While well-balanced with useful information, the book often reads like a sermon series transcript and will prove most informative for pastors looking for detailed sermon outlines, which are included with each section. While these tales are fascinating, more enlightening is Ingram's description of the subtle attacks he and others feel they have experienced through discouragement and doubt during key periods of ministry. As a pastor in Santa Cruz for more than a decade, Ingram confronted occult activity that he believed threatened his ministry and family. He stresses that we are all in the middle of an "invisible war," that we don't need to fear the enemy but respect him, and that God's victory can be ours in every spiritual conflict. Expounding upon Ephesians 6 (in which Paul talks about putting on the "armor of God"), Ingram gives most of his time to "the everyday schemes of the evil one" and daily defensive spiritual disciplines (prayer, Bible meditation, repentance). Stream songs including 'Spiritual Warfare 101: What Is the Invisible War', 'Spiritual Warfare 201: How to Prepare Yourself for Spiritual Battle' and more. He succeeds in taking a balanced approach, challenging readers who either ignore spiritual warfare or see manifestations of it around every corner. Listen to The Invisible War - What Every Believer Needs to Know About Satan, Demons, And Spiritual Warfare by Chip Ingram on Apple Music. ), president of the Walk Thru the Bible ministry, draws on personal experience in this book about confronting spiritual darkness.
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