"The Adversary"
by Mark Bubeck
Mark Bubeck's The Adversary is the third in a series of books I've been reading on spiritual warfare. While the last two books focused heavily on spiritual warfare against the spirit world (Satan, demons, fallen angels, and such ilk), Bubeck's book (though focusing on that subject, too) delves deeper into two of the other main enemies Christian face: the flesh and the devil. While Bubeck doesn't bring much more to the table regarding the spirit world as the previous two books, his explorations of the flesh and the world stand out. Below I've added some quotes from the Introduction, and then I've added three links to some of my favorite quotes from the rest of the book.
“For too long the work of demons has been dismissed by most of us as a
curious, vaguely understood phenomenon in animistic, heathen cultures, but it
was not considered a problem which might invade our lives, our homes, our
churches. Such willful ignorance of biblical teaching seems inexcusable and is
long overdue for correction.”
“The prince of this world sees to it that the world he controls laughs
him off with indifferent levity. Christians ought never to enter into
joke-making about Satan or hell. While believers do need to exercise care in
not assigning all of their wrongdoings as Satan’s responsibility, we must with
biblical insight appreciate the diabolical power of Satan’s kingdom to
influence us.”
“It is important that we keep a biblical balance in our [spiritual]
warfare. We must be careful not to develop a ‘demon behind every bush’
spiritual mentality. The old nature of man and its bent for evil, together with
the world system, must be understood in biblical perspective.”
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