The Belt of Truth
Has God said…?” The first recorded assault against mankind was made in the Garden of Eden, a direct attack on the truth of the received Word of God. The assault was made by one whom Scripture calls the “father of...
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The Believer’s Breastplate
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...
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Prayer and Vigilance
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....
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The Shield of Faith
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...
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Preparation of the Gospel
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...
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Combined Arms
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...
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Our Three Enemies
Historians in general agree that the American Civil War was really won at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, though there were lesser battles in other places after that date. Those serious but relatively minor conflicts toward the end of the...
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The Nature of Our Struggle
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...
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Stand Firm
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...
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