Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. Ephesians 6:11 NIV Full armor – In my dream I’m covered with some kind of black plastic tarry substance. It tries to hold me down to the ground. I try to fight it off, but no matter what…
Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. Ephesians 6:11 NIV Full armor – Body armor. Every civilization has some form of personal physical protection. Paul uses a term that was quite familiar to his audience. After all, they observed the Roman legionnaire’s equipment daily. The…
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. Ephesians 6:11 ESV Whole armor – “Anyone who wants to fight his demons with his own weapons is a fool.”[1] Maybe Nouwen’s comment is all we need to think about today. How many of us…
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. Ephesians 6:11 ESV Schemes – It’s too bad we don’t transliterate this word. Then we might see that it is far closer to home than we imagine. The word is methodeias. You might see “methods”…
