What are they? What are their motives and purposes? How do we discern the differences, when they seem so similar?
God’s Signs and Wonders versus Satan’s Signs and Wonders
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Category Archives: Angels and Demons
Who Were the Nephilim?
Who were they? A satanic hybrid or just extra-tall human warriors? Do they appear today? Should we obsess over them? This post also has a modern angle and is pastoral.
1. Gifts of the Spirit in Early Church Fathers
These are the written testimony of the church fathers before or a little after the council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. They teach that the gifts were for their days, after the apostles died.
2. Healings and Deliverances in Early Church Fathers
These are the written testimony of the church fathers before or a little after the council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. They teach that the healings and deliverances (exorcisms) were for their days, after the apostles died.
How Does New Testament Define Demonic Control?
This post is an old-fashioned Bible and word study, with a brief, practical application for ministry.
Who Were the ‘Sons of God’ in Genesis?
Who were the “sons of God” mentioned in Genesis 6 and elsewhere? I updated it yet again!
Why Did Ananias and Sapphira Drop Dead?
In the book of Acts, they dropped dead. Why? To understand what happened, it is important to keep the Old Sinai Covenant and the New Covenant separate.
Bible Basics about Satan and Demons and Victory Over Them
Renewalists believe that Satan is real and attacks people, but in Christ they can have victory over the evil spirit being.
John 10:34-36 and Psalm 82: Who Were the ‘Gods’ and ‘Sons of Most High’?
Who were the “gods” and “sons of the Most High” in Psalm 82:6? Whom does Jesus say they were in John 10:34-36? Many commentators offer their opinion, and they are unanimous about who they were not. Now what about–who they were?
Bible Basics about Angels
Learn what the Bible really says. This study is essential for our being rooted in the Word, not some desperate quest for angels. Seek Jesus always and only.
Angels: Questions and Answers
If you need a good summary post with sound theology on how angels operate in your life and other “angelic issues,” this is your post.
Angels: Their Duties and Missions
Renewalists believe that angels are real. Many of us have seen them, either in our dreams or in person.
Angels: Their Names and Ranks and Heavenly Existence
The Scriptures clarify that angels are real, and so is their heavenly dimension where they live.
Angels: Their Origins, Abilities, and Nature
Renewalists (Pentecostals, Charismatics and Neo-Charismatics) believe that angels appear to people in their dreams or in person, even today. It is God’s ongoing ministry to us. But we must get our biblical doctrine straight, or we can stray.
Who Was the Angel of the Lord?
He can be identified with the preincarnate Son of God, before he became a human at his birth. But where are those verses? And can all of the verses describing an angelic visitation refer to Jesus?
Bible Basics about Deliverance
Deliverance and maintaining lasting freedom from satanic oppression includes these essential ingredients.
Magic, Witchcraft, Sorcery, and Fortunetelling
You have to avoid those things. Here’s why.
Satan and Demons: Personal
This post covers Satan and his attack on people—even you at times. And so can Christians ‘have’ a demon or be demon-possessed or demonized? Can we rebuke demonic rulers over a city or region?
Satan and Demons: Theology
Renewalists believe in sound doctrine, and they believe in victory through Christ over the kingdom of darkness.
Satan and Demons: Origins
This post tells what the Bible says about where Satan came from (if this can be known) and how he became evil.
Works Cited
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