The truth is that we don't know much about the spiritual world except for what Scripture tells us, so it's unwise to… — Michael S. Heiser Copy Share Image
We think "reading the Bible in context" means thinking about the handful of verses before and after the verses we're looking at on the… — Michael S. Heiser Copy Share Image
If I were one of the gods who just wound up supervising humans, I'd want to influence the decision-makers to live according to the… — Michael S. Heiser Copy Share Image
What I mean by context is worldview - having the ancient Israelite or first-century Jew in your head as you read. How would an… — Michael S. Heiser Copy Share Image
Why are you uncomfortable with the supernaturalist worldview of the biblical writers? Evangelicals don't want to just say, "Well, the inspired writers were wrong… — Michael S. Heiser Copy Share Image
We like to pretend the core ideas of the faith are more palatable or workable within our modern rationalistic approach to Scripture than the… — Michael S. Heiser Copy Share Image
Our contexts are foreign. They derive from church tradition that is thousands of years removed from the people who wrote Scripture and the audience… — Michael S. Heiser Copy Share Image
Rebellion against God results in being cast out of his service. God doesn't run the affairs of the spiritual world or our world with… — Michael S. Heiser Copy Share Image
If you don't have the worldview of the people who produced the Bible - under inspiration no less, - you can't understand what they… — Michael S. Heiser Copy Share Image
The powers of darkness are still part of the spiritual world - they don't become something else when they rebel against God. Disembodied believers… — Michael S. Heiser Copy Share Image
The truth is that we don't know much about the spiritual world except for what Scripture tells us, so it's unwise to think we… — Michael S. Heiser Copy Share Image
Ruling the way God wants you to rule means fostering the ordered relationships he desires, not because he is a killjoy, but because that… — Michael S. Heiser Copy Share Image
God doesn't save us to perpetuate a particular Christian sub-culture. He saves us to advance a supernatural kingdom that is not of this world. — Michael S. Heiser Copy Share Image
