Demons
Who Needs to Pray and Fast? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Demons, Spiritual Warfare
Greg puts a bow on our shortest episode ever. Episode 634 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0634.mp3
That Weird Episode with the Pigs
Category: General
Tags: Demons, God's Character, Jesus, Non-Violence, Spiritual Warfare, Warfare Worldview
Topics: Creation Care, Interpreting Violent Pictures and Troubling Behaviors
In my opinion, the single strangest episode recounted in the Gospels is the account of Jesus’ encounter with a demonized man that ended with two thousand pigs drowning themselves in the Sea of Galilee (Mk…
What Does Paul Mean that We Will Judge Angels? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Angels, Demons
Greg considers Paul’s claim that Christians will judge angels. Episode 498 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0498.mp3
Do Demons Reproduce? (podcast)
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Angels, Demons, Heaven and Hell, Hell
Greg considers the reproductive activities of demons. The Training of KX12 Episode 484 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0484.mp3
Did Jesus Believe in Satan?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Demons, Jesus, Satan, Warfare Worldview
Topics: Spiritual Warfare, Cosmic Conflict
Jesus’ teaching, his exorcisms, his healings and other miracles, as well as his work on the cross, all remain somewhat incoherent and unrelated to one another until we interpret them as acts of war. As…
Podcast: Isn’t Casting Out Demons an Act of Violence?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Demons, Spiritual Warfare
Greg considers whether or not casting out demons is violent. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0441.mp3
What does the Bible mean when it says God “sent an evil spirit” on certain people?
Category: Q&A
Tags: Bible, Demons, Old Testament, Q&A, Responding to Calvinism, Spiritual Warfare
Topics: Interpreting Violent Pictures and Troubling Behaviors, Spiritual Warfare, Cosmic Conflict
Verse: 1 Samuel 16, 1 Samuel 18, Judges 9
Question: In Judges 9:23, I Samuel 16:15ff and 18:10 it is said that God sends evil spirits on people. Doesn’t this support the idea that everything Satan and demons do is under God’s sovereign control?…
Podcast: How Does Spiritual Warfare Actually Work?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Angels, Demons, Spiritual Warfare, Warfare Worldview
Greg talks about Spiritual Warfare and the risks of speculating about things we do not know anything about. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0331.mp3
Podcast: Did Jesus Really Engage in Spiritual Warfare, or Was He Simply Playing Along with the Cultural Narratives of His Time?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Angels, Demons, Spiritual Warfare
Topics: Spiritual Warfare, Cosmic Conflict
Greg considers whether Jesus genuinely engaged in spiritual warfare, or if he was simply playing along with the beliefs of those around him. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0289.mp3
Podcast: Doesn’t Jesus Violate the Free Will of Demons When He Casts Them Out?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Demons, Free Will
Greg discusses the free will of demons and speculates on whether God is ever violent towards spiritual entities. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0163.mp3
Is Demon Possession Simply Psychological Catharsis?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Demons, Possession
Greg discusses demon possession and the believability of it. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0151.mp3
The Cosmic Scope of Spiritual Warfare
Category: General
Tags: Angels, Demons, Evil, Kingdom Living, Satan, Spiritual Warfare, Warfare Worldview
Topics: Spiritual Warfare, Cosmic Conflict
Yesterday’s post briefly introduced the reality that we live in the midst of spiritual warfare. This is the reality of being a part of creation where Satan prowls like a roaring lion (1 Pet 5:8-9)….
Do the Principalities & Powers Exist Within Space & Time?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Demons, Warfare Worldview
In this episode Greg Answers: How do you fight, with a body bound to space and time, against something that doesn’t exist in space in time? Links: God at War Episode 34 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0034.mp3
Can we still believe in real demons now, in the 21st century?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Demons
In this episode Greg gives reasons why we can still believe in demons even now, in the 21st century? With our iPhones and all our modern cooking appliances, even? Links: Greg’s book: “Benefit of the…
The Universal Experience of the “Spiritual”
Category: General
Tags: Angels, Demons, Warfare Worldview
Topics: Spiritual Warfare, Cosmic Conflict
Humans have from prehistoric times generally assumed the reality of spirits who transcend our physical existence. Outside of post-Enlightenment western intellectual culture the belief in spirits is almost universal. Whether conceptualized as spirits of nature…
Angels and Spirits in a Secular World
Category: General
Tags: Angels, Demons, Spiritual Warfare
Topics: Spiritual Warfare, Cosmic Conflict
This week, we’ve been thinking about why we should believe in a spiritual realm in a world shaped by secular thought. One argument that supports the belief that spirits are real is the oldest, most…
Jesus and the Reality of Spiritual Warfare
Category: General
Tags: Demons, Jesus, Satan, Spiritual Warfare, Warfare Worldview
Topics: Spiritual Warfare, Cosmic Conflict
In yesterday’s post, we discussed how challenging it can be to believe in the reality of a spiritual realm in the modern world. Today, let’s look at how Jesus’ ministry relates to this spiritual reality….
4 Reasons to Believe in a Spiritual Realm
Category: General
Tags: Angels, Demons, Spiritual Warfare
Topics: Spiritual Warfare, Cosmic Conflict
For the last century, a large number of theologians and church leaders have claimed that the biblical view of spiritual warfare—where there is an actual realm where angels and demons exist—is no longer believable. The…
When to Do Spiritual Warfare
Category: General
Tags: Demonization, Demons, Mental Illness, Prayer, Spiritual Warfare
Topics: Spiritual Warfare, Cosmic Conflict
If the world is engulfed in spiritual warfare, how do we know when we’re confronting a demon that requires deliverance prayer, or simply confronting a “natural” by-product of the fallen world that requires medical or…
Are you Afraid of Demons?
Category: General
Tags: Demonization, Demons, Fear, Spiritual Warfare
Topics: Spiritual Warfare, Cosmic Conflict
I remember learning about germs in fourth grade. We were told our world was saturated with tiny invisible creatures that can infect wounds and make us sick. I immediately stopped sharing already-chewed gum with other…