Daniel Akin recounts a conversation with Adrian Rogers about 6 months before Rogers’ death:
Dr. Rogers said the problem was we were no longer on the battlefield fighting shoulder to shoulder the real enemies of sin, Satan, death and hell. Rather, we were back in the barracks standing face to face and fighting one another. We were now squabbling and arguing over things that would matter little if we were out on the battlefield engaging the real enemy as we fought for the souls of men across North America and around the world. Dr. Rogers always had a heart for the unreached peoples of the world. Dr. Rogers said we needed to get back on the battlefield and recognize we are one mighty army, all on the same side, serving under our commander-in-chief King Jesus.
Isn’t that our trouble–recognizing where the battlefield begins?
I think the battlefield begins at the end of my nose… a.k.a. the whole kosmos.