
- 312 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
For many Christians, the concept of spiritual warfare involves scenarios that are often enchanting, extravagant, and even parapsychological. Hard-lined skeptics respond by treating it instead as an archaic and outmoded superstition--a farce. While we might think a simple reading of Scripture will settle the matter, this has not been the case since those writing on the subject are (tacitly) influenced by dubious philosophical commitments and presuppositions left unchecked. This groundbreaking book incorporates philosophical reasoning in formulating for the everyday Christian a robust biblical doctrine of spiritual warfare. It is a serious but readable attempt to understand what spiritual warfare is by addressing both the theological and philosophical issues involved. The Conqueror's Tread dares to take a reasoned approach to pressing questions such as: -Do supernatural beings really exist? If so, what are they and what can they do?-Are there territorial spirits?-Is exorcism a part of spiritual warfare?-Does spiritual warfare involve speaking aloud, prayerwalking, and breaking curses?-What can evil spirits do to Christians? Can Christians be demon-possessed?-Why would God allow his people to be in a state of conflict with evil spirits?-What is Christian holiness and how do we pursue it?-What role does apologetics have?and many more!
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: A Prolegomenous Defense of Spiritual Warfare as Conflict
- Part I: The Theater of War
- Chapter 3: The Enemy Triumvirate
- Chapter 4: The Satan
- Chapter 5: The World
- Chapter 6: The Flesh
- Chapter 7: The Enemy of My Enemy: God
- Chapter 8: Angels: The Good, the Bad, and the Fallen
- Part II: Warfare Language in the Bible
- Chapter 9: Biblical Metaphors for Spiritual Warfare
- Chapter 10: Metaphors for Attack
- Chapter 11: Metaphors for Defense
- Chapter 12: Metaphors for Retreat
- Chapter 13: Metaphors for Victory
- Chapter 14: Miscellaneous Metaphors
- Part III: Spiritual Warfare
- Chapter 15: Spiritual Warfare Is Not Mythology
- Chapter 16: Spiritual Warfare is not Exorcism
- Chapter 17: Spiritual Warfare Is Not Wizardry
- Chapter 18: Spiritual Warfare as the Examined Life Worth Defending
- Part IV: Equipping the Saints
- Chapter 19: Recruit Training: Studying to Show Yourself Approved
- Chapter 20: The Warrior Ethos: Holiness in Practical Living
- Chapter 21: The Front Line: Apologetics
- Chapter 22: Concluding Thoughts
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Appendix C
- Appendix D
- Bibliography