The Sword and the Mask
Building an Antifragile Approach to Spiritual Warfare
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Published: 2022
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Publisher's Description
Is spiritual warfare real? Is it just a metaphor for social justice? Do territorial spirits have a stranglehold on the planet? What does the Christian do with the rising fascination with the supernatural in Western culture? Does any of this matter for daily life? With meticulous care, Jon Furgeson dives into the sea of perspectives and voices in the church and Western culture, bringing the reader on a journey to gain perspective. After clearing the clutter and the confusion, he presents a bold new, yet faithful, way to understand spiritual warfare, to see how it affects every person to the foundations of who they are and how the Spirit of God in Christ acts in the midst of the fallen powers to take broken sinners and turn them into antifragile saints.
Endorsements (2)
“The Sword and the Mask offers a comprehensive and incisive assessment of two influential Western approaches to the field of spiritual warfare today. . . . Steering away from both the neglect and the sensationalism so common in spiritual-warfare discussions in churches today, this work is a much-needed, refreshing, and satisfying guide to a difficult and complex topic.”
“Furgeson surveys several approaches to the conflict between God and the devil that is fought on the battleground of the lives of believers and employs Luther’s insights to offer readers a realistic, ultimately optimistic, basis for dealing with the presence of the Evil One and every form he uses to assault them. This encouraging report from the battlefield will edify its readers greatly.”
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