Tag Archives: demons

Sergius Bulgakov, The Bride of the Lamb

Posted on November 30, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

Bulgakov, Sergius.  Bride of the Lamb.  Eerdmans. This isn’t a normal review.  It’s mostly a collection and analysis of his most important points.  This is the best thing ever written on eschatology in the sense of final judgment, life-after-death, etc. Bulgakov … Continue reading →

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Review: Powers of Darkness (Clinton Arnold)

Posted on October 9, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

Arnold, Clinton. Powers of Darkness: Principalities and Powers in Paul’s Letters. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsityPress, 1992. In many ways this is a shortened version of his dissertation. But it can also function as a supernaturalist, evangelical response to the then (and … Continue reading →

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Review of Walter Wink on the Powers

Posted on October 9, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

Wink seeks to recapture the integrity of speaking about “spiritual powers” in a materialistic world.  If that is all his thesis is, he is more or less successful, albeit with some major problems. The reviewer faces a problem of a … Continue reading →

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The Day the earth stands still (Gilbert and Peck)

Posted on September 14, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

More people believe in UFOs than in God.  Rather, more people believe in UFOs than in the traditional understanding of God. That is why there is an urgent need for Christians to give thoughtful, kind, yet firm responses to the … Continue reading →

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Guardian Underworld Spirits in the OT

Posted on August 23, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

Background reading: http://www.moreunseenrealm.com/?page_id=10 This is part of the “Deuteronomy 32 Worldview.”  Most translations translate verse 17 along the lines of the ESV. “They sacrificed to demons that were no gods, to gods they had never known, to new gods that … Continue reading →

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Review: Principalities and Powers (Montgomery)

Posted on June 22, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

Montgomery, John Warwick. This is the best mature Evangelical treatment on the subject. Conservative evangelicalism faces a schizophrenia on this topic. On one hand, they know that the demonic and occultic exist because the Bible says so and modern experience … Continue reading →

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Developing an Enochian Worldview

Posted on April 10, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

Some of these are inspired by Dr Michael Heiser’s writings, though much of it came from my own working through both the Scriptures and tradition.  Our problem is that we are all students of Dante, whether we admit it or … Continue reading →

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Opening notes on Heiser’s Unseen Realm

Posted on April 4, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

This study outline is kind of like a middle east targum.  It is combination paraphrase/outline. For a general idea of this type of thinking, see the following Satan’s Psy Ops. God’s Entourage Job 38.4-7 identifies the heavenly host, the morning … Continue reading →

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We Believe in One God (Ancient Christian Doctrines)

Posted on January 26, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

Bray, Gerald. ed. We Believe in One God (Ancient Christian Doctrines). Intervarsity Press, 2009. I think I have found the best primary source intro to the Fathers. The only drawback is the somewhat steep price. Gerald Bray (in this volume) gives a … Continue reading →

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They shall expel demons (Prince)

Posted on May 18, 2016 by J. B. Aitken

Prince, Derek. They Shall Expel Demons.  Chosen Publishers. Derek Prince gives an overview of demonology roughly in the same vein as John Wimber and Charles Kraft. This book is level-headed, practical, and filled with sane advice.  Only in a few places … Continue reading →

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