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The Offensive Church: Taking Territory From Hell (Starts With Your Body)

The Offensive Church: Taking Territory From Hell (Starts With Your Body)

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 Episode Summary
In this sermon preached at New Life Church Greenbrier (Dec. 28, 2025), Coach Alex flips a familiar verse on its head: the gates of hell aren’t attacking the Church—they’re defending. Jesus’ promise isn’t that we’ll merely “hold on” until the end; it’s that the Church advances and hell can’t stop it.Coach Alex makes it practical: if you’ve spent a year waking up on defense—tired, in pain, stuck, reactive—there’s a reason.

The enemy targets the individual body, then the family, then the community. But when your “want to,” your “able to,” your relationships, coaching, rewards, and environment align toward God, you stop fighting alone.

Call to action:
-Join Faithful Fitness (and check out the Shred): https://betterdaily.live/invite
-Get Coach Alex’s Devotional (Faithful Fitness): https://faithfulfitnessdevo.com

Main Discussion Themes
  • Matthew 16 reframed: “The gates of hell” are defensive structures—the Church advances.
  • Offense vs. defense Christianity: why many believers feel stuck, reactive, and worn down.
  • The battlefield order: body → family → community.
  • Three circles model: how darkness spreads when the light isn’t protected and multiplied.
  • The 6 forces tug-of-war: why people fail—and how to win by changing the system around you.
    • Personal: Want to, Able to
    • Social: Fans & Friends, Coach
    • Structural: Rewards, Environment
  • Scripture anchors for embodied stewardship:
    • 1 Corinthians 6:19–20
    • Psalm 139:14
    • Ephesians 5:29
Timestamped Outline
0:00–0:23 — Intro + welcome
0:23–2:41 — Family-service tone + participation + rope setup
2:41–4:53 — Poll questions → the body question exposes the real issue
4:53–8:59 — Matthew 16:15–18 setup + “gates of hell” promise
8:59–11:33 — Milk vs meat in Scripture; “underline this phrase” moment
11:33–15:27 — Offense vs defense demo (shield vs sword)
15:27–18:28 — Greek insight: “katyskohol” → hell can’t defend against the Church
18:28–21:41 — Candlelight picture: light pushes back darkness
21:41–24:20 — The three circles: community → family → body (enemy’s strategy)
24:20–27:25 — Scripture truths about the body + Faithful Fitness devotional mention
27:25–30:37 — Tug-of-war demo: why it feels impossible alone
30:37–42:16 — The 6 forces explained (personal/social/structural)
42:16–44:40 — System shift: align forces toward God → obedience becomes sustainable
44:40–end — Final charge + prayer + response invitationMove Forward Today (Calls to Action)
  1. Join Faithful Fitness + the Shred (community + coaching + practical structure):
    https://betterdaily.live/invite
  2. Get the Faithful Fitness Devotional (40-day Scripture-guided discipleship for embodied stewardship):
    https://faithfulfitnessdevo.com
  3. One action in 5 minutes: Write down which force is currently pulling against you:
  • Want to
  • Able to
  • Fans & Friends
  • Coach
  • Rewards
  • Environment
    Then write one concrete counter-move (ex: remove trigger foods, ask spouse for support, choose enjoyable training, schedule accountability).
Featured Guest ResourcesCoach Alex’s Resources
  • Join Faithful Fitness (and check out the Shred): https://betterdaily.live/invite
  • Get the Faithful Fitness Devotional: https://faithfulfitnessdevo.com


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