The Christian in Complete Armour provides daily readings packed with tools for spiritual triumph. Written in the seventeenth century by Pastor William Gurnall and compiled into 365 readings by editor James S. Bell, Jr., this collection supplies Christians with a soul-searching and inspiring supplement to the Bible.'The best thought breeder in our library.' -Charles Spurgeon
David Wilkerson (author of The Cross and the Switchblade) writes: 'No Christian leader, teacher, pastor, evangelist, or Christian worker should be without it.'
New Believers struggle in their spiritual lives because they do not know or understand putting on the full armor of God. In "Are You Fully Dressed? A Christian's Guide to Wearing God's Armor, Author Barbara Ann Laws, explains how and why we should dress daily in God's Full Armor. Through Scriptural references and examples this guidebook provides a resource for those who desire a way to understand and apply the armor of God. Being fully dressed in God's armor means daily giving your heart to Christ, fellowshipping with God, confessing sins, trusting God, reading the Bible, meditating on God's Word, sharing His Word, and PRAYING. The Armor of God includes the: Helmet of Salvation Sword of the Spirit Breastplate of Righteousness Shield of Faith Shoes of the Gospel of Peace Prayer Are You Fully Dressed? A Christian's Guide to Wearing God's Armor discusses how there is a visible and invisible war. As soldiers for Christ; we must put on the full armor.
Put on your armor-it's time to fight. We are in a spiritual war, William Gurnall reminds us, and "the Christian's safety lies in resisting. All the armour provided is to defend the Christian fighting, none to secure him flying; stand, and the day is ours; fly or yield, and all is lost."Sitting it out is not an option. "Many there are that have nothing to prove themselves Christians but a naked profession, of whom we may say as they do of the cinnamon tree, that the bark is more worth than all they have besides."This hard-hitting volume is packed with biblical wisdom for day-to-day Christian living, as helpful today as it was when first published nearly four hundred years ago. Although history left us little knowledge of William Gurnall's life, it preserved his book-a legacy that has encouraged many generations of saints to fight sin, love Christ, and live holy and faithful lives as Christians who have clothed themselves in the complete armor of God. "Amongst all the Puritan writings that have come down to us, none?are more practical than this one." - Hamilton SmithWilliam Gurnall (1616-79) was born in King's Lynn, Norfolk, and received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Cambridge University. From 1644 until his death, he served as rector of St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Lavenham, Suffolk. During a period of violent civil unrest in England, Gurnall preached a series of messages on the topic of spiritual warfare. These he published in 1665 as The Christian in Complete Armour, which went through six editions in his lifetime and has been republished countless times since.
