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Lewis believed stories could “steal past watchful dragons” — bypassing the defences that block religious truth. Instead of preaching, a tale quietly awakens longing, courage, sacrifice, and grace. In this way, the gospel is not argued but smuggled in, entering the heart before the mind has time to resist.

This piece explores the Bible’s cosmic storyline, showing how Jesus defeats the spiritual powers behind the nations and restores humanity’s calling to rule with God. Drawing on Psalm 68, Ephesians 4, and Paul’s claim that believers will “judge angels,” it reveals the church as the living sign of Christ’s victory and kingdom reign.

Ephesians 4:8–10 proclaims Christ’s cosmic victory. Drawing on Psalm 68 and Michael Heiser’s insights, this piece explores Jesus as the Divine Warrior who defeats hostile spiritual powers, ascends in triumph, and distributes the spoils of victory to the church as gifts for its life and mission.

At first glance, this passage might appear to condone brutality toward slaves, but a closer examination reveals it as a regulatory measure in a harsh ancient world, not an endorsement of violence. This law marked a significant departure from prevailing norms in the ancient Near East, where masters often enjoyed total impunity for harming or killing slaves.

The greatest moral advance Christianity introduced is this: that every human being has equal, inviolable moral worth grounded in what they are, not in what they do, contribute, or survive.

Genesis 5 is often dismissed as a list of names and lifespans—or claimed to hide a secret gospel code. This article corrects popular misunderstandings while showing why the genealogy truly matters. Drawing on Hebrew, Jewish tradition, and respected biblical scholarship, it argues that Genesis 5 does not encode the gospel in letters, but prepares it through a powerful narrative of death, divine patience, judgment, and hope—ultimately fulfilled in Christ.

The following is an appended transcript of a lecture given to the Encounter Ministry Development School, delivered 9 April 2024, by Stuart McEwing (1) Understand the doctrine of inerrancy (2) Discover the types of errors that may be in the Bible (3) Review strategies for maintaining inerrancy

I have argued for this saying by breaking down each constituent part and seeing the evidence for each. God hates the sin, and God loves...

In the previous part we say that God hates the sin. Here we see that God loves the Sinner. God Loves the Sinner After stating that God...

Though the aphorism is not found in the Bible, it captures well a distinction between the actions people do and the persons themselves....

For most critics of Christianity it is the Bible that is the intellectual stumbling stone which prevents them from accepting the Gospel....

The affirmative answer is called cessationism - the spiritual gifts were restricted to he first century church, and were discontinued...

One could possibly rephrase the question like this: “Can the socially-constructed phenomena of gender impose itself on the nature of the...

Question: In the last days before Jesus comes back, will all the Christian's be taken away to be with God? i.e raptured. The rapture view...

A biblical description of Heaven and Hell.

Why does a square have four sides? Because it in the very nature of a square to have four sides. If the shape had anything other than...

Yes. For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life....

How do you know when to wait or when to step out in faith when it seems like God is silent?

Richard Rohr’s twofold personal justification for adopting the practice of the Enneagram is exposed and evaluated.

Can Christians use the Enneagram in a Christianised manner? Can we separate the practice of it from its theological and philosophical roots? Can the Enneagram be redeemed?