The Armour of God is such a powerful image. It is a very physical representation of our spiritual need to protect ourselves from, as it states, the fiery darts of the wicked. For today’s blog, I hope to provide some context to the imagery so that you might better understand the message. We should not read too much into the analogies that are made between the armour and their spiritual equivalents. It is not like roman armour was designed specifically with Christian principles in mind. Paul is making a comparison that may not be perfect, but it gets the point across. (more…)