When Deliverance Does Not Come
WHEN DELIVERANCE DOESN’T COME… We can learn much about spiritual warfare from those who have gone before us. We see it isn’t something new today, it is something all God’s …
Which Witch is Which
WHICH WITCH IS WHICH As we have been following the development of spiritual warfare from the book of Acts on we have seen the tendency to take the focus on …
Christian Talismans
‘CHRISTIAN TALISMANS’? When we study spiritual warfare in the middle ages we find there are references to a “Book of Exorcisms” used by the church in the fifth century. Unfortunately …
Power in the Name of Jesus
POWER IN THE NAME OF JESUS Hilarion (AD 291-371), an early church leader, was famous throughout the Mediterranean world for his faith and power to work miracles of …
Use Your Words
USE YOUR WORDS For the first few centuries, the church felt all believers could have victory over demons by Jesus’ power in prayer. But before long some church leaders started …
Jesus Does Not Need Our Help
JESUS DOESN’T NEED OUR HELP We have been looking at spiritual warfare in the first 300 years of the church. There are many lessons we can learn from how others …
A Small Error Is Still An Error
A SMALL ERROR IS STILL ERROR As the early church continued to grow and expand despite (or perhaps because of) persecution, Satan was developing another approach that would ultimately prove …
The Truth Hurts
THE TRUTH HURTS! The last blog was the first in a series about spiritual warfare in church history. I’ve always enjoyed studying history. History is nothing but true stories about …
Spiritual Warfare 100-500 AD
SPIRITUAL WARFARE 100-500 AD I’ve written much about spiritual warfare in the life of Jesus and the book of Acts. I’ve also written about spiritual warfare today. But what about …