Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 08101 This question comes up frequently in pastoral conversations, and it deserves a careful answer that avoids both the extremes of dismissive indifference and superstitious overreaction. The Bible does not address horror films directly, because the modern entertainment industry did not exist in the biblical world. What Scripture does address are the principles that…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 08102 The question of whether Christians should read books about demons and the occult requires a distinction that is often overlooked: there is a significant difference between reading about the occult in order to understand and resist it, and reading occult material out of curiosity, fascination, or a desire for forbidden knowledge. Scripture addresses…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 08098 Marriage is one of the most significant institutions God has established, and it should come as no surprise that it is also one of the enemy’s primary targets. The union of husband and wife reflects the relationship between Christ and the Church (Ephesians 5:31-32), which means that every healthy Christian marriage is, in…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 08099 The family, like marriage, is a creation ordinance established before the Fall and central to God’s purposes in the world. God chose to structure human life around families, and the patterns of faith transmission, moral formation, and relational security that healthy families provide are irreplaceable. It follows that the family is a high-value…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 08097 This is one of the most pastorally sensitive questions in the entire area of spiritual warfare, and getting it wrong in either direction causes real harm. The person who attributes every psychological struggle to demonic activity risks neglecting legitimate medical and therapeutic help that God has made available. The person who dismisses any…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 08096 The question of whether one is under spiritual attack is one that many Christians ask with genuine anxiety, and it deserves a thoughtful answer rather than either a dismissive wave or an overheated diagnosis. The Bible takes spiritual warfare seriously. Ephesians 6:12 is explicit that the believer’s struggle “is not against flesh and…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 08109 Yoga has become so thoroughly embedded in Western culture that the question of whether it is spiritually dangerous can seem alarmist to many people, including many Christians. It is offered in gyms, schools, workplaces, and community centres as a health and fitness activity, and the vast majority of Western practitioners have no interest…
Reading Time: 2 minutesQuestion 08088 James 4:7 is one of the best-known verses on spiritual conflict: “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” The promise in the second half is frequently quoted, but the condition in the first half tends to receive less attention. The sequence is not accidental. Before the…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 11091 The question of whether dancing belongs in Christian worship stirs strong feelings in both directions. Some believers associate dance with worldliness and regard its introduction into worship as an unwelcome intrusion of secular culture. Others point to the dancing of David before the Ark and insist that physical, expressive worship is not merely…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 11014 The short answer is yes, emphatically. Worship is not confined to a building, a service, or a Sunday morning time slot. The longer answer requires understanding what worship actually is in biblical terms, because the question itself often rests on a definition of worship that is too narrow. If worship means singing songs…