The Sword and the Mask: Building an Antifragile Approach to Spiritual Warfare
Ebook
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.
“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.”
—Leopoldo A. Sánchez M., Concordia Seminary
“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.”
—Robert Kolb, Concordia Seminary, emeritus
- Title: The Sword and the Mask: Building an Antifragile Approach to Spiritual Warfare
- Author: Jon C. Furgeson
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Print Publication Date: 2022
- Logos Release Date: 2022
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781666794915, 9781666794908, 9781666736526, 1666794910, 1666794902, 166673652X
- Resource ID: LLS:9781666794915
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-12-11T04:44:44Z
Jon C. Furgeson has a PhD from Concordia Seminary, is the
teaching and administrative pastor of Peace Lutheran Church and a
guest instructor at Concordia Seminary, both in Saint
Louis.