In Matthew 16:18, Jesus told Simon who he had just renamed Peter “And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock[a] I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” (ESV) In this article, I will connect many theological dots from The Bible to make the case that evangelism is a form of conquest warfare in service of the King of Kings; Jesus the Christ. And this statement about the gates of Hell not prevailing is part of that web of ideas that would have been very fami...