Gil Stieglitz

Secrets of God's Armor Gil Stieglitz

Publisher Marketing: God does not give us theories in Scripture. He tells us how to live in a dynamic and restful way (Matthew 11:28-30). The same is true when it comes to God's Armor revealed in Ephesians 6:10-18, but so often we have missed what God was really saying. We get lost in an analysis of Roman military equipment. There is a subtle danger in associating too closely the spiritual armor with the Roman armor. We can believe that the spiritual weapon will act in the same way and with the same limitations as the Roman pieces of armor. But each of the spiritual pieces of armor is powerful way beyond any comparison to belts, shields, swords, and the like. This book takes a different approach. We examine what the heroes of the faith (Job, David, Peter, Paul, Moses, etc., and most importantly Jesus) actually did when they encountered the Devil. What they did perfectly matches the pieces of God's Armor but only after you look past the Roman military metaphor and see the actual spiritual weapon. The heroes of the faith challenged the strategies of the Devil with truth, righteous actions, strategies of peace, God-designed risk, daring ways of escape, whispers of God's Word, specific prayers, and feedback-corrected actions. And they won over and over again with these simple but powerful spiritual weapons. Contributor Bio:  Stieglitz, Gil Gil Stieglitz is a nationally and internationally recognized church health consultant and conference speaker. He is the District Superintendent of Western District of the Evangelical Free Churches of America. He is Founder and President of Principles to Live By (www.ptlb.com) and an Adjunct Professor at Western Seminary (Sacramento extension). He served as Senior Pastor of Twin Lakes Community Church for seventeen years. Gil received his Masters of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degrees from Biola University.