Welcome to Gospel and Life. When we become Christians, the Holy Spirit gives us all kinds of resources to face trouble and evil in our lives and in the world.

So why does it sometimes feel so hard to stand up against

it? Join us today as Tim Keller explores the metaphor of the armor of God and why understanding

this idea in applying it to our lives is crucial to the Christian life. Our subject tonight may not immediately look like it's got to do with missions, but it does, especially if you're involved in missions.

We're going to talk tonight about the Shield of Faith and the fiery darts of the wicked one.

You'll know all about that.

If you're trying to do anything more important than get ahead in life, you'll know that this is extremely extremely

important because, you know, if because you if

uh... you know if let's face it the enemy

attacks

at the front line that's that's the place where the enemy is

if you if people who are on the front line are much more likely to go down with a bullet

than people who are cowering about five miles behind the lines like a lot of us do.

The front line is the place of mission.

The front line is the place where you open your mouth and say,

this is what Christ means to me. Your front line is the place where you... your

front line is the place where you go out on a limb to do something because you know it'll make a difference

in this neighborhood, it'll make a difference in this city.

That's the front line. When you go to the front line, there's all sorts

of flying missiles. There's all sorts of flying objects with your name on it and that's the reason why we're

talking tonight about this part of the armor. We're looking at Ephesion 6 and

I'd like you to turn with me and we're talking about the armor of God and

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