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Podcast: Locusts and Wild Honey
Episode: The Sword of the Spirit!
Description: Many people equate the Word of God with the bible. They go on to interpret phrases in the epistiles such as "the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God" to refer to the bible, a book that did not exist technically when these words were penned. St. Theophylact says, "The word of God means the name of the Lord Jesus Christ" and "the sword of the Spirit is that wisdom residing in the Spirit."