Spiritual Warfare & the Unseen Realm
The divine council, the authority of the believer, the armor of God, and the supernatural worldview of Scripture.
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The Reversal, or Why the New Testament Assumes All of This

Jesus walked to the most haunted ground in Israel and declared war at the front gate. The New Testament does not retire the supernatural worldview. It finishes the story. The final post of The Strange Parts. Continue reading
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The Prince of Persia Kept an Angel Waiting

Daniel prayed for three weeks with no sign of an answer. Then a heavenly messenger arrived and explained the delay. Something fought him the whole way. Part seven of The Strange Parts. Continue reading
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Wheels, Eyes, and Burning Ones

Ezekiel’s wheels were never a puzzle to decode or a spacecraft to identify. They are a throne on the move, and they arrived in Babylon on purpose. Part six of The Strange Parts. Continue reading
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The Throne Room and the Lying Spirit

Micaiah saw the throne, the host on the right and the left, and a spirit who volunteered to deceive a king. Heaven has a working court, and Scripture shows us the minutes. Part five of The Strange Parts. Continue reading
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Babel and the Disinherited Nations

Babel was never just a story about a tall building and confused languages. It was a judgment with a structure, and the call of Abram is its answer. Part three of The Strange Parts. Continue reading
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The Sons of God, the Nephilim, and the Angels in Chains

Genesis 6 is the passage readers skip hardest, and the New Testament will not let us skip it. Jude and Peter read it at face value. So should we. Part four of The Strange Parts. Continue reading
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The Gods Are Real, and Psalm 82 Means What It Says

Psalm 82 opens with God standing in a divine assembly, passing sentence on gods. Every comfortable explanation of that verse falls apart on contact with the text. Part two of The Strange Parts. Continue reading
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The Bible You Were Taught to Skip

Sons of God marrying daughters of men. A lying spirit sent from the throne. A prince of Persia who kept an angel waiting. The strange parts of your Bible are not embarrassments. They are the spine of the story. Continue reading
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Who Has Your Back?

The lion does not chase the flock. He does not roar into the middle of the herd and try to take down a strong ram in the open. That is not how lions hunt. He moves along the edges. He watches. He waits for the one that wanders. A young ewe lagging behind. An old… Continue reading
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Two by Two

When Jesus sent the disciples out, He sent them in pairs. Mark records it plain. “And He called the twelve to Himself, and began to send them out two by two, and gave them power over unclean spirits” (Mark 6:7 NKJV). Luke records the same pattern with a different group, the seventy others Jesus appointed.… Continue reading
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The Hands Held Steady

Joshua is in the valley below, fighting Amalek hand to hand. He has the men Moses told him to choose, and they are fighting with whatever they have. Their swords. Their staffs. Their bare hands. The fight is the kind that does not end clean. Dust in the eyes. Blood on the wrists. A man… Continue reading
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Nothing Restrains the Lord

Two men are crawling up a cliff. Not an army. Not a regiment. Not a company of soldiers with a coordinated assault plan. Two. One of them is the king’s son. The other one is the boy who carries his weapons. They are using their hands and their feet, the loose rocks scraping their palms,… Continue reading
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The Back-to-Back Battle

The field outside the city of Rabbah smelled like dust and blood and horses. The Ammonites had come out of the gates and lined up in front of the city walls, ready for the fight Joab had come for. That was the battle Joab had planned. Two armies, face to face, the kind of fight… Continue reading
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Stand Therefore (And Notice the Plural)

English has lost something the New Testament still has. We used to have “thou” and “ye.” Singular and plural. The English Bible carried the distinction for centuries. Then the language shifted, and we flattened both words into the same one, and we have been losing meaning ever since. You. One word, two meanings, and no… Continue reading
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The Gap in the Armor

If you stripped a Roman legionary down to the metal and laid his kit on the ground, you would be looking at a piece of engineering older than most religions. Leather belt with iron plates. Cuirass forged to the shape of a man’s chest. Studded sandals built for marching and holding ground. Long rectangular shield.… Continue reading
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The Myth of the Fragmented Soul

What Scripture Actually Says About Soul Fragments, Soul Ties, and the Pagan Worldview Behind Them by Hank’s Bible Study Resources The language is everywhere now. You will hear it in counseling offices, wellness podcasts, Instagram captions, and increasingly — with only slight modification — in Christian small groups and even from pulpits. Someone went through… Continue reading
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Divine council

Ephesians 6 Genesis 6 Job 38 – sons of God Epic of Gilgamesh – Babylonian story of early humanity and oldest non biblical account of flood The story introduces Gilgamesh, king of Uruk. Gilgamesh, two-thirds god and one-third man, is oppressing his people, who cry out to the gods for help. For the young women… Continue reading
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Divine council part 2: tower of babel and spiritual step fathers

Proverbs 25:2 KJV — It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter. Paul at Berea Acts 17:10¶And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. 11These were more… Continue reading
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Martyrdom: Satan’s misfire

Martyrdom, in its Christian context, is at once a narrative of tragedy and profound victory, deeply woven into both the fabric of scripture and the lived history of the Church. Etymologically, the Greek word martys signifies a “witness.” Over time, “martyr” became synonymous with those who bore testimony through the ultimate sacrifice—their own death—for unwavering… Continue reading
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Armor of God

The Full Armor of God: An In-Depth Bible Study of Ephesians 6:10–18 Introduction: The Call to Spiritual Readiness At the close of his epistle to the Ephesians, the apostle Paul delivers a stirring exhortation that has endured as one of the most vivid and practical metaphors in all of Scripture—the command to put on the… Continue reading
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Who do we wrestle with?

Ephesians 6:12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. [Jas 4:7 NKJV] 7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. [1Pe 5:8 NKJV] 8… Continue reading
The Believer’s Creed
I believe in the eternal God—
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—
One in essence, infinite in glory,
the Maker of heaven and earth,
whose wisdom shaped all things seen and unseen.
I believe in Jesus Christ,
the only begotten Son of God,
conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
holy and humble, yet Lord of all.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
He descended into the depths of hell,
and on the third day He rose victorious.
He ascended into heaven,
and now reigns at the right hand of the Father,
from where He will come again
to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the breath and power of God within us,
who gives life, convicts hearts, and sustains faith.
Through the Spirit, the Church is made holy,
a communion of saints across all generations.
I believe in the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and life everlasting in the presence of God.
I believe in the sacred mystery of the Trinity—
not three gods, but one holy unity:
Father, Son, and Spirit—eternal, unchanging, divine.
I believe in the sacred story revealed in Scripture:
that from the beginning, light has warred against darkness,
and though the enemy rose in pride,
God’s promise prevailed through the Seed—
Christ Jesus, born of a woman,
who triumphed through His cross and empty tomb.
I believe salvation is a gift of grace—
received by faith, sealed by repentance,
and made real through the transforming love of God.
I believe the Bible is the inspired Word of God,
a lamp for our path and truth for every soul.
I believe in the call of baptism—
a burial of the old, a rising to new life in Christ.
I believe the Holy Spirit empowers believers
with gifts of healing, wisdom, and tongues,
that we may glorify God and serve the world in love.
I believe in divine healing,
for the power that raised Christ from the grave
still moves with mercy among His people.
The Believer’s Charge
We believe that we are called and anointed—
not as spectators, but as servants of the living God.
We are His witnesses in all the earth,
ambassadors of reconciliation and bearers of His light.
We believe that Christ has commissioned us
to go into the world and proclaim His gospel,
to speak truth to the lost and hope to the broken,
to open blind eyes and set captives free.
In His name we move without fear,
for the Spirit goes before us with power and signs.
We believe the promise of our Lord:
that these signs will follow those who believe—
we shall cast out demons in His name,
speak with new tongues of heavenly fire,
lay hands upon the sick and see them restored,
tread upon the works of the enemy,
and walk in the authority of the risen Christ.
We believe that the Spirit within us
confirms the Word with power and grace—
that we are vessels of His love,
agents of His mercy,
and temples of His presence.
We choose to live as those sent by God,
our hearts aflame with His gospel,
our hands ready to serve,
our voices lifted in praise,
our lives poured out for His glory.
The Blessed Hope
I believe in the glorious return of Jesus Christ,
who will restore all things
and reign in righteousness and peace.
And I believe in eternal life—
the home prepared for the redeemed,
and the solemn truth of judgment for the unrepentant.
This is our faith, our confession, our calling, and our hope.
To God be the glory—forever and ever.
Amen.






