There’s a lot of ignorance in the church when it comes to evil spiritual beings. Most Methodists would rather not talk about such things, and they don’t. Many mainline folks either don’t believe in a real Satan or they just try to stay out of his way and leave him for charisma...

Theology professor Don Thorsen defines spiritual warfare as direct, supernatural conflict, whether by angels or humans, with Satan and demons, involving fervent prayer and, on some occasions, exorcism. And many of the Methodists just got really uncomfortable. I admit that I experiment when I p...

Some of us really like categories and lists. The problem is that when we categorize topics with bullet points (Schnase’s five practices, Wesley’s three simple rules, Warren’s five purposes), we sometimes forget that the individual items are usually connected with each other an...

I’m warning you up front that this isn’t a detailed theological treatise on God’s sovereignty or an attempt at breaking new ground in theodicy. (Theodicy is the defense or justification of God’s power and goodness in a world in which evil exists. Thank you, Don Thorsen.)...