Comments on: Evangelicals and the Realm of the Supernatural http://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/07/evangelicals-and-the-realm-of-the-supernatural.html Looking for the 1st century Church in 21st century America Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:03:38 +0000 hourly 1 By: Kathttp://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/07/evangelicals-and-the-realm-of-the-supernatural.html#comment-40543 Kat Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:00:08 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/?p=917#comment-40543 "Maybe our American experience is so sanitized that Satan does not confront us in the same way he works elsewhere."I think that your statement is true. I also believe that Satan has a great understanding of the impact of culture. That is why he uses different approaches in different cultures. “Maybe our American experience is so sanitized that Satan does not confront us in the same way he works elsewhere.”

I think that your statement is true. I also believe that Satan has a great understanding of the impact of culture. That is why he uses different approaches in different cultures.

]]> By: Rick Beckmanhttp://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/07/evangelicals-and-the-realm-of-the-supernatural.html#comment-40534 Rick Beckman Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:26:05 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/?p=917#comment-40534 As much as I'd like to think so, I doubt my recent post on demonic activity inspired this post of yours. :PIf you haven't seen it, would you care to tell me what you think about the experiences shared in <a href="http://rickbeckman.org/close-encounters-of-the-demonic-kind/" title="Close Encounters of the Demonic Kind" rel="nofollow">this post of mine</a>? As much as I’d like to think so, I doubt my recent post on demonic activity inspired this post of yours. :P

If you haven’t seen it, would you care to tell me what you think about the experiences shared in this post of mine?

]]> By: Normandiehttp://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/07/evangelicals-and-the-realm-of-the-supernatural.html#comment-40520 Normandie Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:50:40 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/?p=917#comment-40520 In America, in our safe places, hiding out among the like-minded in churches, we may miss the overt demonic manifestations--though certainly not the effects of their influence. But work with the drug addicts and that will change. Go among the "enlightened" who voice otherworldly theories and other practices, and you'll see manifestations that will either make you crawl back under your bed or get on your knees, pronto. I remember a healing service I attended with two Methodist pastor friends. The "healer" stood at the front of the dias, backed by the two robed ministers of that church. It didn't take me long to discern by whose power she was "healing." How the others could have missed it when she denied the blood of Jesus, I haven't a clue. I wanted to stand up and warn everyone, but my two pastor friends eyed me in horror. They should have been the ones to denounce her and care about the desperate folk looking for relief and finding things they'd never imagined.I pray the church wakes to the enemy in our midst. I'm not someone who sees a demon under every rock--and I'm certainly not someone who goes around fighting powers over which I have no authority--though I often have to bite my tongue when I'd like to provide a warning to those who open themselves through their behavior. But they don't even know Jesus and would merely think me wacko. My husband and I try to stay covered by the Blood, shielded by His armor, walking with the Word as we tackle all sorts of issues on the mission field here in Mexico.Thanks, Dan, for the insight you've given here. In America, in our safe places, hiding out among the like-minded in churches, we may miss the overt demonic manifestations–though certainly not the effects of their influence. But work with the drug addicts and that will change. Go among the “enlightened” who voice otherworldly theories and other practices, and you’ll see manifestations that will either make you crawl back under your bed or get on your knees, pronto. I remember a healing service I attended with two Methodist pastor friends. The “healer” stood at the front of the dias, backed by the two robed ministers of that church. It didn’t take me long to discern by whose power she was “healing.” How the others could have missed it when she denied the blood of Jesus, I haven’t a clue. I wanted to stand up and warn everyone, but my two pastor friends eyed me in horror. They should have been the ones to denounce her and care about the desperate folk looking for relief and finding things they’d never imagined.

I pray the church wakes to the enemy in our midst. I’m not someone who sees a demon under every rock–and I’m certainly not someone who goes around fighting powers over which I have no authority–though I often have to bite my tongue when I’d like to provide a warning to those who open themselves through their behavior. But they don’t even know Jesus and would merely think me wacko. My husband and I try to stay covered by the Blood, shielded by His armor, walking with the Word as we tackle all sorts of issues on the mission field here in Mexico.

Thanks, Dan, for the insight you’ve given here.

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