Spiritual Warfare Today, Common Marriage Temptations, The Power of Belief - w/ Tilly Dillehay

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About This Episode Aaron sits down with Tilly Dillehay, author of My Dear Hemlock and Seeing Green, to talk about spiritual warfare and the everyday temptations that work against Christian marriages. Tilly was raised in the church, apostatized in college, and was converted at 22 through two weeks of counseling in a small Tennessee church where she is now a pastor's wife. Her book My Dear Hemlock, modeled on C.S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters with a female patient and feminine demons, exposes temptations like resentment over lost courtesies, believing you married down, phones that pull you out of the road of time, and withholding gratitude. Tilly and Aaron discuss avoiding both ditches when it comes to demons, why they are limited and must ask permission as in Job, and how confession and believing God's Word bring freedom.

About Tilly Dillehay Tilly Dillehay is a pastor's wife in Tennessee and the author of My Dear Hemlock and Seeing Green. After her own journey from apostasy to faith, she uses creative storytelling to expose the subtle ways spiritual forces work against Christian marriages. She also hosts the Home Fires podcast with Abigail Dodds.

In This Episode From apostasy to faith — Tilly's conversion at 22 through counseling at a small Tennessee church. My Dear Hemlock — a Screwtape Letters-style look at temptation through a female patient. Resentment over lost courtesies — how small discourtesies grow into bitterness. "I married down" — a lie that quietly poisons contentment. Pocket mirrors — how phones lift us out of the road of time. The power of gratitude — why withholding it is a temptation and practicing it is a defense. Avoiding both ditches — neither ignoring demons nor giving them undue power. Confession unlocks the cages — "We build the cages and this unlocks them." Believing what God says — the armor of God and trusting Scripture as the believer's defense.

Scripture Referenced The Book of Job The armor of God (Ephesians 6)

Resources from This Episode My Dear Hemlock by Tilly Dillehay Seeing Green by Tilly Dillehay Home Fires podcast with Abigail Dodds Shop Marriage After God Full show notes and blog post

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