Emphasis Preaching Journal

The legend continues to be passed on that the armor of medieval knights weighed so much that the knight had to be lifted by crane onto his horse. The legend began with a theatrical production that portrayed a knight in heavy armor lifted onto his horse. Actually the heaviest armor that any knight put on didn’t weigh more than combat soldiers today carry into battle. But the very idea of armor sounds bulky and heavy. Paul’s allegorical listing of Christian armor isn’t cataloging all that could slow or hinder our life for God.