The Oldest Trick in the Book: How Scripture Arms Us Against Deception

Though deception has been a fact of human life since the Fall, the political, cultural, and technological distortions encouraging moral and spiritual decay are especially potent in our era. But while social scientists have only recently begun to name, define and address the varied pitfalls of our “anything goes” culture, God has been warning us about the forces normalizing nonsense – and trying to equip us against them! – through Scripture for thousands of years. 

In this funny, practical talk, Spirit-filled communications strategist Sabrina Joy Stevens unpacks how the Bible exposes the age-old tactics our spiritual enemy has used to lure humanity into distraction, deception, and destruction. She also offers a fresh look at the spiritual armor God invites us to use to resist these schemes. Deception may be a tale as old as time, but it doesn’t have to define our futures — if we can cultivate the courage to heed God’s warnings and humbly walk in the love and wisdom He readily lavishes on everyone who asks.