Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “You are what you think all day long”. And I think Scripture would agree with him. The mind is the biggest battlefield; because it reflects what is going on in our heart already. If the enemy is speaking negativity, lies, and pessimism to our heart, it will be reflected in our…
Why do we need to engage in spiritual warfare when Jesus already won the victory? It would almost seem that the idea of spiritual warfare diminishes Christ’s victory on the cross… until we understand that Satan still thinks that he can come out on top. He has deluded himself into thinking that he will eventually…
We are in a war for our lives. It is very easy to talk about spiritual warfare as if it is something abstract or something happening “out there”, but not to us. But make no mistake, Satan has an agenda, and that agenda includes you. It includes your home, your family, your children; and he…
Submission. Now, there’s a word that incites immediate debate. I think it is normal that unbelievers find the idea of submission distasteful, because it is a work of the Holy Spirit in our lives that makes biblical submission possible. But what I find unfortunate is that within the church we find an eagerness to reject…
There are few topics in the Bible debated as much as the topic of submission. The idea that wives should submit to their husband is incredibly controversial and is eagerly fought against in this feminist culture. While I understand the basis for some of the argument, I believe that much of it is based in…
Why does Paul speak out so harshly against sin? Doesn’t this just perpetuate the idea that Christianity is just a list of dos and don’ts, doom and gloom, and rigid, religious superiority? If you look at the big picture of the book of Ephesians you first see that Paul lays the foundation by reminding us…
