Why We All Need Deliverance

Introduction Today’s post-Enlightenment, post-modern Western theology might concede that there may be a few people out of every thousand or so actually “possessed” or tormented by demons, but it’s certainly not something that “proper folks” (i.e., you and me) need to...

The Problem of the Lie

INTRODUCTION As a man thinketh, so is he. (Pro. 23:7) Many of us find life to be an incessant struggle, an overwhelming and endless series of confrontations with one impossible or unsolvable circumstance after another, constantly battling fear, anxiety, and worry,...

The Theology of Helplessness

Try to imagine the scene: Jesus is returning from the mount where He had been transfigured and His Glory revealed to James, John, and Peter. He had conversed with Moses and Elijah, perhaps in preparation for His final confrontation with the religious authorities in...

Possession Vs. Oppression

HOW CAN A BORN-AGAIN BELIEVER BE OPPRESSED BY AN UNCLEAN SPIRIT? Many believers adhere to the belief that a born-again believer cannot be “possessed” by an unclean spirit. That belief is correct. A believer cannot be “possessed” by an evil spirit (and, in...