The Great Enemy

author: Timothy Keller

name: Wayne

average rating: 4.67

book published: 2013

rating: 4

read at: 2013/08/19

date added: 2013/08/19

shelves: non-fiction

review:

This is 6th in a series of short essays by Timothy Keller on the life of Christ. He uses the passage in Matthew 3 and 4 for this essay. Jesus is baptized, then is sent to the wilderness for the three great temptations. Keller points out that the temptation follows right after the baptism, so this dispels the idea that Christians are somehow immune from enemy attack. Jesus was not immune, why should Christians be?



In this volume, he discusses Satan as the true form of evil, improper notions of who Satan is, and how to battle him. Knowledge is power and knowing the Bible is the best defense against the evil one. Knowing that Jesus has also been through trials and triumphed, and is advocating for us, is comforting as well.



It's all very good, but these are quite short books. Little more than short story length at best. Half the book was a sample chapter from Dr. Keller's next book, Every Great Endeavor. I enjoyed this essay. I know there are 10 in the series. Perhaps they will all be combined into one volume when the series is finished.





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