Joining the Fight: A Series on Spiritual Warfare
This podcast series is a strategic training program designed to equip every believer for the spiritual realities of the Christian life in spiritual warfare. Recognizing that every follower of Christ is a soldier in a spiritual war that is not flesh and blood, but against unseen forces, we will look at the blueprint for identifying the enemy and standing firm under pressure.
Throughout the series, listeners will move from foundational defensive concepts to active engagement in the mission of the Kingdom. The series covers everything from the practical application of the Armor of God to advanced "warrior tasks" like how the greatest commandments are deployed in battles and why we build communal strongholds within the church. By merging biblical truth with tactical imagery, such as the Roman phalanx and modern "hard target" mobility, this podcast series instructs and encourages every listener to have a resilient faith that is prepared to tear down strongholds and advance the light of Christ into the darkness.
Episodes
24 episodes
(Ep23) Aspects of Non-linear Defense, Part 1
In Episode 23, we introduce more about the concept of nonlinear defense — a spiritually mature shift from self-protection to actively guarding, guiding, and strengthening others in a complex spiritual environment. The episode focuses on the fir...
(Ep22) Non-Linear Defense: Being a Hard Target
In this episode, we introduce the concept of "nonlinear defense," the idea that spiritually mature believers don't just defend themselves within safe spaces like church, but carry their full spiritual toolkit (awareness, love, truth, surrender,...
(Ep21) Linear Defense Challenges
In this episode, we examine the three key challenges to executing a successful linear defense as a metaphor for the church standing firm: navigating shifting cultural terrain by holding fast to sound doctrine, overcoming obstacles through Chris...
(Ep20) Linear Defense: Shoulder to Shoulder
Episode 20 explores the four key elements of linear defense in spiritual warfare: interlocking disciplines, unified action, prepared positions, and high-volume fire. We will draw some parallels between Roman military formations and the Ch...
(Ep19) Linear Defense: Shield Wall Unity
As we move beyond our perimeter, we want to introduce you to linear defense, our next layer. Just like ancient warriors formed interlocking shield walls to create an impenetrable front, believers are called to unite their individual faith into ...
(Ep18) Perimeter Defense: A Castle is More
In this episode, we explore why the church builds spiritual perimeter defense, framing it around three core purposes: reaction (swift, faith-driven self-protection against worldly influence), refuge (creating a safe, sacrificial c...
(Ep17) Perimeter Defense, Part 2
In this episode, we look at the 3 unique elements of defense that every perimeter needs to be successful. These elements are stand-off, a secured inner area, and dedicated reserve forces. As believers, this means that we practice se...
(Ep16) Perimeter Defense, Part 1
We dive into our first type of defense in this episode. Our first layer is around something vital that we want to protect. Around it, we form our perimeter built off of the characteristics of love, empathy, community, surrender, and...
(Ep15) Spiritual Defense: Inside the Fortress
As we wrap up our basic characteristics of spiritual defense, i wanted to provide you an idea of what this can look like when applied to the imagery of a medieval castle. Before diving deeper into our types of defense, we look at the gene...
(Ep14) The Basics of a Strong Defense, Part 2
We are continuing our discussion about the basic characteristics of a strong defense with disruption, response, and mass effect. Spiritually, these are love, surrendering to God, and pursuing His holiness in our lives. With these el...
(Ep13) The Basics of a Strong Defense, Part 1
In this episode, we step into the basics of building a strong spiritual defense, where we learn the two essential foundations that keep everything else steady: preparation and security. Together we discover how honest awareness of our vulnerabi...
(Ep12) Spiritual Defense: Why is it Important
As we move beyond individual readiness, the first key to success against the enemy is a strong defense that can resist attacks. There are several reasons why our spiritual defense is important, and in this episode, we will look at five ma...
(Ep11) Warrior Tasks: Our Uniform's Label of Love
In this final episode that covers our uniform and individual warrior tasks, we are talking about the labels on our uniform that identify as up close as individuals in God's army. Those labels are seen through the unconditional love we sho...
(Ep10) Warrior Tasks: Our Uniform's Color of Joy
This is part two of our uniform and focuses on the colors or standard under which we march. Our joy are these colors. Just like a US flag patch on the modern uniform of an American soldier, our color of joy identifies who we fight f...
(Ep9) Warrior Tasks: Our Uniform's Pattern of Peace
In the military today, soldier's have more than just weapons, tools, and armor that protects them. They all wear a uniform that is designed to work best in a combat environment, but it also identifies who they are. This episode talk...
(Ep8) Warrior Tasks: Our Actions
With all the tools that God has equipped, we look to how each of us must be involved in the battles around us. Every soldier is called to participate, and when looking at my experience in military, they can be summarized down to three act...
(Ep7) Warfighting Tools, Our Arsenal Part 2: Worship, Fasting, and Blessing Others
This episode continues our talk about the other weapons we have as Christians. Worship, fasting, and blessing others are powerful tools that help us execute a part of God's battle plan in the world around us. They have given to use ...
(Ep6) Warfighting Tools, Our Arsenal Part 1: Scripture and Prayer
Beyond the Armor of God, we know that we have more weapons available to us in our spiritual battles. We have a whole arsenal of tools that make us more effective at engaging the enemy. Scripture and prayer are two of these. On...
(Ep5) Warfighting Tools, Part 2: The Shield, Helmet, and Sword
As we continue looking at the armor that God issues us to fight with, we look deeper into the shield of faith, the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit. One requires daily usage to develop muscle memory, another is equipped to...
(Ep4) Warfighting Tools, Part 1: The Belt, Breastplate, and Shoes
Now that we understand certain truths of the battlefield, this episode talks about the tools God gives us as Christians to carry out His mission. We are talking about the first 3 parts of God's armor described in Ephesians 6:14 and 15, th...
(Ep3) Truths of the Battlefield: Our Battle Plan
With Jesus as our commander, there are some basic steps we can live that helps us follow Him into the fight. Before we ever put on our armor and engage in spiritual warfare, we must look at our position, our source of strength, and our st...
(Ep2) Truths of the Battlefield: Jesus, Our Commander
This episode looks at our commander, Jesus. He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Within Him, we fight from a place of victory. We look dive into why He is the perfect commander, how He leads us, and how His attributes direc...
(Ep1) Truths of the Battlefield: Our Enemy, Satan
In this episode, we are talking about our spiritual warfare adversary, Satan. He is a deceiver, devourer, and a destroyer. We must look at what Scripture tells us about him, so we are prepared for the way we see him moving in our li...