Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 08121 Spiritual warfare is not an optional interest for particularly dramatic Christians. It is the reality every believer lives within, whether they recognise it or not. The New Testament assumes a world in which invisible powers are actively at work, in which the Christian life involves genuine conflict with real enemies, and in which…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 08122 The phrase “I bind you, Satan” has become so familiar in certain streams of Christianity that many believers assume it is a standard biblical practice. It appears in prayer meetings, worship services, deliverance ministries, and the everyday spiritual vocabulary of millions of Christians worldwide. But the question that must be asked, as with…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 08119 Demons are not the invention of medieval imagination or the projection of pre-scientific superstition onto medical conditions people did not yet understand. They are real, personal, spiritual beings whose existence Scripture affirms and whose activity Jesus took with complete seriousness. The Gospels record more encounters between Jesus and demons than between Jesus and…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 08120 Few questions in pastoral ministry generate as much fear, confusion, and theological disagreement as this one. Horror films have shaped the popular imagination far more than Scripture has, and the result is a great deal of anxiety among believers who wonder whether they or someone they love might be subject to demonic possession….
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 08117 Satan is not a cartoon figure with horns and a pitchfork, nor is he the equal-and-opposite counterpart of God in some cosmic dualism. He is a real, personal, spiritual being of extraordinary intelligence and power, operating within boundaries set by God and destined for a defeat that Scripture describes in vivid and unambiguous…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 08118 The fall of Satan is one of those subjects where Scripture provides real information without giving an exhaustive narrative. There is no chapter in the Bible titled “The Fall of Satan” in the way there is a chapter describing the fall of humanity in Genesis 3. What we do have are two remarkable…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 08116 Cherubim and seraphim are among the most striking and least understood figures in the biblical narrative. They appear at some of the most dramatic moments in Scripture, from the guarding of Eden to the throne room of God in Isaiah’s vision. Yet they are often confused with one another, blended into a generic…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 08114 The Bible does not give a precise count of the angels God has created, but it provides enough language to establish that their number is extraordinarily vast. The consistent impression Scripture gives is of an innumerable host, a created order so immense that human counting cannot contain it. The Biblical Language of Multitude…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 08115 The idea that God assigns a personal angel to watch over each individual believer is one of the most widely held assumptions in popular Christianity. It appears on greeting cards, in children’s songs, and in the casual reassurances people offer one another during difficult times. But does Scripture actually teach it? The answer…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 08113 Angels are among the most frequently mentioned yet least carefully understood beings in the Bible. Popular culture has produced a version of angels that bears little resemblance to what Scripture actually describes, replacing the powerful, purposeful servants of God with gentle, winged figures that function as celestial companions or decorative symbols. What the…