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Did God Actually HATE Esau?
One of the most puzzling verses in the whole Bible isMalachi 1:3, where God says“Jacob I have loved;But Esau I have hated”If that doesn’t make you do a double-take whi...
The Many Faces of the Cherubim (and what the Devil looks like)
Imagine sitting on a hill, wondering about your life, when suddenly the heavens open, and you see creatures so otherworldly they defy description. Four faces on each o...
Fan-Favorite (Rebroadcast): The Day Satan Called with Bill Scott
This is a re-airing of a popular interview I did earlier this year with a man who has an amazing story of deliverance. He shares some of the story here, and gives some...
Satan’s Master Plan (and what it has to do with Christmas)
Most Christians are regularly outwitted by Satan, and most Christians have no idea about his schemes- his devices- his designs. We like to blame Satan for a lot of pro...
Is Zeus Real? The Names of Satan Throughout Scripture
I received a thought-provoking message from one of our listeners this week: Alana writes in:I find it interesting in Acts 14 when the crowd claim that Paul and Barnaba...
Demons in Dry and Desolate Places
Where do demons like to hang out?You know, other than the DMV, the Grammy Awards, or in that sauce they put in Chipotle wraps.Where would you go- or perhaps a better w...
Why did Naaman ask for DIRT?
Naaman the Syrian had it going on. A great job, a great reputation, all the money he needed- oh, and he had leprosy. In those days, this was a death sentence.In those ...
Prayers of Binding and Loosing: Keys of Kingdom Authority
Today’s lesson is too important to wait. And I almost didn’t do it. Because these verses that we’re studying today are going to come up again in the book of Enoch, and...
Paradise or Purgatory? Abraham’s Bosom Explained
There is a parable which I believe is not technically a parable- I believe it’s a true story- called The Rich Man and Lazarus. Jesus tells this story in Luke 16. And t...
Can Demons Disrupt Your Prayers?
The devil really really doesn’t want you to listen to today’s episode. Because this is going to blow the door wide open on one of Satan’s schemes that he uses to try a...
A Ghost Story in the Bible: Saul and the Witch of En Dor
It was a dark and moonless night when King Saul, cloaked in fear and despair, wandered the desolate wilderness of Mount Gilboa. His once-mighty heart had grown heavy, ...
Territorial Spirits (and the Deuteronomy 32 Worldview)
I’ve been doing this podcast for about a year now and I can’t believe I haven’t done an episode about this yet. Today, we’re going to be talking about territorial spir...
Why did Jesus Cast the Demons into the Pigs?
We’re going to continue our foray into demonology today, and we’ll wrap up this story of Jesus and the demoniac of Mark 5. If you’re not familiar with this story, it’s...
The Day Satan Called: A look back with Bill Scott on the Dos and Don’ts of Demonic Deliverance
It was the week before Halloween in the fall of 1988 when Bill Scott picked up the phone at his job at a Christian radio station and his life was never the same. What ...
You Should Be Ready to Face Demons (Mark 5)
Welcome back to Demonology class. I didn’t have this class in the school of ministry that I attended for three years. I’ve never heard of a Bible college offering a cl...
Demonology: What Can Demons Do?
I remember being a younger Christian and sharing a meal with a couple of older pastors, who got to talking about a Bible story of demon possession. It may have been th...
Angel Armies Surround Us
I said it on the first episode of this podcast: if you’re a modern Christian living in a westernized country, you’re weird. You’re living in a very weird time and weir...
Does God Really Expect Us to Honor Evil, Wicked Leaders?
The Bible has some hard commandments in it. “Do everything without worrying or complaining.” “Forgive 70x7 times.” “Be content in all circumstances.” “Thou shalt not c...
The Miracle of the Floating Ax Head (II Kings 6)
The raising of Lazarus. The 10 Plagues in Egypt. Walking on Water. Feeding the 5,000. There are lots of miracle in the stories that are pretty well-known, even by non-...
Who is the ‘God of this World’ in II Corinthians 4:4?
Most of us would agree that God and Satan are about as different as you can get. That they are such polar opposites that it would be virtually impossible to confuse on...
Who Hardened Pharaoh’s Heart?
Last week I was discussing a weird story about Moses in Exodus 4, I came across another pretty odd verse that generates some confusion among Christians: Exodus 4:21.No...
Why did God want to KILL Moses? (Exodus 4:24-26)
So, a funny thing happened on the way to Egypt after Moses spoke to the burning bush. Something you have probably never heard about.Even if you have read it before, th...
The Lion Prophet and the Lyin’ Prophet (I Kings 13)
When I first got into ministry, I didn’t know what to do with I Kings 13. I knew God must be trying to communicate something from this story, but I couldn’t figure out...
The Theory that the Apostle John is Still Alive
I few weeks ago I received one of the strangest questions I had ever had sent to me: could the Apostle John still be alive? Now, I probably would have shrugged it off ...
The Naked Man in the Garden when Jesus was Arrested (Mark 14)
So, something really strange happened when Jesus was being arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane. This is the night that Jesus was put on trial, and the next day He was...
Why John 5:4 Got Taken Out of Your Bible
John 5 has one of the most bizarre verses in the Bible. I’m talking about verse 4 of that chapter. This verse is so bizarre, it doesn’t even appear in a lot of version...
Baptism as Spiritual Warfare: Making Sense of I Peter 3:18-22
What happened when you got in the water at your baptism?Guess what? You didn’t just get wet. You made a proclamation of faith- not just to any humans who witnessed you...
Did Jonah Die in that Fish?
Jonah chapter 2 is one of the weirdest chapters in the entire Bible. I mean, think about it: at the end of Jonah 1, he gets swallowed by a giant fish in the Mediterran...
The Zombie Apocalypse in Matthew 27
Night of the Living Dead. World War Z. Resident Evil. The Walking Dead. And… Matthew chapter 27. What do all of these have in common? They all contain zombies. Now, if...
What “Faith without Works is Dead” Actually Means
Entire books have been written about the thorny theological issue I want to talk about today.James chapter 2. At face value, James 2 seems hard to reconcile with the r...