![]() ![]() ![]() …The supposed inadequacy of Scripture becomes the unconscious grounds for appeals for experimentation: “If we are not satisfied with the fruit of our current evangelistic activities, whatever they may be, strategic-level spiritual warfare might at least be worthy of some experimentation” (p. No mention is made of God’s commands that seeking information from the spirit world is strictly prohibited…” The false assumption is made that every NT believer has authority over the demonic world and therefore can investigate and interrogate demons, sifting for profitable knowledge to advance God’s kingdom. ![]() As his defense for experimenting with new techniques for discovering the spirit realm, he cites the debates Christians have over amoral issues such as erecting church buildings, celebrating Christmas, using instruments for music in church, and preaching in stadiums… …He would have us believe that all innovative methods involving spiritual warfare are amoral. In Confronting the Powers, spiritual warfare is handled like a Western social science involving case studies, innovative experimentation, and the gathering of data from all sources . He writes: ‘Nevertheless, certain people such as shamans, witch doctors, practitioners of Eastern religions, New Age gurus or professors of the occult on university faculties are examples of the kind of people who may have much more extensive knowledge of the spirit world than most Christians have.’ Īccording to Professor Hart at Moody Bible Institute, In THE GOSPEL AND SPIRITUAL WARFARE: A REVIEW OF CONFRONTING THE POWERS, Moody Bible Institute professor Dr. A review of this book was published in the Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society, Spring 1997 - Volume 10:18. The manual Confronting the Powers was written by the well-known leader mentioned above to explain this type of spiritual warfare. This potentially dangerous practice directly rebuking powerful demonic beings in the heavenlies is not clearly supported by Scripture. Incredibly, this is the motivation and origin of the practice known in many circles of the Church today as “strategic-level spiritual warfare.” In New Testament Scripture the Lord Jesus did not command His disciples or us to address territorial spirits directly, rebuking them and commanding them to leave geographic areas being evangelized. Interestingly, a well-known leader in the Church today feels that witchcraft has something to offer to the Church, and is willing to experiment with practices derived from studying “shamans, witch doctors, practitioners of Eastern religions, New Age gurus” (see below for the references), and so forth. ![]()
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