If you have ever tried to quit something, really meant it, and then done it again a week later, Jon Stoe has a word for what you're dealing with.

Part three of Battle in the Heavenly Realms moves from where the battle started to where it actually gets fought. Paul locates it precisely in 2 Corinthians 10, and it isn't out there somewhere. It's in your head.

Jon works through what a stronghold is, why it's different from just a bad thought, and the progression the enemy has been running since Genesis 3. A question, then doubt, then deception, then disobedience. He also explains why you can't demolish a stronghold by deciding harder, using the image of a demolition crew standing outside a building and shouting at it.

He closes with something he asked his wife's permission to tell, about the first years of their marriage and what she couldn't sleep through.

Preached Sunday morning, August 23, 2026. Part three of Battle in the Heavenly Realms, from 2 Corinthians 10 and Ephesians 6.

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