What if the devil isn't a metaphor? That's the question Paul M. Neuberger opens with this week, and he doesn't ease into it. This episode goes somewhere most "polite Christianity" avoids: Satan, demons, darkness, and the spiritual battle Scripture says is happening around us whether we acknowledge it or not. The jumping-off point is a real, reported incident. On September 3, 2026, messianic Jewish author Jonathan Cahn was on a flight from Dallas to Newark, talking with the passenger beside him about faith, when the conversation allegedly turned violent, fast. Cahn believes he encountered something deeper than one angry man having a bad day. Paul doesn't tell you what to believe about that flight. What he does say is that dismissing the possibility without examining it through Scripture would be a mistake. From there, the episode turns into something bigger than one airplane. It's about why our culture will binge supernatural horror and superhero movies by the billion but treats anyone who takes the spiritual realm seriously as unsophisticated. It's about the difference between spiritual awareness and spiritual paranoia. And it's about the masks evil wears when it isn't dramatic at all, when it looks like ambition, success, busyness, or a LinkedIn profile that looks incredible from the outside. In this episode, you'll hear: The full account of what happened aboard American Airlines Flight 618, and why Paul refuses to either dismiss it or declare it provenWhy Ephesians 6:12 ("our struggle is not against flesh and blood") is the anchor for the entire episodeThe difference between seeing Satan everywhere and refusing to acknowledge him anywhere, and why Paul says both extremes are dangerousPew Research numbers on how many Americans believe in a spiritual world beyond the natural one, and what that says about where the culture actually standsWhy Satan's "opening move" in Genesis wasn't an explosion, it was a question: Did God really say?The masks evil wears: greed as ambition, pride as confidence, self-worship as authenticity, idolatry as successWhy the real enemy, according to Paul, is never the person in front of you, and what that means for how Christians are supposed to fight this battleCurrent religious landscape numbers: 62% of U.S. adults identify as Christian today versus 78% in 2007, and what Paul thinks that means for the mission aheadWhy surrender, not willpower, is the actual battle plan, drawn from James 4:7Join C-Suite for Christ as an official memberSupport the mission with a donation (C-Suite for Christ is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit)Learn about becoming a market president and leading a local chapter Key Scripture referenced: Ephesians 6:11-12, 1 Peter 5:8, Genesis 3:1, 2 Corinthians 11:14, John 10:10, John 3:19, John 8:12, Romans 1:16, Luke 23:34, Romans 12:21, James 4:7, Colossians 2:15, 1 John 4:4, John 1:5 Get involved Visit csuiteforchrist.com for all three. Mixing, editing, and show notes provided by NEXT DAY PODCAST