Acts 2:17     “‘In the last days, God says,

I will pour out my Spirit on all people.

Your sons and daughters will prophesy,

your young men will see visions,

your old men will dream dreams. 

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The Enemy Is The Tempter

The Enemy Is The Tempter In the last post we began looking at this name of the Enemy: he is the Tempter.  Remember that we are in this series of posts on preaching about Spiritual Warfare.  One of the places we experience the enemy is in temptation.  The Enemy is the tempter of God’s people. […]

Preaching About The Tempter

Preaching About The Tempter In case you are new to this blog, we are considering how to preach about Spiritual Warfare in your church. Here’s the link to the beginning of the series.  In this post we will consider how to go about preaching about the tempter in your congregation. Who Is The Tempter? There […]

The Devil Made Me Do It

The Devil Made Me Do It We’ve been seeking to get to know our enemy.  Here’s a link to the first post in this series.  We’ve already looked at several names for our enemy.  One of the most popular, of course, is to call him The Devil.  Many years ago there was a popular comic […]

The Enemy As Named By Religious Leaders

The Enemy As Named By Religious Leaders I had intended to complete the consideration of who our enemy is in the last post.  But…there are two other names that give us insight into the enemy as named by religious leaders in Jesus’ day.  In this post we are going to look at the name Beelzebul […]

Preaching On The Subject Of Spiritual Warfare

Preaching On the Subject of Spiritual Warfare In this post we are continuing the subject of preaching on the subject of spiritual warfare to your people.  Here is the first of those posts. This Present Darkness And The Subject of Spiritual Warfare In 1986, Frank Peretti published the first of his novels that seek to […]