Paul wrote about armor while chained to a soldier.That detail is easy to miss, but it changes how you read the passage. When the apostle reached for the most famous picture of the Christian life in the whole New Testament — the armor of God — he was almost certainly...
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There's a particular kind of helplessness that comes when someone you love is sick and you can't do anything about it. You can't take the diagnosis from them. You can't fight the disease for them. You can't sleep next to their hospital bed and absorb the pain into your own...
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The Bible was written in a world where women's voices were often unheard, their names often unrecorded, and their actions often credited to men. And yet the book that emerged from that world refuses to leave them out.It tells us about Eve, who first received the promise. About Sarah, who...
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Search "demon" today and you will mostly find horror movies and internet myths.The popular picture — red skin, horns, a pitchfork — owes far more to medieval art and Hollywood than to the Bible. So when people go looking for a biblically accurate demon, the way the "biblically accurate angels"...
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When fear has a face, we want words to pray. Psalm 91 has been those words for God's people for three thousand years. Soldiers have carried it into battle. Parents have whispered it over sleeping children. People facing a frightening diagnosis or a dangerous road have leaned on its promises...
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Paul does not say put on some of the armor. He says all of it.That word matters. When he writes "put on the full armor of God," he is warning against a piecemeal approach — grabbing the pieces you like and leaving the rest in the tent. A soldier with...
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The hardest line in the armor of God passage is the one we skip fastest.We like the belt and the shield. We are happy to talk about the sword. But right in the middle of his famous instructions, Paul says something that stops most readers cold — that the real...
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You can know exactly what the armor of God is and still never wear it.That is the gap a lot of believers fall into. They can name all six pieces. They could pass a quiz on Ephesians 6. But the equipment stays on the shelf, because knowing about armor and...
HANANIAHPaul wrote about armor while chained to a soldier.That detail is easy to miss, but it changes how you read the passage. When the apostle reached for the most famous picture of the Christian life in the whole New Testament — the armor of God — he was almost certainly...
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There are phrases in the Bible that make modern readers stop and squint. "Gird your loins" is near the top of the list.It sounds archaic, maybe a little comical. People use it now as a half-joking way to say "brace yourself." But the phrase carried real weight in the ancient...
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Count the pieces of the armor of God and you notice something quickly. Five of them are for defense. Only one is for striking back.The belt holds you together. The breastplate guards your heart. The shoes steady your feet. The shield blocks the arrows. The helmet protects your mind. All...
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Of all the pieces in a Roman soldier's kit, the breastplate was the one you did not improvise.You could fight without your helmet in a pinch. You could lose your sandals. But the breastplate covered the chest — the heart, the lungs, the great arteries — the organs where a...
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If you have heard people talk about "putting on the armor of God" and quietly wondered what they actually mean, you are in good company.It sounds dramatic. A little intense, maybe. The phrase shows up in sermons and song lyrics and bumper stickers, usually without anyone stopping to explain it....
HANANIAHThere's a particular kind of helplessness that comes when someone you love is sick and you can't do anything about it. You can't take the diagnosis from them. You can't fight the disease for them. You can't sleep next to their hospital bed and absorb the pain into your own...
HANANIAH
The first time the Israelites raised a sword in their own defense, they'd been free for less than three months. They had walked out of Egypt under a column of cloud. They had crossed the Red Sea on dry ground. They had drunk water from a struck rock at Rephidim....
HANANIAHThe Bible was written in a world where women's voices were often unheard, their names often unrecorded, and their actions often credited to men. And yet the book that emerged from that world refuses to leave them out.It tells us about Eve, who first received the promise. About Sarah, who...
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When you or someone you love is sick, words start to fail. Doctors give diagnoses. Friends offer condolences. Family says all the right things and then runs out of things to say. And somewhere in the silence between visits, you find yourself looking for words that go deeper than any...
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There's a kind of loneliness that doesn't come from being alone. It comes from being unseen by the people who should see you. Used and then forgotten. Talked about, but never quite talked to.A pregnant Egyptian slave named Hagar knew that loneliness very well. She'd been handed over to a...
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