unusual, exotic, and weirdly dark fringe of the Christian life. The reality is that spiritual warfare is mundane, normal Christianity because our hearts are always a battleground between fear and faith, between doubt and hope, and between what is true and what is false. So how do we become controlled by fear and how do we defend ourselves against it? If your meditation has begun to make you believe that God is small, distant, uncaring, or lacking in power, then you’re left in the universe all by yourself.