Question:  Dear Greg,

            I was watching a TV show today about spirits and ghosts and haunted houses.  I have wondered for years what this is all about.  These spirits that people see—is it just their imagination, just something that makes for good movies, or is there really something to this?  Do the spirits of dead people really roam around in certain places or not?  What are your feelings on this?  What does the Bible say on the subject?

            Edward

Answer:  Dear Edward,

            The Bible is clear and specific—there is a spirit world—both good and evil.  Satan the devil and his demons are adversaries of all humans.  Satan is a liar; he is perverted, evil and corrupt.  Suffice it to say that he and his demons are not interested in our welfare.

            However, the Bible is also clear that the One who is in us is greater than the one who is in the world (1 John 4:4).  We need not fear Satan and his demons, but at the same time we should have nothing to do with the “fruitless deeds of darkness”

(Ephesians. 5:11).

            In Christ,

            Greg Albrecht