Satan, the Boogeyman, and the Search for Isaiah in Christian Universities
Jesus told Peter, “Simon, Simon, indeed, Satan has asked for you that he may sift you as wheat” (Luke 22:31). Peter underestimated the devil that night, but he later warned, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour” (I Pet. 5:8). Despite these warnings, a teacher in a Christian university wrote a book that downplays the danger of Satan. 1.He argues that the devil is overrated in Christianity. He even claims that Satan is probably not even mentioned in the Old Testament and that his role in the New Testament is “minimal.” I suppose a hungry lion running loose in a grocery store is a minimal threat.
Jesus taught that Isaiah was the inspired writer of the book that bears his name (Matt.
13:14; 15:7). Luke said the prophecy about John the Baptist was “written in the book of the
words of Isaiah the prophet” (Luke 3:4). Paul certainly believed that Isaiah wrote Isaiah (Rom.10:15-21). But a commentary published by another Christian university says Isaiah did not write most of the book of Isaiah. 2. It maintains that Isaiah was largely written by Jews who lived in Palestine three hundred years after Isaiah. This view came from liberal theologians in the 1700s, and to this day its proponents have never given a shred of evidence for it. Yet it remains a standard belief in “higher” theological education.
Jesus said, “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves” (Matt. 7:15). If that warning ever applied to anybody, it applies to Muhammad. This false prophet denied the three pillars of Christianity. He taught the wrong view of God, the wrong view of Jesus, and the wrong view of the Bible. This movement is just what Jesus described: a wolf in sheep’s clothing. The word “Islam” means submission. Its goal is to conquer nations and bring them into subjection to Islam. Muhammad himself was a warlord more than a religious leader, and Islam today is more a political movement than a religion. It follows the same pattern everywhere it goes. It masquerades as a peaceful religion until Muslim population and influence reach a sustainable level of acceptance and influence, and then it launches a complete jihadist-civilization overthrow by any means necessary including force. The irony is that Islam has used this tactic for fourteen hundred years and the world seems as gullible as ever to the danger it poses. But a college professor in yet another Christian university said the fear of Islamists trying to impose sharia is “a boogeyman.” How could he close his eyes to the 3 teaching of the Quran, to the life of Muhammad recorded in the hadith, to hundreds of years of Islamic expansion through immigration, infiltration, propaganda, deception, intimidation and bloodshed and to what is happening before our very eyes in America and throughout the world?
These schools train teachers, preachers and missionaries. Christians, do your own study, stay informed, and beware!
Edmon L. Gallagher, Satan and His Friends.
The Transforming Word, Abilene Christian University Press.
Christian Chronicle, November 2026, p. 8.
Kerry
West End church of Christ • November 15, 2026