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 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 08100 If marriage and family are high-value targets for the enemy, the local church is the highest-value target of all. The church is the body of Christ on earth (1 Corinthians 12:27), the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 3:16), and the pillar and buttress of the truth (1 Timothy 3:15). A healthy,…
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 08095 The idea that one-third of the angels fell with Satan is one of the most widely repeated claims in popular Christian teaching. It appears in sermons, books, and study guides with such regularity that many believers assume it is a plainly stated biblical fact. The reality is more textured than that. There is…
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: 4 minutesQuestion 10156 The Bible traces Satan’s story from his original exaltation to his final, irreversible doom. He is not an eternal being in the way God is eternal, and his freedom to oppose God’s purposes is both temporary and bounded. Scripture tells us with remarkable clarity exactly what happens to him in the end, and…