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 08105 Deliverance ministry occupies a prominent place in certain charismatic and Pentecostal circles, often presented with the expectation that dramatic results should follow dramatic prayers. When nothing visible seems to happen, the person seeking help can be left confused, discouraged, or burdened with the suggestion that their own faith was insufficient. The question of…
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: 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 12060 Money is one of the subjects Jesus addressed most frequently, and debt is woven into the fabric of modern Western life in ways that would have been unimaginable to the biblical authors. Mortgages, student loans, credit cards, car finance, and business borrowing are so normalised that many Christians never stop to ask whether…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 12061 Christians live and work within economic systems, and the question of whether Scripture endorses, condemns, or is indifferent to particular models of economic organisation has generated enormous debate. The temptation is to baptise one’s preferred political economy with biblical proof texts, and advocates of both free-market capitalism and various forms of socialism have…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 12012 The question of whether Christians can be landlords has become increasingly sharp in a culture where housing costs are a source of genuine hardship for many. Some voices suggest that profiting from another person’s need for shelter is inherently exploitative. Scripture, however, does not support so sweeping a conclusion, though it has a…
Reading Time: 9 minutesQuestion 7052 Of all the words we use in the Christian life, faith is surely one of the most common and yet one of the most misunderstood. We sing about it, we preach about it, we’re told we need more of it, but what actually is it? Is it a feeling? A leap in the…
Reading Time: 9 minutesQuestion 7002 How can we tell the difference between genuine salvation and mere religious profession? This question is not merely academic; it has eternal consequences. Jesus Himself warned that many will say “Lord, Lord” on the day of judgement, only to hear Him declare, “I never knew you” (Matthew 7:21-23). The Apostle Paul urged the…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 7010 At first glance, James 2:14-26 seems to contradict Paul’s teaching on justification by faith alone. James writes: “What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?… So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead… You…