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Supernatural

Can Christians Believe in Ghosts?

By Filings on Mon, 05/04/26
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“Gavin Ortlund explores whether Christians can believe in ghosts, offering a biblical perspective that challenges pop-culture ideas while taking the supernatural seriously.” - TruthUnites

What Does the Bible Say about Demons?

By Filings on Thu, 03/26/26
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"Demons is the most common term we use, but... Typically, a diminutive form of this term is used to refer to evil spiritual beings. In the Old and New Testaments, this term is linked closely with idolatry, false religions, and their evil practices" - The Cripplegate

We Want to Believe: A far-reaching hoax over a century ago reveals something about our searching souls.

By Filings on Mon, 03/02/26
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“Over a century ago… young Francis Griffiths and her cousin took pictures of fairies dancing in the forest. What began as the imagination of little girls turned into an international sensation known as the Cottingley Fairies incident of 1920.” - Breakpoint

On the Supernatural: Framing Our Response

By Aaron Blumer on Tue, 12/02/25

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Christians have a broad range of attitudes toward the “supernatural” in society—mostly in fiction, film, and gaming. To hark back to the 70’s and 80’s, many Christians were concerned about Ouija boards, 8-balls, Dungeons and Dragons, and the symbology of the traditional card deck. That expanded to various heavy metal rock groups and “backward masking.”

Should Christians Celebrate Halloween?

By Filings on Fri, 10/31/25
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“Christians should always consider what our celebrations say about evil.” - Breakpoint

Related:

  • Should Christians Participate in Halloween? Former Psychic Jenn Nizza Has a Warning for Believers - C.Leaders

Americans skeptical about paranormal phenomena

By Filings on Wed, 10/29/25
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“Surveys from Gallup and Pew find broad skepticism for psychics, ghosts, astrology and witches.” - Baptist Press

Review – Satan Cast Out: A Study in Biblical Demonology

By Filings on Fri, 09/19/25
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“Leahy… tackles two common problems in Christian demonology. First, he pushes back on the tendency to use pagan beliefs about spiritual beings to guide the interpretation of the Bible. Second, he resists attempts to frame the way Christians think about demonology through experience instead of Scripture.” - TGC

God Is Doing Far More Miracles Than We Realize—Every Day in Human Hearts

By Filings on Wed, 08/20/25
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“It may seem that, compared to what we see in Scripture, visible miracles are very few and far between today. But greater invisible miracles are in fact are happening all the time around us as God regenerates hard human hearts.” - Randy Alcorn

An Awareness of the Supernatural Should Never Be Separated from the Daily Disciplines of Following Christ

By Filings on Thu, 07/31/25
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“…we need to be careful and discerning. There are groups of people who enjoy displays of the supernatural that are not true works of the Holy Spirit but productions of their desire to ‘see more’ and ‘hear more’ and reflect a susceptibility to power of suggestion from others. A few questions are necessary.” - Randy Alcorn

Angels, witches, crystals and black cats: How supernatural beliefs vary across different groups in the US

By Filings on Fri, 07/18/25
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“Our statistical analyses found that supernatural beliefs in the United States tend to group into four types. The first represents what many consider ‘traditional religious beliefs.’ These include beliefs in God, the existence of angels and demons….

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