Month: August 2022

I know the title for this blog sounds ridiculous to most Christians. Counter-intuitive. Unbiblical. Contradictory. Even blasphemous or heretical. But I stand by it. After five decades of casting out demons in more than 100 countries, I make no apologies for saying that saints have more demons than sinners. Before you consign me as a false prophet, listen to the logic. Consider these five simple facts.

FACT #1 – Demons exist and seek a bodily dwelling, a “house.” No one can argue against that from Scripture (Matthew 12:44).

FACT #2 – Demonic possession exists today as evidenced by the violence, inhumanity, and moral collapse of almost every culture on earth. This is especially true in nations that once were considered Christian in faith and practice.

FACT #3 – The extreme evil of our world testifies that demons are more active than ever. Sadly, America which has had the most precipitous fall from grace of any nation in history founded on basic, Christian principles.

FACT #4 – If demons are seeking a human in which to dwell, who are they going to pick first? Logic suggests they would seek to destroy those with the greatest potential to withstand them.

FACT #5 – If sinners are going to hell and they are on the devil’s team, wouldn’t demons attack their enemies–Christians, and not their own cohorts in evil?

Think the of cross-cultural implications of Christians having demons. Believers in Africa have no problem with this concept. Neither do Christians in India, Asia, and most non-western cultures. Catholics don’t argue against it. Pentecostals in the Third World consider it a fact. It’s only westernized, mostly Caucasian, biblically xenophobic Christians, usually North Americans, who have a problem with the concept of demonized Christians. In other words, it’s often a racist, elitist construct of theology. Practical experience teaches otherwise. You’ll never find a true deliverance minister who denies Christians can have demons. The biggest critics of this concept don’t do deliverance. They never cast out demons from anyone at any time so how would they know who has demons?

Satan only has so many demons. They are a finite number. So, if you are going to assign a demon to destroy someone’s life, would you pick a saint or a sinner? Sinners are already doing the devil’s work with lust, perversion, violence, hatred, drugs, and human exploitation. Why waste time on them? The Christian is the real problem for Lucifer. If the demonized Christian gets free, he is the devil’s worst nightmare. So believers must be attacked and invaded whenever possible, to be certain they never live up to the promises of God.

If you are expecting a biblical treatise, I’ve already done that in my books and our International School of Exorcism. Our School spends several lesson-hours demolishing the idea that Christians can’t have demons, with plenty of scriptural back-up. In the School I focus on New Testament examples in the life of Christ, such as the exorcism of the righteous daughter of Abraham (Luke 16:13) and the godly man who manifested demons in the synagogue when Jesus taught (Mark 1:23). But this reality of Christians having demons is found in the Apostolic age as well.

Simon the sorcerer of Samaria is a good illustration. When Philip the evangelist preached, Simon repented of his sins and followed Philip. Acts 8:13 puts it this way: “Then Simon himself also believed; and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and was amazed, seeing the miracles and signs which were done.” For whatever reason, Simon never got rid of his demons, and these evil spirits eventually pushed him to offer Peter and John money for the gift of the Holy Spirit (Acts chapter 8). Peter rebuked him quickly. Notice the precise words of Peter to Simon: “Your money perish with you because you thought that the gift of God could be purchased with money (v. 21). I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and BOUND BY INIQUITY (V. 23).” Can a Christian have a demon? Case closed. Now you understand why Satan goes after the saints more than the sinners.

Tattoos are everywhere. On the NBA courts and even in the pulpit, though the later are usually obscured by clothing. Is body art more than a fad? Is it an opening to evil spirits? More important, are tattoos a potentially existential way that the Antichrist will control populations? I want you to think twice before you get that tat. 

Is the Mark of the Beast a tattoo? When I suggest that tattoos might be connected to the Mark of Beast” from Revelation chapter 13, I can almost hear the groans of those of you who have tattoos and love them. (Actual statistics say that at least 20% regret their tattoo.) You’re probably thinking that I’ve gone off the deep end with spiritual judgment and legalism. But hear me out. This topic isn’t new to me. I’ve written about tattoos many times before. My book “Curse Breaking” details a biblical and spiritual analysis of this dilemma. I have thought this matter through thoroughly and cast out many demons that entered by tattoo portals. I won’t get into the Bible verses now. Read my book and make up your own mind.

To be clear, we need to be reasonable about body art that might cover unsightly birthmarks (so long as the tattoo isn’t something demonic such as a dragon). I have nothing against tattoos that are used as medical identifiers or to enhance surgery, such as breast reconstruction. I also leave open to the reader his or her own conclusions about tattoos that depict Scriptures or biblical themes. They certainly are not a spiritual hindrance on the same level as the “ink art” of a voluptuous woman or a serpent. However, any physical defacement potentially facilitates demons and is a risk to consider. The blood which is drawn in the gory process can be a figurative blood sacrifice if the customer is being inked by someone with lethal, demonic bloodline cures. You can’t go into a tattoo parlor and first do deliverance on the person doing the inking! 

Consider how extreme inking is in our culture. Take the case of an Australian woman, a pretty young lady who underwent $250,000 worth of tattoos, body modifications, and ink in her eyeballs. She now calls herself “The Dragon Lady.”

This is what she used to look like… 
and this is what she looks like now! .

Her innocent look has morphed into a totally demonic appearance with 600 tattoos. She even went blind for 3 weeks from injections in her eyeballs. Right now, she’s an adult porn model in demand. As she ages and her tats wrinkle, she’ll be professionally discarded, and likely suffer serious health issues. Still, she claims that all these tattoos released “negative energy” and calls her appearance “euphoric” and “peaceful.”

Tattooed Christians can surely agree that the Dragon Lady is taking ink a bit too far. But consider these facts when thinking of tattoos as a possible Mark of the Beast:

• Several decades ago, tattoos were rare. Now people cover their entire arms, legs, necks, and even private parts. When I was recently in the ER due to COVID it was unnerving to have the male nurse attending me put the tattoo, of a coiled rattlesnake on his arm, right in my face. I had to look at it just inches from my eyes as he was doing his job. I’m certain it never occurred to him that I might find that offensive. 
• Tattoos are the most universal, self-induced form of individual, immediate identification on the planet. In America, 30% of people have tattoos. Among Millennials that is 50% and growing. When asked why people tat, the most common answer is to be sexy or rebellious. 
• Take this challenge. Try to name an NBA or NFL star who isn’t heavily tattooed. There are very few exceptions. These are the most visible and “admired” cultural icons. What they do, youth will follow. And they are international stars setting world trends. Tattoos may someday be displayed on almost everyone. 
• When it comes to the Beast’s Mark on the right-hand or forehead, most prophecy teachers have inferred it must be an electronic means of identification, like an embedded chip. Maybe not. People now commonly tattoo their hands, necks, and faces. Many recent serial killers and mass shooters have sported face tattoos such as the Highland Park shooter. Facial ink is the #1 trend in tattoos, including the forehead. Hmmm. That is interesting.

Perhaps the Antichrist won’t need some sophisticated, implanted chip to control the population. Given a few more years of normalization, a tattoo marking allegiance and qualification for commerce might be thought of as normal. The Beast may have some dazzling computerized way of tracking those loyal to him and the Mark would only be visible with proper detection. But think about the pre-technological age of Cain who had a mark everyone could see readily (Genesis 4:15). It is certain that during the Great Tribulation you’ll only be able to survive by having a Mark to be able to buy or sell to survive (Revelation 13:17). If tattoos are part of the plan, you might want to reconsider getting any more “body art.” Do you really want your artistic ink to become the devil’s calling card?

Anne Heche may be in heaven today. I know some hardcore Christians may not agree but hear me out. August 5, just a little over a week ago, she drove her Mini Cooper nearly 100 mph into a house. Her car, and the home she hit, burst into flames. After being rushed to the hospital, for over a week she remained in critical condition. Last Friday doctors declared her brain dead and removed life support. Preliminary toxicology reports said she had cocaine and fentanyl in her system.

We reported a week ago the story of her sad life in a blog entitled “Anne Heche Possessed by Death Demon.” (To read click here.) That prophetic word has been, regretfully, proven true. In my previous blog, I pointed out the tragic details of her life being raised in a born-again, Christian home. In her memoir “Call Me Crazy,” published in 2001, she revealed that her father repeatedly raped her as a child. He lived a secret gay life and eventually died of AIDS. I also explained that before Anne was born, she had a sister, Cynthia, who died from a heart defect at two months old. During all this tragedy, Heche, a saved and baptized Christian, sought the help of a psychic medium. One sister died of brain cancer. Her brother died from a car accident, which some think was suicidal.  

No question there was a curse of death on Anne Heche, further empowered by the curse of incest that was on her father. So, how can I say she night have gone to heaven? She gave her life to Jesus at a young age. Baptized as a child. Spent her early years in a gospel-preaching church. I understand that many Christians will argue that her lesbian lifestyle with Ellen DeGeneres, her abuse of alcohol and drugs, her death-bent end means she can’t be in heaven. But salvation is about God’s grace. I’ve known people who confessed Christ when young but afterwards went on to spend decades in the occult, sexual sin, and heavy drug use. Most, like Anne, were victims of horrible physical, emotional, and sexual abuse that warped their view of life and God.

John 10:28 says, “And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand” (KJV). John 3:16 promises eternal life by trusting in Christ. If that is revocable, how, when, where, and why? If you are sealed by the Holy Spirit until the day of redemption (Ephesians 4:30) how does one get unsealed? This matter is complicated, and theologians have argued about it for centuries. There are issues of apostasy, heresy, and being saved “as by fire” (1 Cor. 3:15). But let me be clear. I believe in holy living, growing in grace, sanctification, seeking the fullness of the Holy Spirit, and consistent obedience to the Word. But every day of my life I deal with broken people, like Anne Heche. Some were demon possessed from childhood, many from birth. They come to Jesus, but the odds of generational curses are so stacked against them that it’s hard to live for the Lord consistently.

Those in deliverance and inner healing ministry understand what I am trying to convey. Instead of pointing the finger of condemnation at Anne Heche, we need to call to account those in Christian leadership who deny deliverance and give no way out from the torment of demons and curses. If Anne Heche could have been set free, she would have been a powerful witness for Christ. I wonder, how many Christians along the way condemned her and didn’t tell her that her demons of death could be cast out? I believe Anne Heche may be in heaven. She certainly went through enough hell on earth.

Last Friday, actor Anne Heche, long-time lesbian partner of Ellen DeGeneres, crashed her Mini Cooper car into a house and an apartment complex. The house was nearly destroyed by the fire than ensued. Heche barely survived and was severely burned. Her ex male boyfriend, Thomas Jane, says she is in stable condition. Police say she had an open vodka bottle in the car. Fifty-nine fire fighters struggled more than an hour to save her life. Not long before her wreck, she had bragged on a podcast about how much alcohol she regularly consumed.

As the story played out, long buried and even unknown facts about her life surfaced. Her father was a well-known Baptist minister and choir director when Anne was growing up. He was also a closet homosexual who cruised gay bars at night. Anne claims that her father raped her and gave her herpes when she was just a child. Her father eventually died of AIDS. Her mother, who had to have suspected something, nevertheless dug into her religious beliefs and later told Anne she was going to hell for being a lesbian. The death of her father triggered her brother, Nathan, just 18, to commit suicide by driving into a tree. And even more death stalked the family.

Before Anne was born, she had a sister, Cynthia, who died from a heart defect at two months old. In the midst of all this tragedy, Heche, a saved and baptized Christian, sought the help of a psychic medium, Tyler Henry. The psychic said that she had a message from Anne’s dead brother: “He’s proud that you’ve been able to talk about these things and discuss these things, because you’re doing it for him too. And he appreciates that.”

As if all this were not enough pain, Anne’s sister, Susan Bergman, died of brain cancer at the age of 48. Bergman was a well-known writer who lectured at New York University, Northwestern University, and the University of Notre Dame. Her widower, Jud Bergman, was killed at age 62 when his taxi was hit by a drunk driver. Anne’s only living sibling is Abigail, a jewelry designer.

It is obvious that before this car wreck, Heche’s life has been a wreck, including a psychotic break some years ago when she walked on to a private property in only her underwear. She told children that she was taking them to heaven on a spaceship. Heche has also admitted she has DID, multiple personalities, and has one alter-ego she calls Celestria.

Now you can see why I believe that Anne Heche is possessed by demons of death. Of the five siblings in the family, three are dead and Anne nearly killed herself last Friday. Plus, her father died young as did a brother-in-law whom I just referred to. Somewhere in her dad’s bloodline there must have been a powerful curse of death and incest. If the truth were known, it’s likely she wasn’t the only one in the family who was incested. As to her mother’s crusade against Anne’s lesbianism, the mother would have been better to look in the mirror and see what kind of fantasy world she was living in. I’ve counseled hundreds of dysfunctional families like this and in most cases one or more family members lives in abject denial. The issue here isn’t Anne’s sexual choices, but the demons that infected all or most of the family, demons of death that a Baptist family forty years ago would have been ill-equipped to handle. Their theology wouldn’t have allowed it. And demons of death now have at least four, and nearly five, victims to show for their efforts. Our prayers are with Anne that she will reach back to her Christian faith and somehow separate it from the craziness of her family. Anne Heche needs our prayers, and she needs deliverance before her demons once again attempt to kill her.

There are three categories of curses that have the potential to destroy your health. I call these intended curses, invited curses, and enabled curses. I’ll explain the nature of each kind of curse and then tell you why I believe your emotional and physical health may be at risk if these curses are unbroken.

INTENDED CURSES: These curses come from deliberate, malignant intentions. The source might be someone who hates you for whatever reason; an ex-lover, spouse, friend, business associate – anyone who has aught against you for any reason. Their intentionality may include actual rituals, spells, or incantations. Intended cursed may have been invoked by ancestors whose actions genetically sent forth evil consequences.

INVITED CURSES – These are the curses that your own evil and sin summoned. You may have opened doors to invited curses by indulging in the occult or New Age, getting involved in toxic relationships, abusing alcohol or drugs, as examples. When you fail to cancel these curses and, worse yet, harbor them in your new life as a Christian, you are inviting maledictions of evil. And the demons attached to these behaviors enter by a door you personally opened.

ENABLED CURSES — The enabling of a curse occurs when you fail to take action once you become educated about curses and their consequences. You allow the evil of the curse to enlarge by neglect of spiritual discipline such as remaining in unhealthy soul-tie relationships. You may also fail to deal with unhealthy emotions such as bitterness, anger, rejection, or self- hatred. To enable a curse is to sanction and entitle it. That may not be your plan, but your actions could say otherwise, and Satan will take advantage of that.

Why is your emotional and physical health at stake if these curses aren’t broken? First, the general consequences of sin, including invited and enabled curses, brings disease and suffering. You may be sick because of invited curses of substance abuse or sexual promiscuity. Cirrhosis of the liver, as a case in point, may afflict an individual because of alcohol abuse. AIDS or venereal disease are often the result of sin. People who indulge evil behavior often suffer from a weakened immune system or infections.

Here is what Scripture says:

•  Psalm 107:17 declares, “Fools, because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, were afflicted.”
• Psalm 38:3 adds, “There is no health in my bones because of my sin.”
• Micah 6:13 warns, “I will make you sick, striking you down, Desolating you because of your sins.”
• And if we want to get really graphic about the consequences of curses on physical health, Zephaniah 1:17 says, “I will bring distress on men so that they will walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the Lord; and their blood will be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung.”

In the emotional realm, negative attitudes of the mind, brought on by the effect of curses, leads to hopelessness, depression, and anxiety. The body’s hormone balance is upset, brain chemicals damage the immune system. Infections and sickness follow with colds, flu, and worse. The chronic stress from an enabled curse may shorten one’s lifespan. Doctors call this the mind/body connection. Your physician may not treat curses, but he may have to treat you for high blood pressure, a stomach ulcer, other gastro-intestinal issues, or a mental breakdown, even psychosis or schizophrenia.

It’s clear from the Bible and medicine that evil living has physical and emotional consequences. The solution is forgiveness of sin, healing of broken relationships, inner healing, deliverance, and the breaking of curses whether they are intended, invited, or enabled.