Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 8031 The word “demon” appears frequently in the Gospels and throughout the New Testament, yet the origin of these beings is not explicitly stated in a single definitive passage. The identity of demons has generated genuine debate among biblical scholars, and understanding where the biblical evidence points matters both for accurate theology and for…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 8032 The question sounds almost mundane, but the biblical answer reveals something important about the structure of the unseen world and the scope of demonic activity. Demons do not occupy a single location; Scripture describes them operating across different spheres, with different conditions applying to different categories of these beings. The Heavenly Realms Paul’s…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 8034 Reports of disturbing physical manifestations attributed to demonic presence have circulated throughout church history and continue into the present, ranging from objects moving to visible apparitions. Understanding what Scripture actually says about demons and physical form requires distinguishing carefully between what angels can do, what demons appear to do, and what the biblical…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 8035 The relationship between demonic activity and physical illness is a question the New Testament addresses with more directness than is sometimes acknowledged, while also providing important guardrails against the kind of sweeping attribution that causes serious pastoral harm. The answer is not a simple yes or no, and the difference matters enormously in…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 8037 The phrase “unclean spirit” appears throughout the Synoptic Gospels and the book of Acts, and understanding it requires attention to more than just the Greek vocabulary. The designation is theologically rich, connecting to deeply embedded categories in Israel’s religious life and revealing something specific about the character of the beings it describes. The…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 8039 The question arises from one specific and remarkable incident in the Gospel accounts, and it is worth examining that incident carefully rather than building sweeping conclusions from it. What the Gadarene account tells us is both more and less than might be expected. The Gadarene Incident The account appears in all three Synoptic…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 10011 This is one of the most asked questions in Christianity, and it has been asked since the earliest days of the Church. The disciples themselves wanted to know. “Tell us, when will these things be?” (Matthew 24:3) The answer Jesus gave them, and the answer Scripture gives us, is both clear and mysterious….
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 10012 The return of Jesus is not a quiet, unnoticed event. It is the most dramatic, world-changing moment in all of history. Everything changes when Jesus comes back. The question is not whether He will return, for Scripture is abundantly clear on that point, but what happens when He does. The answer unfolds in…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 7067 Easy believism describes a presentation of the gospel in which salvation is reduced to intellectual acknowledgment of certain facts about Jesus, with no genuine repentance, no change of direction, and no expectation of transformation. It is not a label its proponents normally accept for themselves, but it describes a real tendency that has…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 7062 Judas Iscariot is one of the most disturbing figures in Scripture. He spent three years in Jesus’ company, witnessed miracles, heard the Sermon on the Mount, was numbered among the Twelve and sent out to preach and heal, and then sold his Master for thirty pieces of silver. The question of whether he…