Second Skin

Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.  Ephesians 6:11  NIV Full armor – In my dream I’m covered with some kind of black plastic tarry substance.  It tries to hold me down to the ground.  I try to fight it off, but no matter what…

Nothing to Wear

Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.  Ephesians 6:11  NIV Full armor – Body armor.  Every civilization has some form of personal physical protection.  Paul uses a term that was quite familiar to his audience.  After all, they observed the Roman legionnaire’s equipment daily.  The…

Clothes Make the Man

Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon him mightily, and he went down to Ashkelon and killed thirty of them and took their spoil and gave the changes of clothes to those who told the riddle. And his anger burned, and he went up to his father’s house.  Judges 14:19  NASB Spoil – Dictionaries make mistakes.  That might…