Demons
199What's so great about So-crates?
22 Jul 2024
17:46¶ 58
“Socrates didn’t really have a name for it, but those who came after him and wrote about it called it a daimon, which is…”
18:15¶ 59
“And in the Greek mindset there’s not a negative connotation. It’s a power. It’s something that is known to be greater than man, supernatural…”
29:29¶ 88
“But also when we come to the New Testament, like what Emily said earlier about their idea of demons, that’s actually really helpful when…”
196Greek Life
17 Jun 2024
37:54¶ 134
“There were dark forces, underground forces, dead heroes. Another word that was used for these beings was demon. When the New Testament writers picked…”
38:19¶ 136
“These things you’re afraid of? Guess what? They are enemies of the true God. They’re enemies of your souls. And yes, they are only…”
38:47¶ 138
“I would first of all beg to differ with him on that one, but he comes across as, “It wasn’t me. It must have…”
105The Witch of Endor
14 Feb 2022
42:29¶ 186
“A couple things now about magic and demons and such today. We read throughout not only Jesus’ ministry but particularly also in the book…”
43:41¶ 189
“Whatever response these priests of Baal were used to getting, they weren’t getting it. They suddenly were all on their own and God wasn’t…”
48:28¶ 204
“When the gospel confronted a demon-infested world, the demons ran away screaming. We get a taste of this in St. Athanasius’ On the Incarnation…”
83Baal and Astarte
13 Sep 2021
17:04¶ 68
“That kind of brings me to this, which was my original point. The Canaanite religion was atheistic. It was magical. It was secular in…”
17:30¶ 69
“We read later in the Psalms particularly, and I believe Deuteronomy, the children of Israel were told they sacrificed to demons, to devils, and…”
17:50¶ 70
“Yes, on the one hand this religion was utter nonsense. Sacrificing your child does not bring rain. And yet the demons saw an opening…”
28Prince of Egypt (part 2): Of Miracles and Magic
12 Jul 2020
3:36¶ 10
“What the ancient world did not understand was that they were absolutely wrong about all of this, except that there really are demons –…”
4:33¶ 12
“I think it’s not really so difficult anymore to convince people that magic is a real thing. It’s just they didn’t understand what they…”
4:57¶ 13
“So when the magicians reached for power to prop up Pharaoh, the demons supplied it. The text seems pretty clear. They turned water into…”