Defending Your Marriage: The Reality of Spiritual Battle

Tim Muehlhoff

Nov 2018 · InterVarsity Press

About this ebook

Is your marriage under attack?Sometimes it can feel like the world is trying to tear your marriage apart. Internal conflicts or external pressures might make you wonder if something sinister is going on. How can you tell if you're facing spiritual opposition? And what can you do about it?Tim Muehlhoff provides a straightforward resource for protecting your marriage from the threats of the evil one. He looks at what Scripture says about spiritual warfare and how our everyday struggles have deeper spiritual realities. And he provides practical steps for guarding our marriages with the whole armor of God.In our marital challenges, we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against powers and principalities that try to separate us from God and each other. But fear not. Learn to stand firm in Christ and trust in the Lord to deliver us from evil.

Ratings and reviews

One of the best introductions to spiritual warfare in general, in addition to being one of the best relationship and marriage books my wife and I have come across. This is not going to answer every possible question regarding spiritual warfare, it is not exhaustive, but it was also not meant to be. Its intended goal of strengthening marriages by teaching couples how to pray and understand spiritual warfare is achieved. The writing is clear and engaging, the real life stories and scenarios compelling, and the content is absolutely essential.

About the author

Tim Muehlhoff (PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) is professor of communication at Biola University in La Mirada, California, where he teaches classes in family communication, interpersonal communication, persuasion, and gender. Muehlhoff and his wife, Noreen, are frequent speakers at FamilyLife Marriage Conferences, and Tim also serves as a speaker and author with Biola's Center for Marriage and Relationships. His books include I Beg to Differ, Marriage Forecasting, and Winsome Persuasion, which received a 2018 Christianity Today book award of merit in apologetics and evangelism.