Battle Ready Faith: Fully Prepared To Win Every Time

The current cultural moment is anxious. We are saturated in news cycles, social-media discouragement, and an increasingly fragmenting religious landscape. Many sense that the faith they were taught was not built for the season they are walking into. Battle Ready Faith meets that moment with a recovery of strong New Testament conviction: a real adversary, a real fight, real disciplines, and a real reward. The book also addresses a felt need among the next generation for direct, no-nonsense Christian teaching that does not oversell easy answers and does not surrender to cynicism and skepticism.

While teaching the messages that became this book, the author's wife was unexpectedly caught in the middle of an international crisis - sheltering in Israel as missiles flew between Israel, the United States, and Iran. The week of that war catalyzed both the title and the urgency of the project. The faith Austin had been preaching was suddenly being tested in real time, half a world away - and it resolved. Battle Ready Faith is written for those who need more than the soft, suggestion-based version of belief that has come to dominate Western Christian culture.

The book is anchored in seven New Testament passages: Mark 11 (have faith in God), Ephesians 6 (the whole armor of God), Romans 10 (the speaking dimension of faith), Hebrews 11 (the great Hall of Faith), Romans 4 (Abraham's unwavering posture), Genesis 22 (the cost of obedience), and 2 Timothy 2 (the call to endure as a soldier). Each chapter is grounded in careful exegesis, woven with pastoral testimony, and closes with five reflection questions designed for personal journaling, small-group discussion, or married-couples reading. A full ten-session Discussion Guide at the back of the book makes it ready for use as the spine of a small-group curriculum.

The voice is direct, contemporary, and unapologetically biblical. The book confronts spiritual platitudes without being abrasive, calls readers to higher discipleship without legalism, and offers practical disciplines without manualizing the Spirit. It sits at the intersection of pastoral non-fiction and discipleship study guide.

Author: Ty Austin
Publisher: Austin Press
Published: 09/01/2026
Pages: 196
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d
ISBN: 9798234100085

About the Author
Austin, Ty: - Ty and Lilia Austin have been married since 2008 and have three beautiful children. Ty began as Senior Pastor of Arise Church in May of 2022 and has been an ordained Foursquare minister since 2007. He served as an Executive Pastor at The Rock in Anaheim, CA where he was on staff for over 18 years. He loves the local church, mentoring young leaders, and seeing people fulfill their God-given potential. Ty also served the Foursquare Church as the Atlantic District NextGen Coordinator which includes 21 states and Washington, D.C. He has a passion to preach the Word of God and mobilize the Church into the ripe fields of harvest. Ty also has his Master of Arts in Strategic Leadership and Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Studies from Life Pacific University.