Spirits in Chapel

Every Tuesday, my Believer’s Church Theology class in broken up by an ACTS Chapel. This week, Paul Borthwick spoke. His told us that his Ph.D. program had 2/3 international students. In one of his first classes, the teacher got up, and, without introducing himself or anything, asked the students to rise their hands if they believe that the room is presently filled with good spirits and evil spirits. All of the “white boys” didn’t know whether or not to raise their hands, but all of the international students raised their hands without hesitation. I, as a “white girl,” didn’t know if they should raise their hands or not. Borthwick went on to point out that there are good and evil spirits here. We tend to ignore them because of our materialistic (rationalistic) way of thinking in North America. Even when we pray and God answers, we tend to explain the results away. We need to remember that the journey of the spirit is what we are called to.