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His Name, A Mighty Fortress!

Fortress! I have sang about it, heard it being thrown around as part of the church lingo, and also used it myself numerous times. It is so easy to fall into the trap of saying things for the sake of speaking "Chrstianese" or fitting in a church crowd. The real danger lays in not understanding the depth and underlying power that exists in knowing what words like this mean.  Naturally, though I should have looked to my concordance and bible dictionary, I did a quick google search because I am the "microwave pop corn" generation. Don't worry if you don't understand lol its an inside joke between one of my favorite preachers and I. So lets get to it... Fortress -  a military stronghold, especially a strongly fortified town. Also means a person or thing not susceptible to outside influence or disturbance - copy pasted from Wikipedia  What are we saying when we say His Name, A Mighty Fortress? By making use of the second definition we are literar