What Jonathan Pokluda has said about Spiritual warfare
6 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 5, 2026
Jonathan Pokluda, American pastor in Waco, Texas, author of Welcome to Adulting and Your Story Has a Villain, former leader of The Porch young adults ministry, has been quoted on Spiritual warfare 6 times in 1 episode of Live Free with Josh Howerton, most recently on October 5, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Pokluda speculates that the divisions of 2020 reflected a demonic strategy to divide people politically and socially.
“I want you to divide them politically. I want you to divide them socioeconomically”
Live Free with Josh Howerton: 8 Ways Christians Open the Door to the DEMONIC (ft. Jonathan Pokluda) | Live Free with Josh Howerton (Oct 5, 2026) · Listen from 21:08
Pokluda argues that spiritual warfare is fought over people's thinking.
“The spiritual war is fought over the real estate of the mind. Satan is after our thinking”
Live Free with Josh Howerton: 8 Ways Christians Open the Door to the DEMONIC (ft. Jonathan Pokluda) | Live Free with Josh Howerton (Oct 5, 2026) · Listen from 20:40
Pokluda holds that Satan is not omnipresent and instead leads an army of fallen angels as demons.
“Like Satan has never probably been anywhere near me. He's not omnipresent”
Live Free with Josh Howerton: 8 Ways Christians Open the Door to the DEMONIC (ft. Jonathan Pokluda) | Live Free with Josh Howerton (Oct 5, 2026) · Listen from 24:56
Pokluda says Satan knows his eventual fate and therefore pursues a destructive scorched-earth strategy.
“He knows his destiny is the lake of fire. And so he's running a scorched earth strategy”
Live Free with Josh Howerton: 8 Ways Christians Open the Door to the DEMONIC (ft. Jonathan Pokluda) | Live Free with Josh Howerton (Oct 5, 2026) · Listen from 29:34
Pokluda recounts being sued within two weeks of signing the contract for his book on spiritual warfare.
“I was sued. I got sued within 14 days of signing it”
Live Free with Josh Howerton: 8 Ways Christians Open the Door to the DEMONIC (ft. Jonathan Pokluda) | Live Free with Josh Howerton (Oct 5, 2026) · Listen from 37:47
Pokluda recommends a weekly accountability practice built around three questions on spiritual input, output and confession.
“How did you feed your soul? How did you feed others? How did you feed your flesh? Input, output, confession”
Live Free with Josh Howerton: 8 Ways Christians Open the Door to the DEMONIC (ft. Jonathan Pokluda) | Live Free with Josh Howerton (Oct 5, 2026) · Listen from 46:11
Episodes
8 Ways Christians Open the Door to the DEMONIC (ft. Jonathan Pokluda) | Live Free with Josh HowertonLive Free with Josh Howerton · Oct 5, 2026 · 1 h 36 min
Pastor Carlos Erazo and Jonathan Pokluda discuss spiritual warfare, demonic footholds, occult practices, signs of revival, and a simple method for sharing the gospel.
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