<![CDATA[Church on the Net]]>https://churchonthenet.comhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3dhm!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1291d79d-2656-4bc9-9992-a05eb1a97d77_430x430.pngChurch on the Nethttps://churchonthenet.comSubstackTue, 28 Jul 2026 21:44:36 GMT<![CDATA[Faith Wars]]>https://churchonthenet.com/p/faith-warshttps://churchonthenet.com/p/faith-warsTue, 16 Jun 2026 02:40:51 GMT3 min read

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There is a centuries-old war that you won’t read about in textbooks, and you probably witness it almost every day. If you were raised in one camp or the other, you’ve likely en…

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]]><![CDATA[Judaism and Christianity]]>https://churchonthenet.com/p/judaism-and-christianityhttps://churchonthenet.com/p/judaism-and-christianitySat, 02 May 2026 17:33:23 GMT

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In Ernest Wright’s “God Who Acts: Biblical Theology as Recital,” Wright had declared, “In biblical faith everything depends upon whether the central events happened” (1952, 126–27).

It takes a lot of time-consuming labor to filter through all the biases in all fields of science and religion, but it is very necessary if w…

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]]><![CDATA[A History of Demons]]>https://churchonthenet.com/p/a-history-of-demonshttps://churchonthenet.com/p/a-history-of-demonsSat, 18 Oct 2025 23:51:12 GMT

Of course. This is a fascinating question with a complex answer, as the concept of “demons” evolved significantly over millennia.

The short answer is that the earliest documented accounts of what we would classify as demons come from ancient Mesopotamian religions (Sumerian, Akkadian, and Babylonian), dating back to at least the 3rd millennium BCE.

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