I trust that you will find it helpful. The title of this editorial is a question I am often asked as I travel from place […]
UPLOOK Let’s begin with a basic question. Brother Vine, could you help us with the meaning of worship in the New Testament? W. E. VINE The worship of God is nowhere defined in Scripture. A consideration of the verbs used shows that it is not confined to praise; broadly it may be regarded as the […]