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The Afterlife
(The Intermediate State between Physical Death and Resurrection)
- Sheol – is it really the physical grave as the NIV claims?
- The Afterlife and the Shadow of Death (Job, Psalms 23,107 and Isaiah 9)
- The Gnostic Heresy of ‘Heaven’ When We Die: Part 1
- The Gnostic Heresy of ‘Heaven’ When We Die: Part 2
Ghosts in the Bible
“Anti Ghost” Texts Examined
- Ecclesiastes 9:5 and Ghosts – Do the Dead Know Nothing?
- Luke 16 – The Rich Man, Lazarus and the Afterlife
- 2 Corinthians 11:14 – Ghosts – Satan as an Angel of Light?
- Hebrews 9:27 – No Ghosts Allowed? Is there an Intermediate State between death and judgement?
- Do the Dead Sleep? Challenging the Soul‑Sleep Doctrine (Psychopannychia).
Old Testament Ghosts
- Saul and the Medium of Endor – Series (5)
- 7 Objections to Samuel’s Ghost Really Appearing – Answered
- The Lying Spirit from God – Ahab’s False Prophets
- Eliphaz’s Spirit Visitation
- Who are the ‘ Strong Bulls of Bashan’?
- Daniel the Holy Ghostbuster
- Can the Dead Pray? The ‘Sign of Jonah’
New Testament Ghosts
- Ghosts in the New Testament – Series (5)
- The Gadarene Demoniac – Series (4)
Angels, Demons and the Spirits of the Dead
Demons and Spirits of the Dead
- Part 1 – Setting Background Scope for the Subject
- Part 2 – The Watchers Tradition and Book of 1 Enoch
- Part 3 – Fallen Angels and Satan (Intro)
- Part 4 – Semjâzâ and Azâzêl
- Part 5 – Did Angels Marry Human Women?
- Part 6 – The Origins of Evil Spirits
- Part 7i – Demons and Daimones
- Part 7ii – Daimones, Ghosts and The Dead
- Part 7iii – Daimones in Isaiah, including Lilith
- Part 7iv – The Ittim, Ghosts in Isaiah
- Part 7v – The Rephaim
- Part 7vi – The Yiddeoni
- Alexander Campbell’s 1811 Address on Demonology
- Richard Baxter’s The Certainty of the World of the Spirits
Church Traditions
- Eastertide
- Praying for the Physically Dead
Out of Body Experiences
- The Out-of-Body Experiences of Jesus
- Paul’s “Third Heaven”: Near-Death Experience?
- Astral Travelling in the Bible … & Beyond
Christians and Ghosts / Hauntings
Richard Baxter – 17th Century Nonconformist Theologian
- The Certainty of the World of Spirits – Baxter’s beliefs in ghosts as spirits of the departed
John Wesley – 18th Century Founder of Methodism
- The Epworth Poltergeist – Series (8)
Charles H. Spurgeon – 19th Century Baptist Preacher
- Ghost Stories for Christmas – Spurgeon’s beliefs in ghosts and the paranormal.
Johannes Blumbardt – 19th Century Lutheran Pastor
- Blumhardt and the Exorcism of Gottliebin Dittus (6)
C.S. Lewis – 20th Century Theologian and Writer
- Lewis and the Paranormal – Series (2)
