The Bottom Line
The full title of this book is, "Putting on the Armor of God: How to Win Your Battles with Satan," and that's exactly what it teaches. This book by Steven Cramer exposes the devil's masterful disguises that blind and fool us into believing his lies. It explains how Christ's teachings can protect and defend us in this real war that each of us is involved in as Satan tries to destroy us. I loved reading this book, highlighting page after page as I read it. I highly recommend this book and give it five stars.
Pros
- The Best LDS Book I've Ever Read (besides the scriptures)
- An Inspired Work that's Fabulously Written
- Uses Wonderful Examples and Symbolism to Explain Each Detail
Cons
- None!
Description
- Table of Contents:
- Part One: Know Your Enemy
- It All Began With Ego; War; Surrounded; Satanic Subliminals; Enemy Propaganda; Enemy Ridicule
- Part Two: Determine Your Strategy
- The Battleground of Thought, Prayer, and Temptation; Prisoner of War; Battleground of Immorality
- Strategies of Defense; Battleground of Repentance, Change, Memory, and Perfectionism
- Part Three: Victory Through Christ
- A Strong Foundation; Rescued; Power to Win; Putting on the Armor; Trusting the Promises; Epilogue
- Part Four: Resource Materials (Appendix A, B, C); Index
Guide Review - Putting on the Armor of God - LDS Book Review
This wonderful book has helped me to truly and profoundly understand many gospel teachings. Of course I already knew these teachings but I began to see them from a more eternal view. Steven Cramer's words helped strengthen my resolve to do better, to more fully apply Christ's doctrines, and to truly put on the armor of God. My testimony of prayer, scripture study, and church attendance has increased and been greatly strengthened as I've come to understand the true power of putting on the armor of God. The author states in chapter two:
"Many Latter-day Saints are easy targets because they are not familiar with their enemy and are untutored in the techniques of spiritual warfare.... Many have wondered why the Old Testament and the Book of Mormon are filled with hundreds of pages recounting the wars between God's people and evil nations who sought to force them into captivity. Endless details are presented of battles, armaments, attacks and counterattacks.... These accounts are included in scripture to draw attention to the parallels in the spiritual war each of us must fight with Satan in today's modern battlegrounds, to teach the need of strategy, fortifying our weaknesses and vulnerabilities, protecting ourselves with the armor of God and other principles of spiritual warfare needed to win our battles with Satan"I HIGHLY encourage each of you who reads this review to find and read this amazing book, for it truly will help you "win your battles with Satan."
