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Last year, a Dallas jury, sentenced a Hispanic, female minister to 99 years in prison for starving to death a small child in an exorcism gone wrong. Pastor Aracely Meza tortured a little boy named Benjamin to drive out his demons. Meza claimed the little boy had the demon of manipulation and starved the youngster, …

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What is spiritual warfare? It is many things to many people who believe in a spiritual world. Here are some categories of religious belief and my view of their perspectives on spiritual warfare. New Agers—Combating negative energy from emotionally psychic vampires. Calvinists—Doing nothing to battle evil because, for the elect of God, Satan has already been defeated. Charismatics—Proclaiming “prophetic words” without attempting to engage evil. Neo-Charismatics—Soaking in prayer to …

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For more than three decades they’ve claimed the title of the world’s most satanic band. Now, the death-metal musicians of Slayer are finally calling it quits. After years of extolling the pleasures of uninhibited demonism and hedonism, their thrashing guitars are going silent. At least that’s what their publicity says about their “final world tour.” …

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For weeks, the ad above (specific contact information removed) has appeared in major newspapers. Saying that “ADDICTION IS NOT YOUR FAULT” is dangerous because it connotes an underlying assumption. If you’re an addict, don’t blame yourself. I agree that shaming people won’t necessarily help them overcome an addiction. They’re already shamed by their dependency and heaping more guilt on them won’t help. But completely letting them off the hook …

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Inner Healing Isn’t Deliverance! (Note: By inner healing we refer to a spiritually therapeutic approach to improving mental and emotional health by prayer, scriptural guidance, recovered memories, and empathetic listening.) If you’re involved in an effective ministry of inner healing, keep on bringing a measure of relief for emotionally wounded people. Help them face past …

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Past Christmases have seen battles over Baby Jesus crèches in the public square and questions about whether to say, “Merry Christmas” or “Happy Holidays.” But who could have predicted that a 1940’s music classic, “Baby It’s Cold Outside,” would stir controversy? People who usually could care less about public morality have suddenly become overheated about …

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Next to a Christmas tree, near a menorah, and not far from a baby Jesus crèche, is a symbol of Satanism. And it’s in the rotunda of the Illinois statehouse, invoking a satanic merry Christmas this year. The sculpture, called “Snaketivity,” depicts a snake around a woman’s hand holding an apple. As in the photo above, a plaque features …

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Last Halloween I wrote a blog entitled “Halloween Hangover,” with the photo of a nearby house. It was decked out with symbols of death and the occult. For Christmas, this same yard is filled with toy soldiers, snowmen, and Santa. No creche. No Christ in Christmas. Toy soldiers and candy canes aren’t demonic, but the …

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Thanksgiving week, Thomas Bruce, of Imperial, Missouri, walked into a St. Louis-area Catholic religious supply store, and at gunpoint, ordered three women into a back room. Once there, he forced them to strip nude and perform sex acts upon him. Two of the women complied. A third refused, and Bruce shot her dead. Bruce has …

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Her name is Nadia Bolz-Weber, and she’s a Lutheran pastor. Her views are even more disconcerting than the pastoral pose from her Facebook page. Bolz-Weber is on a mission to legitimize what she calls “ethically-sourced porn” by removing “shame” from the industry which thrives on copulating, naked bodies of unmarried intimates. This woman-of-the-cloth does not …

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