Do You See What I See

Things that I think about and find interesting enough to share.

Age old conflict

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Paul tells us that “the god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ” (2 Cor. 4: 4). Describing the Ephesian believers, Paul points out that they, at one time, were dead in sin and “followed the ways of … Read more

Subtle Seepage

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To say that a Christian struggles with direct spiritual warfare is to describe some form of hand-to-hand combat, a tangible interference with a child of God by evil beings. This direct warfare is precisely what Paul describes so vividly in Ephesians 6 with the imagery of “wrestling” and “flaming arrows.” Such warfare may involve enticement … Read more

Contributing Factors

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Human nature holds a certain fascination with evil. Strangely, sometimes people actually hope that a particular struggle is demonic. If it is, perhaps spiritual surgery will take care of the problem, relieving one of responsibility for finding solutions to basic life problems. But this view is overly simplistic and reductionistic. Answers often do not come … Read more