No battle we face has the power to overcome us. We may be knocked down, but we can get back up and start afresh: God is the God of second (and third and fourth) chances. We may feel oppressed and weak and unable to win through to victory, but we hold on to God’s Word:...

In the midst of battles, trials and difficulties, it is easy to develop a 'siege mentality'. In mediaeval times, siege warfare was a typical military operation, whereby the enemy would surround or blockade a town, a castle or a fortress in an attempt to capture it....

When we think of the word 'battle', we often have different mental images, formed by the books we've read or the films we've seen. We may think of Roman battle scenes in the film 'Gladiator': ... or mediaeval battle scenes with bows and arrows, as at the battle of...