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has questioned the extent to which spiritual warfare has shifted from its basic moorings from being a metaphor for the
Christian life. He underlines how spiritual warfare has evolved into "spiritual combat" techniques for Christians to seek power over demons. Guelich argues that the writings of the
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believe they are engaged in a "spiritual, theocratic warfare" against false teachings and wicked spirit forces they say try to impede them in their preaching work. Where their religious beliefs have been in conflict with national laws or other authorities—particularly in countries where their
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Some critics have linked the rise in aggressive forms of prayer to the increasing militarization of everyday life that characterizes 20th century cultural shifts towards the widespread normalization of highly militarized discourse, particularly in the practices and rituals of religious prayer and
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myths. However, Hiebert also chastises other evangelicals who have absorbed the modern secular outlook and have tended to downplay or even ignore the demonic. Hiebert speaks of the flaw of the excluded middle in the thinking of some evangelicals who have a cosmology of God in heaven and humans on
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Witnesses: "It is proper to cover over our arrangements for the work that God commands us to do. If the wolfish foes draw wrong conclusions from our maneuvers to outwit them, no harm has been done to them by the harmless sheep, innocent in their motives as doves."
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have expressed concerns that spiritual warfare techniques seem at times to have been based on spurious stories and anecdotes without careful discernment and reflection. Some of these general concerns have been expressed by apologists like Elliot Miller
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have all affirmed their belief in the existence of the demonic and had occasions to recount some of their own spiritual warfare encounters. In the 19th century, one of the major evangelical authorities on demon possession was the missionary to China,
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Catholics of spiritual warfare have tended to divide into traditional and more modern understandings of the subject. An example of a more modern view of the demonic is found in the work of the
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work is banned—they have advocated the use of "theocratic war strategy" to protect their interests, by hiding the truth from God's "enemies", being evasive, or withholding truthful or incriminating information.
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series in 1976, containing elements of the concept of spiritual warfare, if not explicitly using the expression. However, Penn-Lewis preaches a very different kind of spiritual warfare than that preached by the
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depicting the Devil's army besieging a walled city, held by a "Christian
Soldier bold" guarded by figures representing the Christian virtues. It has been suggested that this print may have influenced
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The development of specific spiritual warfare techniques has also generated many discussions in the
Christian missions community. Critical exchanges of views may be found in periodicals such as the
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consider it to be "unbiblical", stating "The aggressive attitude and the presumption to fight against evil alongside or even instead of Christ, stands in opposition to the spirit of the gospel."
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Christian denominations typically believe that Satan and his agents exert significant influence over the world and its power structures. They believe that a conflict exists involving
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refers to the 21st-century belief among some
Evangelicals that all history is a battle between Satan and God and that there are currently specific demons associated with specific locations (
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often playing a key role in these practices and beliefs, or had older traditions of such a concept unrelated to the neo-charismatic movement, such as the exorcistic prayers of the
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Apostle Paul in the
Epistle through Ephesians are focused on proclaiming the peace of God and nowhere specify any techniques for battling demons. He also finds that the novels of
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and in conferences sponsored by the Evangelical Missions Society. In 2000, an international collaborative attempt was made by evangelicals and charismatics in the
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symposium that was held in 1975. This symposium brought together a range of evangelical scholars in biblical studies, theology, psychology, anthropology, and
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presented their theological and pastoral response to demonic phenomena. The problem of demon possession and spiritual warfare became the subject of a
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and C. Peter Wagner have emphasized problems with demonic influences on the world mission fields and the need to drive demons out. Robert Guelich of
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stories about the occult and demons circulating in evangelical and charismatic circles, which later become accepted as unquestioned facts.
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thought encroaching on both evangelical and charismatic discourses about the demonic and spiritual warfare. Hiebert indicates that a
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can open up a doorway to great spiritual oppression which requires a Christian rite to set that person free."
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Raising the Devil: Satanism, New Religious Movements, and the Media
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as "the prince of this world". Other verses cited include the
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A Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture
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1378:Territorial Spirits, C. Peter Wagner, ed., 1991
1134:"What are Evil Spirits in the Heavenly Places?"
2014:Power Encounters: Reclaiming Spiritual Warfare
2009:(Grand Rapids: Baker, 1994), pp. 203–215.
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603:ICBM Spiritual Warfare, God's Unbeatable Plan
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1974:James K. Beilby and Paul Rhodes Eddy, eds.,
1724:Pöhlmann, Matthias; Jahn, Christine (2015).
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1728:(in German). Gütersloh. p. 243.
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1221:Holy Bible, New International Version
1132:Merritt, Dr Timothy X. (2021-10-07).
843:in various articles published in the
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1983:The Handbook for Spiritual Warfare
1686:Showalter, Brandon (26 May 2021).
599:Laws of Deliverance, From Proverbs
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1957:(Fordham University Press, 2020).
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489:The Christian in Complete Armour
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1941:Evangelical Missions Quarterly
1894:, 13/1 (1991), pp. 33–64.
1650:Examining the Scriptures Daily
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814:Christian countercult movement
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651:Evangelical Missions Quarterly
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1623:"Christians live the truth",
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915:contemporary Christian music
882:Popular fictional portrayals
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412:An Exorcist Tells His Story
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