There is no direct talk in the Old Testament about the messiah, the son of David, would cast out demons. Yet that title (“son of David”) is found only in the synoptic gospels in association with Jesus’ healing and demonic exorcisms. While healing is a clear part of...
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Article on the Blaze.com About Supernatural, The Unseen Realm, and Demons Come From
My thanks to Billy Hallowell of The Blaze for taking the time to interview me about the origin of demons. Those who follow this blog will be interested in reading my short essay on that on the Logos Talk blog -- and probably saddened by some of the comments to it. You...
Naked Bible 52: Acts 16 & 17
Acts 16-17 In Acts 16 Timothy joins Paul and Silas. In these two chapters there are several items of interest: the Spirit forbids and directs the team, they encounter a “python spirit,” they are supernaturally delivered from prison, and Paul uses some pagan literature...
Where Angels Fear to Tread
Those of you who know me will know that one of my least favorite subjects is end times (eschatology). That might surprise you, given that I'm a Bible scholar. I mean it, though. Over on my other blog, The Naked Bible, I once wrote a short post on how everyone cheats...
Rich Dolan Interview and Thoughts on Parsing “Non-Human Intelligences”
Below is a (roughly) ten minute interview of Rich Dolan from the 2008 Laughlin, NV UFO conference. It's very good. Rich is always a good listen (and a good read). I also personally like him, so I may be a bit biased. I agree entirely with his assessment that UFOs are...
Thoughts on ETS 2009
I'm still in New Orleans, where, since Wednesday, I've been attending and participating in the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS). The next conference begins tomorrow, the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL). Before the...
“The” Christian View of Aliens, Part 4: Angels, Demons, Gods, and Aliens: An Interdimensional Common Ground?
In Part 3 of this discussion topic, I focused on the first of two descriptions of "alien" and talked about how that definition does not conform to the biblical characters we know as demons, angels, and gods. This first description of an "alien" went like this: 1. It...
Night Terrors and Sleep Paralysis
Nick Redfern recently posted something on night terrors put together by Tim Binnall. Interesting reading, but there was a curious omission. Binnall's work (at least in this installment) neglects to mention the major scholarly work on night terrors and its relation...
How UFO Enthusiasts Understand and Misunderstand Christians Interested in UFOs and ET Life
I recently received an email forwarded to me (and directed to me) by someone involved in a MUFON chapter. I think readers may be interested in it, and so I thought I'd blog it. I have removed all names of people and chapters in the original email and my replies. My...