Dr Paul Allen

1 Kings 18:24 – “…And you call upon the name of your god, and I will call upon the name of the Lord, and the God who answers by fire, he is God.” One of the primary metaphors the Bible uses to describe spiritual warfare is light versus darkness. God wants His people to live in the light, and Satan wants us to live in the darkness. Much like a dimmer switch, Satan and demonic forces know that if they simply flipped everything from light to darkness, it would be too obvious and stark.  So, evil forces at work in the world slowly turn things darker and darker hoping that, over the course of years and generations, the darkness is winning without being alarming. This is precisely the backdrop for the ministry of Elijah – things had grown dimmer and darker for generations, and Elijah came to turn the light on.  Throughout the Bible, God creates and Satan counterfeits. Genesis 1:1 says, “In the beginning, God created...” 2 Thessalonians 2:9-10 [NLT] speaks of, “the work of Satan”, as, “counte

How do angels interact with believers today? Are angels involved in our daily lives? Should we expect to hear from an angel? And would it even be possible to have an ongoing dialogue with an angel? Could a believer, claiming to talk with angels, actually be talking to a demon?” Yes, it is possible that a person who claims to be talking to an angel may be talking to a demon. And the reason I say that is because the apostle Paul said in 2 Corinthians 11:14,  “And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.”  In other words, it’s part of Satan’s very nature that he’s deceptive and would love to distract the saints (at best), and delude them and destroy them (at worst), by drawing off their focus from Christ to angels. It is also possible that a person who claims to be conversing with angels is simply conversing with images or voices in his own head that are not in fact either demons or angels. Four Reasons for Caution But my main concern with people who claim to be c