Spiritual Warfare: Victory over the Powers of this Dark World by Timothy M. Warner

by Timothy M. Warner

Spiritual Victory over the powers of this dark world Warner, Timothy M

Genres: Religion, Christian, Theology

Paperback

First published January 15, 1991

Reviews

[Heather Blakely · Rating 3 out of 5]

Part of my morning quiet time.

[Marques · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not a long book, but it reads slowly. Thought-provoking and inspiring content.

Quotes:

The devil...always sends errors into the world in pairs—pairs of opposites. And he always encourages us to spend a lot of time thinking which is the worse. You see why, of course. He relies on our extra dislike of the one error to draw us gradually into the opposite one.

“The assumption that believers have automatic protection from demons has been proved wrong again and again.”

“In a sense it would be correct to say that prayer is not simply a weapon we use; it is the battle. That is why persevering prayer is so difficult for most of us.”

“Prayer works, prayer is work, and prayer leads to work.”

[Paul Silles · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent book on the subject.

[Esther Hallel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Spiritual Warefare is my favorite book on the subject. It's clear, relevant, and biblical. Not overly speculative or fear-driven. A great resource.

[Kelsey]

I have learned a lot within 20 pages. I definitely recommend this book because it is based out of scripture not emotion.....

[Mike Shaw · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good review of the basics of a subject that is hard to truly grasp. The author was a soldier in WW2 and had some really good analogies with physical battles that he included which were helpful.

Also, the authors is a fan of Neil Anderson who has some excellent, useful books. I underlined a ton, but one line leapt out to me “prayer is not simply a weapon we use; it is the battle.”

[Becca Amstutz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Phenomenal. Absolutely phenomenal!

[Marcus Goncalves · Rating 5 out of 5]

The author provides a lot of information, backed by scriptures, about spiritual warfare. A valuable asset for those who want to be aware of the war going on around them.

[David Gill · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a fascinating read for someone who grew up in a Pentecostal/charismatic context and who is studying to become a Presbyterian pastor. I appreciated being reminded that there are forces at work which are beyond the 'natural' realm. I also appreciated the longer anecdotes which gave me some examples of the ideas Dr. Warner put forth. I was, of course, less on-board with his presuppositions of "carnal Christianity" and faith being a work of ours (see pg. 143, first complete paragraph).

(I believe that faith is a gift of God, which he equips us to maintain, but Dr. Warner doesn't seem to flesh out that idea enough for me to know to what degree he'd agree; in the section I just mentioned, he seems to believe faith is what *we* do...which, yes, we believe, but there's more to it than that.)

I did enjoy the book's perspective and would recommend it to others going into ministry as a counterpoint in some ways and in total agreement in other ways.

[Tony]

By a professor at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.

[LeAnne · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this years ago and remember it changing my worldview.