April 12, 2026
Who Is Satan? What the Bible Really Says
- 2 Corinthians 2 Cor. 11:1-33
- Josh Akin
In America today, more people believe Satan is real than believe God is real.
Think about that.
According to Barna's 2020 American Worldview Inventory, 56% of Americans say Satan is a living spiritual being who influences human lives — while only 51% are confident the God of the Bible even exists. Oh, it gets worse.
Inside the church, only one in four self-identified Christians strongly believes the devil is a real being. Three out of four Christians think he is an it, an idea, merely a symbol.
C.S. Lewis saw this coming. InThe Screwtape Letters, he warned that there are two errors people make about the devil. One is to disbelieve his existence. The other is to have an excessive, unhealthy interest in him.
America has split the difference. The world denies him. Media obsesses over him. And Christians? Satan has pulled off the con of the century. He's convinced the world he exists — and convinced the church he doesn't.