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…
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: 4 minutesQuestion 10155 Angels appear throughout Scripture as servants of God’s purposes, and the end times are no exception. From the seals of Revelation to the final gathering of the elect, angelic beings are deeply involved in the outworking of God’s eschatological programme. Understanding their role helps us see just how comprehensive and ordered God’s plan…
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 60015 The New Age movement is not a single organisation with a headquarters, a leader, or a creed. It is a broad, loosely connected collection of spiritual beliefs and practices that emerged in Western culture during the 1960s and 1970s and has since permeated mainstream culture to a degree that many people absorb its…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 60074 The New Apostolic Reformation, Ché Ahn’s Harvest International Ministry, and Bethel Church in Redding, California under Bill Johnson represent three interconnected expressions of what has become one of the most influential and theologically problematic streams in contemporary Christianity. Their reach is significant: Bethel’s music label produces worship songs sung in churches worldwide, HIM’s…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 08103 This is a question that carries real urgency for the person asking it, and it deserves an answer that is both pastorally compassionate and biblically clear. Involvement in the occult can range from seemingly innocent activities like consulting horoscopes or using Ouija boards to deep engagement with spiritism, witchcraft, divination, or Satanism. Whatever…