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Original Title: Dressed to Kill: A Biblical Approach to Spiritual Warfare and Armor
ISBN: 1880089068 (ISBN13: 9781880089064)
Edition Language: English
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Dressed to Kill: A Biblical Approach to Spiritual Warfare and Armor Paperback | Pages: 301 pages
Rating: 4.38 | 273 Users | 23 Reviews

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1 star [Theology]
I have a rule about finishing books before writing a review. Thus, I finished this book only to warn the world against self-published authors who claim to be “Greek experts.” Self-published, you ask? The publisher is “a division of Rick Renner Ministries.” Any neutral publisher with one semester of exegetical training would have used the manuscript for toilet paper. I am sorry for the emotional effect this scathing review could evoke, because Renner is a brother in Christ. However, books must be judged on their merits, not on the piety, intentions, or even good missionary work of their authors. Corruption of scholarship is a detriment to Biblical Studies.

Writing: 0.5 stars (Awful)
My Writing category’s 1-star description is “Frustrating,” but that would be too generous in this case. Hyperbole and dumbed-down prose are constant. The book repeats entire paragraphs. It employs exclamation marks and italics like a conspiracy theorist with a free blog. It artificially balloons concordance words into text, ranging from paragraphs to pages long. The book ends at page 463, but if one were to take out every iteration of the words “very,” “extremely,” “always,”—and every other fluffy adjective, adverb, and superfluous phrase typically found in 3rd-grade essays, one might reduce the page count by 100.

Use: 1 star (as an Example of Gaping Holes)
Dressed to Kill is the best example I know of that warps Greek glosses into ill-fit, campy preaching characterized by unnecessary points. The book’s only academic use would be to exemplify exegetical fallacies to the analytical student who—having read an exegetical textbook like Carson or Barr—thought that their examples of fallacies were contrived, or couldn't happen in real life. Renner provides hundreds of them.

Truth: mostly 0.5 (Patently Untrue), with a small amount of 2.5 (Common Knowledge).
Exegetical fallacies riddle nearly every original-language attempt Renner makes. His knowledge of Greek seems wholly imprisoned by The Etymological Fallacy, and dependent upon facile concordances like Strong’s (which is so worthless in real exegesis that I was forbidden to use it in seminary). Apparently, none of his knowledgeable friends or colleagues have directed him to the last 100 years of linguistic theory.

The only bit of this book that rises to the mediocre is his spiritual application. Decent truths exist in some of them, but they are the sort most Christians have heard if they have gone to church more than a handful of years.

Finally, he ends the book by adding a seventh piece of “armor” to the Bible’s six—the lance. He says Paul “clearly” had it in mind, without making any argument for it. He just asserts it a few times over the course of a few pages, then takes it for granted.

Conclusion
I implore you, reader: do not be deceived by glowing reviews of this book written by people who have possibly never even spelled the word “exegesis.” Stay away from the works of original-language gurus who fabricate meaning based upon homiletic expedience. If you receive this book as a gift, truly its best redemption is providing fuel for a winter fire. Even re-gifting it will propagate corruption of the study of Biblical Greek, making it harder for non-scholars to enjoy the beauties and glory of the New Testament.

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Title:Dressed to Kill: A Biblical Approach to Spiritual Warfare and Armor
Author:Rick Renner
Book Format:Paperback
Book Edition:Special Edition
Pages:Pages: 301 pages
Published:October 1st 1995 by Albury Publishing (first published March 10th 1991)
Categories:Christian. Christian Living. Religion. Theology. Self Help. Nonfiction. Inspirational

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Ratings: 4.38 From 273 Users | 23 Reviews

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I found this author to be up there with Derek Prince on balancing depth of material with simple execution. So although this book is rich with information, it is an easy read.

This book is an incredible reference to the Roman soldier's uniform in New Testament times. And the author's discussion of the Greek terms and their meanings is tremendously helpful to visualizing and understanding what the apostle Paul meant when he describes the armor of God in Ephesians 6. I truly learned a lot without feeling talked down to or inadequate in any way.That being said, I struggled with a few things in the book. First, the author makes quite a few absolute statements that require

Battle of the MindThe greatest battle in life is the one of the mind. We have to walk in faith. Great explanation about the armor of God

Battlefield preparation Great education for those before they step onto the battlefield. The breaking down of the pieces of the armor with references of both OT and NT is good.

If I could give this book more than five stars, I would

Excellent review of the for armor of god and how to wave spiritual warfare how do use your armor effectively and the fight for victory against the enemy of God

This is a very educational book explaining in detail what it means to put on the full armor of God for the spiritual battle we are in daily.

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