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Spiritual Warfare

How to Drive Out Demons

Results from a new survey of 170 self-professed North American exorcists.

Magic Words: Ghanaian Churches Confront Fake Pastors

Ghana's church planting boom has left denominations struggling to keep opportunists out of pulpits.

Sweat Lodge Prayers

Native Christians wrestle with faith and tradition.

Warning on Witches

Missionaries may be encouraging witchcraft accusations.

Satan Appears Before the Supreme Court

His influence in the case before the justices was hypothetical, but it didn't have to be a joke.

Tragic Humanism

Terry Eagleton argues that evil is not as mysterious or as explainable as we think.

The Weapon Satan Can't Stand

Furious Love highlights spiritual warfare around the globe.

The Refugee Pastor That Could

As a teen growing up in Tennessee, Chansamone Saiyasak vowed to return to Thailand. And he did—with remarkable results.

First Came the Bible

Four themes that characterize Beth Moore's teaching.

Why Women Want Moore

Homespun, savvy, and with a relentless focus on Jesus, Beth Moore has become the most popular Bible teacher in America.

Abba Changes Everything

Why every Christian is called to rescue orphans.

Who's Afraid of Witches?

Among African Christians, too many of us are.

Saving Witches in Kolwezi

Accused of witchcraft by parents and churches, children in the Democratic Republic of Congo are being rescued by Christian activists.

Danger: God

What should we think about a deity who gives us sticks of dynamite to play with?

The Loudest Cheers in Heaven

One day, God's invisible heroes will gain due respect.

What Do Prayer Studies Prove?

When a landmark study suggests that intercessory prayer may actually hurt patients instead of help them, you have to wonder.

Devilish and Divine

The man who is the voice of God and the incarnation of Screwtape.

From 1976: A Minister Is Missing

Donald LaRose: Victim or victimizer? Plus: The Finding of a Minister.

Missing Pastor Resurfaces 27 Years Later as Arkansas Mayor

Don LaRose, now Ken Williams, says kidnappers have pursued him for more than three decades.

Can I Really Expect God to Protect Me?

Divine promises in the midst of suffering.

Is God a Psychotherapist?

M. Scott Peck's People of the Lie explores the dimensions of human and satanic evil.

The Devil Didn't Make Me Do It  Subscriber access only

Possession is real, says Scott Peck, but we have more to fear from the evil already inside us.

Scott Peck vs. Satan

A well-known psychiatrist describes and analyzes two exorcisms.

Faith-Filled Fantasy  Subscriber access only

The author of Shadowmancer tells another spiritual tale between angels and demons.

Operation Evil Power  Subscriber access only

If Christ has truly defeated the powers of Satan on the Cross (Col. 2:15), why do the powers of evil effectively operate in this world?

Possessed or Obsessed?

Many Christians say they are in need of deliverance but some may be giving demons more than their due

When God Declares War  Subscriber access only

The violence of God can only be understood in the shadow of the Cross.
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Boston Children’s Hospital doctor barred for ‘spiritual diagnosis’
A Boston Children’s Hospital psychiatrist who became convinced his 16-year-old patient suffered from “evil spirits” and appointed himself as her spiritual mentor has been barred from practicing medicine, according to the state Board of Registration in Medicine. (Boston Globe)
Church Wins Row Over Flatulent Demons
Romanian lawyer Madalin Ciculescu, 34, is suing his local Orthodox bishop Constantin Argatu and four priests for fraud after claiming they failed to properly exercise flatulent demons that were forcing him out of his home and law practice at Pitesti in Arges County in central Romania (Austrian Times)
Spiritual Warfare: Problems
James K. Beilby and Paul Rhodes Eddy find four approaches to “spiritual warfare”: (1) the world systems model of Walter Wink, the classical model of David Powlison, the ground-level deliverance model of Greg Boyd, and the strategic-level deliverance model of C. Peter Wagner and Rebecca Greenwood. (Jesus Creed)

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