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So what are you doing when you say "it is tongues" except performing the exact same judgment? The only difference is the conclusion you draw, not the judgment you undertake to draw the conclusion. As always the answer is balance. A lack of faith is a bad thing and blind faith in anything...

I'd rather see what God has done in the here and now from people I can talk to and see for myself. That seems to have so much more impact than reading an account that may be totally true, partly embellished or totally fabricated, that is alleged to have happened Somewhere Else and to Someone...

... and again you give no indication of how you would propose to follow the Scriptural call to "test all things" It's all well and good to talk of understanding in the spirit but this fails miserably when presented with a situation where one person considers a thing to be good and another...

Sure, there do seem to be people who look at the one verse in Leviticus that prohibits homosexual activity and ignore other verses in Leviticus. The most ironic example of that was the picture circulating a while back of the guy who had Lev 18:22 tattooed on his arm, apparently ignorant of Lev...

Being protected from reality. If you need money, you go to the bank. If you need food, you go to the store. No sense of there only being so much money in the bank, no sense that "go to the store" doesn't work unless you've got the money to pay the store (because, as every child knows, if you...

This might be a semantic nitpick but I think it's worth differentiating between "God does not protect" in the sense of a God who simply shrugs and hopes we can figure out all the tricks and traps, and "God does not protect" in the sense of a God who does not actively step in and overrule us if...

When even Michael the archangel wouldn't attempt to bind the devil but instead said "the Lord rebuke you" (Jud 1:9) I do wonder what the folks who are endlessly binding this and banishing that think they are doing.

It totally trashes the context of the verse. If Paul's teaching wasn't above being questioned just who do these teachers of today think they are to expect a free pass, misusing Scripture to avoid being tested against Scripture? Truth be told if I see someone who clearly doesn't want to be...

It's interesting to compare that and other passages to some of the curious things called "spiritual warfare" today. Most of what we see in Eph 6 is defensive stuff - a helmet, a breastplate, sandals, a shield and so on. The only offensive part of it is the sword - the word of God - and even...

E=mc2 is a pretty iconic one. Some that I quite liked related to things like the volume of a cone, which IIRC was 1/3 πr2h, and the volume of a sphere which is 4/3 πr3 Interestingly you can derive the volume of a solid from the surface area of the solid, and vice versa. For example if you...

Ephesians 6 is relevant to the topic but it's not the only source of information. We can see things like 1Pe 5:8 warning us what the devil is like, a note of caution about flippant exorcisms in Acts 19:13-16, and some pretty basic instructions in Jam 4:7. Just for starters :)

Maybe look to draw out who or what she believes the devil to be and why she believes what she does? If she's faced a lot of evil in her life it may be she concluded that some kind of evil entity exists but she saw precious little evidence of anything benign or loving. She may have accepted...

Yep - you put in the prayers, select the product and pull the lever. If you get the wrong thing you call 1-800-BAD-PRAY to complain about it. It reminds me of what a certain serpent said in a certain garden about how "you will be like God". Even today it seems people fall for the lie that they...

Not many people are disputing that. But the existence of miracles is a far cry from the universal supply of miracles on demand. If it is always God's will to heal why are some people not healed? Why do we get sick at all? If God was going to heal everybody on demand, wouldn't it make more sense...

A lot of denominational differences seem to be as much down to tradition than core theology, but certainly the only way you'd be able to claim that "God won't let you be deceived" works in the face of so many denominations is to either argue that God will let you be deceived on trivial matters...

To some it means "strategic level spiritual warfare" with is a very fine-sounding term that relates to identifying territorial spirits, getting to high places and binding them, but what it actually means in practise is very little. Jesus never told us to identify territorial spirits and bind...

I wouldn't bother if I were you. Partly because that sort of thing strays too close to sorcery for me to be comfortable with it, and partly because at least one person I know is really into this stuff and despite lots of declarations they seem to struggle with ill health and lack of money...

Unbelief isn't inherently a bad thing. We are called to "test all things" so to just believe everything we hear isn't faith, it's being gullible. It's true that the mind doesn't comprehend spiritual things but that doesn't mean we should just believe everything and criticise those who ask...

Those who are pro-Bethel would insist that the cloud of gold dust is a genuine manifestation of God. Those more prone to question tend to ask awkward questions, like whether it has ever been analysed and why it only seems to happen in association with churches that have a flawed Christology. I...

It seems to be little more than a pyramid scheme where you send your money to make someone else rich, trusting in their promise that someone else will make you rich. It's part of the reason I dislike the modern concept of the tithe - a slavish adherence to giving 10% of our financial income...