But the evil spirit answered them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize, but who are you?” - Acts 19:15 (ESV)

With the 500 year anniversary of the start of the reformation approaching in October, I was recently listening to the opening lecture of a series on Martin Luther. He was the medieval monk with a mallet that kicked off the movement that later became the reformation. The discussion turned to how different his thoughts, ideas, and fears were than modern people, including evangelicals. The presenter spoke about his world that like Luther's song (A Mighty Fortress), would have been filled with literal devils. He would have feared journeying through the woods at night for fear of supernatural creatures attacking him.

It is easy for us to look at him or even at the Biblical text, like here in Acts, and shrug. The thought of supernatural powers or spirits or demons are the stuff of legend, myth, and horror movies. But if we believe the Bible, is it? How do we understand it? Is there a world we can’t see? How do we approach this?

This week we finish out Acts 19. I