What Christians get wrong about Satan
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Jared Brock2025-03-26T15:31:00
The devil isn’t called Lucifer, he can’t make you sin and he’s surprisingly useful to God. Jared Brock busts the myths you’ve been told about ha-satan
Have you noticed how, despite living in an increasingly materialist world, the spiritual realm keeps breaking through? Pretty much everyone I know – Christian and non-Christian alike – has had an encounter with something they describe as spiritual, or even demonic. I’m meeting increasing numbers of young people training in deliverance ministry. We’re hearing more talk of devils and demons in churches again and seeing their stories pop up in movies galore.
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