Index and summaries of my articles is here: https://www.worthychristianforums.com/blogs/entry/1403-index-and-summaries-of-articles/

Preparing for Combat

Every soldier, Christian or otherwise, preparing for combat must train for combat.

A believer posting in a Christian forum wherein doctrines are discussed and debated should be prepared to get battered and cut. Because the Word is a sharp sword, and it is a rod of iron. People always get injured during heavy training – get used to it, and don’t be a whiny soldier.

Because when you are called into service against the real Enemy of our souls, those cuts and bruises will have been your valuable teachers: they showed you where your weaknesses were, and you (hopefully) learned to abandon unsound practices.

Because bad swordsmanship and bad rodsmanship will ultimately bring you shame before our Commander.

Semper fi.