Who are the little gods mentioned in the Bible?

Curiously Kaitlyn

Phil Vischer

Religion & Spirituality

5 • 759 Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

This week, Kaitlyn tackle a kid’s big question: “I know there’s one true God, but are there little gods beneath him?” From Psalm 82 to Job and Paul, the Bible’s language about gods, angels, demons, and spiritual powers is stranger than most of us realize. Kaitlyn unpacks what these passages mean, why scripture sometimes blurs the line between human rulers and spiritual beings, and how it all points back to the hope that the one true God reigns above every power.

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0:00 - Theme Song

0:58 - Are There Little gods in the Bible?

3:26 - Psalm 82 mentions “gods?”

10:28 - Are these gods extensions of rulers?

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14:28 - Book of Job

22:50 - Why Isn’t This All Clearer?

27:01 - Evil’s Real, but God’s Stronger

31:45 - End Credits

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to Curiously, Caitlin, where we try to make theology make sense.
0:04.9	Each week, we will hear a kid question about God, theology, or the Bible, and find a scholar who can answer it.
0:12.6	I don't know.
0:16.1	That doesn't make any sense.
0:19.1	What?
0:20.5	Curiously, Kate, yeah.
0:25.6	Welcome back to Curiously, Caitlin.
0:27.8	I am joined again with producer Mike to answer another kid question.
0:31.5	Mike are you in?
0:32.2	I'm doing well.
0:33.0	How are you, Caitlin?
0:33.7	Good.
0:34.1	I'm more excited, I think, than you are about this week's question.
0:37.3	Well, this question, I mean, than you are about this week's question.
0:42.2	This question, I mean, we have tried several people to answer it.
0:44.0	I keep wanting them to answer it, yeah. And everyone refuses. Everyone is too scared to answer this question, Caitlin.
0:49.4	So, yeah, I don't know if it's hubris that makes me want to be the one to answer it, but I'm excited.
0:54.3	All right. Well, let's give it a shot here. Here is today's kid question.
0:58.9	My question is, I know that there is one true God, but is there little gods beneath him?
1:08.1	I know there is one true God, but are there little gods beneath him? This is how you're supposed to do theology. You're supposed to say, like, I know this foundational thing to be true. There is one true God. But what about this other stuff? That's such a good question. And I'm guessing, Mike, you have small kids. You can tell me if this is wrong. but I'm guessing this kid, like, read some comic books or watches some movies and is going, like, there are a lot of things, there are a lot of stories out there about a bunch of different little gods. I've been astounded even by, like, how many kids books will talk about gods. And either it's like different religions, but sometimes it's just like in these fantasy stories and the gods are moving.
1:46.9	And it's like, oh, this is going to raise complicated questions.
1:50.1	Yeah.
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