December 22, 2025
LORD FROM BEGINNING TO END
From the first day of the year to the last, from the beginning to the end, Jesus is “the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End” (Revelation 22:13).
Articles for tag: Spiritual Warfare
A Peek at the Devil’s Playbook
We know the devil’s gameplan. Scripture gives us the inside scoop about several tools in Satan’s toolbox—schemes he employs in his efforts to thwart God’s purposes.
The Art of (Spiritual) Warfare
From the moment he set himself up against God and was cast out of heaven, the devil has been hard at work, relentlessly attempting to disrupt and impede the plan of God.
A Christian Response to the Occult
If one is coming into contact with the spiritual realm apart from God, they are interacting with the only other spiritual reality that exists, that of Satan and his demons—the world of the occult.
Satan’s Work Today
Satan and his demons are real, active, powerful, and dangerous; but they are no match for our divine and almighty Redeemer, Jesus Christ.
July 3, 2025
The Leader and Spiritual Warfare
There is a battle raging! The fight is all around us, a fight that influences each of us as leaders in the church. The enemy is real, powerful, and focused. As leaders, we must be aware of his goals and of what Scripture says we must do to protect ourselves and our churches from his onslaught.
July 3, 2025
Spiritual Warfare and Mental Health: A Christian Counselor’s Perspective
This article examines how spiritual warfare influences mental health and how believers can confront these challenges through biblical wisdom, insight, and compassionate care.
July 3, 2025
The Power of Prayer in the Spiritual Battle: Dealing with the Forces of Darkness on the Mission Field
How do we bring to bear the full power of prayer to deal with the unseen forces of darkness on the mission field? Greg Pruett offers seven tools for spiritual warfare.
July 3, 2025
The Inevitable Rabbit Hole: Countering Satan’s Impact on Young People Through Social Media
Spiritual warfare impacts teen today through psychological manipulation of social media where culture, politics, fluidity of truth, pornography, misinformation, greed, and so much more collide.
Spiritual Warfare: Winning the Fight When You Can’t See the Enemy
We have a battle to fight, but we can gain the victory if we find our strength in the Lord, if we know who the real enemy is, if we get dressed with God’s armor, and if we pray like crazy.
October 21, 2024
October 27 Study | War Wounds
The great accuser of Christians (Satan) strives to counterfeit all the good works of God. Christians need to have wisdom from God to abstain from being deceived.
October 14, 2024
October 20 Study | War Strategy
In the war in Revelation 12 there is heaven’s strategy and earth’s strategy. The vision of Revelation 12 is about a battle between God and Satan.
July 1, 2023
Pushing Back Darkness
How the Lord Has Shaped and Refined Me Through My Wife’s Tragic Death
May 22, 2023
May 28 | Application (‘New Every Morning’)
Some of us roll out of bed at sunrise and hit the ground running, while others take a while to get going. For night people, “A.M.” stands for “Already Morning?” . . . Have you ever wondered what God does every morning?
May 1, 2023
Humility, Unity . . . Revival
By Michael C. Mack “Jesus loves this. He loves humility. He loves unity.” A leader at Asbury University spoke these words amid what some have called revival. I visited Asbury in February and witnessed what I would call a gentle moving of God’s Spirit among people both young and old—but led by the young (Gen Z). Several things were noticeably missing at the college, however. Not once did I hear anyone refer to the denomination or tribe they belonged to or the name of the preacher at their church. I heard no arguments about worship style, Bible versions, or any
February 6, 2023
February 12 | Discovery
Questions for group discussion for use with this week's lesson from Nehemiah 4:1-18, "Courage to Take a Risk."
November 14, 2022
November 20 | Application (‘The Strangest Verse in the 23rd Psalm’)
"One part of the 23rd Psalm puzzles me," David Faust writes. "It’s the verse that says, 'You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies' (Psalm 23:5a). Who wants to sit at a table surrounded by enemies?"
November 1, 2022
You Don’t Have What It Takes!
A Fresh Look at the Gifts of the Spirit
July 1, 2022
Healthy Churches Are Built on Trustworthy Leaders
By Ken Idleman In 2011, New York Times best-selling author Tina Rosenberg published Join the Club: How Peer Pressure Can Transform the World. The question she addressed in her secular book was, How do you get people to change for the better? How do you get them to live healthier lives . . . to diet, exercise, and not drink excessively? In short, how do you get individuals to grow in a positive direction? She concluded that the masses don’t change simply because they desire to change or by getting more information. Virtually everyone who smokes knows smoking is bad
June 13, 2022
College Campus Ministries: Lifelines in Risky Arenas
America’s educational institutions have become risky arenas for our sons and daughters. Connecting the high school graduates who leave our churches with the leaders of our college campus ministries is paramount!
