conspire to undermine the whole enterprise. I’m going to devote a whole chapter in this book to spiritual warfare (chapter nine), so I won’t frighten you with all the gory details right now. Suffice it to say that you can’t expect a rose garden when you take up the office of the public ministry of word and sacrament. No matter where you serve, you can expect tough sledding. It goes with the territory. Overt attack and covert resistance can be expected along the way. Satan and his legion are aligned