The Breastplate of Righteousness

Danny and his sister Becky crowded around the library book their mom held on her lap. Danny frowned at the picture of a Roman soldier. “What’s he wearing for armor?” Their mom tapped the picture. “It’s a lorica segmentata, the type of breastplate the Roman soldier wore at the time Paul wrote Ephesians. The lorica segmentata was made of overlapping pieces of metal held together with leather straps. It was flexible so it didn’t get in the way when the Roman soldier used his sword and shield. It...