In the Words of Satan

When Free Will Meets Unfathomable Evil December 17, 2012

In the face of tragedy Christians unfortunately tend to recite clichés that attempt to reassure people that, however terrible things seem, everything is unfolding according to God’s mysterious plan. We hear that “God has his reasons”; “God’s ways are not our ways”;  “God is still on his throne”; “God doesn’t make mistakes,” and things of…

Put on the Armor of God November 1, 2016

The whole of the Christian life is an act of war against the enemy as we follow Jesus in storming the gates of hell (See post.) No passage better illustrates this than Paul’s metaphor of spiritual armor from Ephesians 6. He writes that Christians are to “be strong in the Lord and in the strength…

Podcast: Did Evil Exist Before Lucifer’s Revolt? November 14, 2018

Greg talks about evil and the goodness of creation, then considers some speculative inferences about the existence of creation for all eternity.   http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0416.mp3

Why Did Jesus Curse the Fig Tree? September 1, 2015

One of the strangest episodes recorded in the Gospels is Jesus cursing a fig tree because he was hungry and it didn’t have any figs (Mk 11:12-14; Mt 21:18-19).  It’s the only destructive miracle found in the New Testament. What’s particularly puzzling is that Mark tells us the reason the fig tree had no figs…

The Warfare We Have Inherited January 27, 2015

Image by Chris Sardegna Jesus’ miracles over nature, as well as his healings, exorcisms and especially his resurrection, were definite acts of war that accomplished and demonstrated his victory over Satan. These acts routed demonic forces and thereby established the kingdom of God in people’s lives and in nature. But their primary significance was eschatological. People…

Lighten Up: The Devil Messin’ With Ya February 8, 2013