WHEN SPIRITUAL ATTACK RESUMES
This Present Darkness Part 6October 12, 2016
Pastor Paul J. James
THIS WEEK’S MAIN
CHARACTERS
SANDY HOGAN• DAUGHTER OF MARSHALL AND
KATE
• STUDENT AT WHITMORE COLLEGE
• EMOTIONALLY FRAGILE, CLOSED
SPIRIT TOWARDS DAD
JULEEN
LANGSTRAT• PROFESSOR AT WHITMORE
COLLEGE
• PROMOTES INTERESTING COSMIC
BELIEFS
• SUSPICIOUS CONNECTION TO
LEADERS OF ASHTON
SHAWN ORMSBY• NEW FRIEND OF SANDY
• PEACEKEEPER BETWEEN
SANDY AND MARSHALL
• COLLEGE STUDENT AT
WHITMORE COLLEGE
MARY BUSCHE• HANK’S WIFE
• DEEPLY DISCERNING AND
SPUNKY
• FIERCELY LOYAL TO HER
HUSBAND
PASTOR HANK
BUSCHE• NEW PASTOR OF ASHTON
COMMUNITY CHURCH
• PRAYING MAN WITH DEEP SENSE
OF MISSION
• UNCOMPROMISING PREACHER
AND PASTOR
CARMEN FRASER• LONELY WOMAN SEEKING
COMFORT
• HIGHLY SENSUAL UNDER GUISE
OF INNOCENCE AND NEED
KATE HOGAN• MARSHALL’S WIFE
• TRULY UNDERSTANDS HER
HUSBAND
• PEACEKEEPER IN HOME
MARSHALL
HOGAN• OWNER/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF
THE CLARION
• HUNGER FOR TRUTH AND IN
SEARCH OF GOD
• MORAL, IRRELIGIOUS
BERNICE
KREUGER• INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER FOR THE
CLARION
• MOTIVATED SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF
SISTER
• VERY CLOSE DAUGHTER
RELATIONSHIP WITH HOGAN
RON FORSYTHE• DRUG-ADDICTED
• DISORIENTED, CONFUSED
• DEMON-OPPRESSED AND
POSSESSED
• CHRISTIAN PARENTS
ELDON
STRACHAN• FORMER DEAN OF
WHITMORE COLLEGE
• MAN OF INTEGRITY
• INDEPENDENT THINKER
• RETIRING IN EXILE
“THE
MAIDSERVANT”
aka SUSAN
JACOBSON
• FORMER ROOMATE OF PAT KREUGER
• TAKEN CAPTIVE BY THE OCCULT AND A
MYSTERIOUS FIGURE
• SEEMS TO LACK COMMITMENT TO HER
SURROUNDINGS
KEVIN WEED• FORMER BOYFRIEND OF SUSAN
• BROKEN-HEARTED
• ALCOHOLIC BURNOUT
• SEEMS TO KNOW MORE THAN HE
CAN BEAR
SPIRITUAL ATTACK RESUMES
LIKE A FLOOD
Isaiah 59:19
SPIRITUAL ATTACK RESUMES BECAUSE
JESUS IS THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR!
Matthew 10:34-36
SPIRITUAL ATTACK IS THWARTED WHEN
THE SAINTS KNOW GOD’S WILL
Ephesians 4:27; 5:15-17
SPIRITUAL ATTACK IS THWARTED WHEN
IT IS ANTICIPATED
Ephesians 6:10-13
“The art of war teaches us to rely not on the
likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on
our own readiness to receive him; not on
the chance of his not attacking, but rather
on the fact that we have made our position
unassailable.” - Sun Tzu (The Art of War)
SPIRITUAL ATTACK IS THWARTED WHEN
IT IS ANTICIPATED
Ephesians 6:10-13