our communities are littered with the debris left by destructive spiritual forces: divorce, addiction, injustice, racism, materialism, dishonesty, abuse. If your community is soiled by any of these (and how could it not be?), you are engaged in a spiritual battle with unseen forces. Remember, the New Testament doesn’t just present spiritual warfare as a cinematic battle between angels and demons. Scripture speaks about the systems of “the world” as corrupt and destructive. In other words, spiritual battle isn’t just with demons, but with dehumanizing systems, too. For Paul they are one and the
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