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 I was in California a week ago and came across two things that makes me wonder about the sanity of the Golden State’s leaders. Worried that Trump is unstable? Don’t throw stones if you call California home. First, the photo on the left. If you’re building a new public facility in California (I saw this at the San Diego airport.) you now have to construct three bathrooms: men, women, and “all-gender.” Sooner or later some special interest group will demand equal potty-time and the politicians will yield and add a fourth bathroom . . . and a fifth, and who knows where it will stop.

But even more absurd is the plan to help minorities achieve financial success. By holding seminars on investments? By educationally empowering the less fortunate to acquire a marketable skill? NO. Politicians in the state of California, which January 1 legalized recreational marijuana, have proposed a plan to train minorities on how to sell weed and become marijuana entrepreneurs. You think I’m joking. I’m not. As the policy proposes, if you live in a black neighborhood, AND you have a prison record (BECAUSE A DRUG CRIME would prevent you from getting a business loan), the state will loan you money INTEREST FREE to set up a POT SHOP. (This is so unbelievable I had to add the capital letters.) And remember you can ONLY get this help if you are black. White potheads need not apply.

African Americans should be outraged. It is their communities which have been most affected by the crime and violence of their neighborhood black drug dealers. And now the law-abiding citizens of the inner city are expected to welcome back these drug thugs who will be given taxpayer money to sell the stuff that destroyed their lives in the first place. We can only shake our heads at this moral insanity and remember the words of Paul in 2 Corinthians 4:4 that the god of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not follow God. The worst of all this isn’t just the absurdity of criminal potheads being paid to sell pot, but the pothead politicians who will make it possible. Everyone who has any part in this whole scheme needs an exorcism, and I’m available.

An encouraging word: Pothead politicians

We all need to hear God’s voice more than we do. Psalm 29:4 says, “The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.” The psalmist goes on in this this chapter to state many ways that God’s voice expresses power, all instances of might and majesty. He ends by saying, “The Lord sits as King forever.” We see here that the key to hearing God’s voice is having an eternal perspective. When we hear the voice of God, especially through His Word, we know that what we receive has eternal significance. God doesn’t speak from the perspective of a few years or even a lifetime. What the Lord speaks is rooted in wisdom from eternity past, and will prevail for eternity future.

Bob Larson has trained healing and deliverance teams all over the world to set the captives free and Do What Jesus Did® (Luke 4:18).  You can partner with Bob and support this vision to demonstrate God’s power in action by calling 303-980-1511 or clicking here to donate online

There it was, an illuminated display of the Christian cross, along with symbols of other religions: yin-yang for Taoism, Star of David for Judaism, peace symbol, crescent of Islam, science relativity, i for Buddhism. The only thing missing was the usual “coexist” conglomerate including a pentagram for Wicca (Witchcraft). My family and I were enjoying a drive-thru Christmas display that was quite spectacular. Brightly lit Christmas trees, prancing horses, snowmen, and other festive representations, all to the accompaniment of Christmas carols. But what to my wandering eye should appear – a huge COEXIST symbol. At Christmas? Are you kidding? I took a quick photo to document this spiritual injustice.

If you are expecting me to respond with some kind of tolerant, peaceful, graciousness, forget it. I’m outraged. You’ve seen this symbol before on bumper stickers, but to inject it into the “reason for the season” is an affront. No turning the other cheek here. I’m Ok with the Star of David, because the roots of Christianity are in the Hebrew faith. But putting the other religious expressions on the same plane as the virgin born Son of God in the manger is worse than saying “Seasons Greetings,” a phrase I find compromising. Islam doesn’t believe Jesus died for the sins of the world. “The way” of Taoism is about going with the flow, and that is not what Jesus did on the way to cross. Buddhism is a system of ethical performances without a sacrificial savior. None of these symbols has the right to coexist at Christmas.

Let’s get it straight. Mohammed is dead. Buddha is dead. Lao Tse Tung is dead. Einstein is dead. JESUS IS ALIVE, and He clearly stated, “I am the way, I am the truth, I am the life; no man comes to the Father [God] except through me.” Put that on a bumper sticker.

As for me and my house, no coexistence. Respect, politeness, thoughtfulness – yes. Intelligent discussion about differences, absolutely. But for the true child of God, truth matters. We’re not saved to sing kumbaya. We have a clear message, first spoken about Christ by the apostle Peter: “There is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” No coexistence at Christmas. Save it for a more appropriate day to celebrate: Halloween!

An encouraging word: STUDY GOD’S WORD

One of many things I discovered doing deliverance is that the devil’s kingdom is multi-faceted and unbelievably complex. Most Christians have a simplistic view of Satan. He’s far more sophisticated and ingenious than imagined. This means that Christians need to seriously understand their faith and their authority in Christ to overcome demonic evil. Second Timothy 1:15 instructs us to “study” to prove that we are capable of “rightly dividing the word of truth.” It’s okay to read the Bible for inspiration and comfort, but we also need to seriously study Scripture to fight the fight of faith. If you haven’t enrolled in our International School of Exorcism®, a Bible College of spiritual warfare, now is the time! Call 303-980-1511.

Bob Larson has trained healing and deliverance teams all over the world to set the captives free and Do What Jesus Did® (Luke 4:18).  You can partner with Bob and support this vision to demonstrate God’s power in action by calling 303-980-1511 or clicking here to donate online

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In 1972, at the age of nine, she was pictured in a Pulitzer Prize-winning photo, that some think was the beginning of the end of the Viet Nam war. With her arms outstretched and naked, she epitomized the horror of war especially the ugly effects of burning napalm that clung to the skin in a fiery fury. She was caught, as a child, in the wrong place in an ugly war, innocent and terrified. Over the years she had many surgeries for her burns and unimaginable pain. I read her story recently in a “Wall Street Journal” article. But as I read her account of pain and terror as a child, I was surprised half way through the report to learn that it was this tragic event that brought her to Jesus. The “Journal” isn’t known for extoling the virtues of Christian faith, but there on its pages was a clear witness of Jesus. In Kim’s own words, “The same bombs that caused so much pain and suffering also brought me to a place of great healing. Those bombs led me to Jesus Christ.”

If you’re looking for New Year’s inspiration, this is it, Romans 8:28 come to life: And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. And I might add Romans 8:18: For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

In 2018, I can assure you of several things. If the Lord doesn’t come, you and I will have tribulations of various kinds, some greater and some lesser.

Life won’t always come at us with a velvet glove. There will be some hard punches thrown our way. But the message of Kim Phuc, and the Word of God, is that Jesus will bring glory to himself through us if we allow it. My second guarantee for 2018 is that the devil won’t be giving up. Spiritual warfare will increase. War on the Saints will intensify. But God’s grace will be greater!

At year’s end, the airline I mostly fly from Phoenix, American Airlines, issued to their top travelers (Yes, I rack up enough miles to qualify.) a summary of their lives in the air. I’ve been so busy this past year going from city to city, airport to airport, I never thought about what it all meant. So, American’s computers gave me this information: 182 actual hours in the sky (not counting being in airports going and coming); 3 times around the world. And there were other airlines I flew in 2017 that added to that total. What American Airlines couldn’t calculate was how many people were saved and how many precious souls were freed from the torment of Satan. That number is incalculable, in the 10 nations to which we traveled, plus millions more via YouTube.

To do all that, God gave me the anointing and the energy, our partners and friends gave us the prayers and support. With your help, we’ll make 2018 an even greater year of setting the captives free! Have a blessed and spiritually prosperous new Year!

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An encouraging word: FORGIVENESS FOR SIN

In response to crime, some states have passed draconian “three strikes” or “four strikes” laws to get repeat criminals off the streets. It’s working, but our prisons are being filled with some whose lifetime sentence hardly fits the crime. In Louisiana a convict named Timothy Jackson is serving a life sentence for stealing a jacket. Problem was, it was his fourth burglary and now “he’s out,” incarcerated for good, a questionable act of justice. Thank God, spiritually speaking, there are no lifetime sentences without parole. Christ is always ready to forgive our transgressions. With Jesus there is no permanent detention if we repent. “The gift of God is eternal life,” we are promised in Romans 6:23, no matter what we’ve done.

Bob Larson has trained healing and deliverance teams all over the world to set the captives free and Do What Jesus Did® (Luke 4:18).  You can partner with Bob and support this vision to demonstrate God’s power in action by calling 303-980-1511 or clicking here to donate online

An encouraging word: OPTIMISM OR PESSIMISM

It seems in life that we often have only one of two choices about what happens. Assume the role of an optimist and believe things will get better no matter what, or believe the worst is about to happen because Murphy’s Law all too often seems to prevail. (“If it can go wrong, it will go wrong.”) But there is a third choice, Romans 8:28: And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Christians shouldn’t be either full-fledged optimists or depressing pessimists. We are simply believers who trust the Lord to bring the best in all things as we patiently wait for His purposes to be fulfilled.

Bob Larson has trained healing and deliverance teams all over the world to set the captives free and Do What Jesus Did® (Luke 4:18).  You can partner with Bob and support this vision to demonstrate God’s power in action by calling 303-980-1511 or clicking here to donate online

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I’ve had my say on this issue of tattoos many times in previous blogs: “Demonic Tattoos 12/14/15 (To read click here.) and “Cremation Tattoos 11/03/14 (To read click here.). My book “Curse Breaking” has a lengthy subject on this topic, pages 108-112. (To order click here.) What I’ve set forth there is clear and concise. Lest the reader think I’m a legalist, I state in the book that I’m not opposed to medical tattoos and leave open to conscience tattoos with biblical themes. I also pull no punches that tattooing may, in certain instances, give an opening to demonic curses, and I provide anecdotal evidence. Make no mistake, body inking has its root in pagan cultures and has long been associated with “mana” energy, the tattoo providing the portal of demonic entry.

What gives me cause for this blog is the recent comment of Carl Lentz, Hillsong pastor in New York, who publicly, and somewhat arrogantly, put down Christians who hold to an anti-tattoo position by saying that the biblical permissibility of tattoos is a “no brainer.” With questionable exegesis, he declared that it’s time to “die” to any theology opposing tattoos. I’m not here to pick a fight with Lentz, nor to discredit the good done by Hillsong. Philippians 1:18 admonishes us to rejoice wherever Christ is preached, whether with “false motives or true.” I am not judging Lentz, but neither do I appreciate being labeled among “brainless” believers for suggesting caution with tattoos. (For an additional perspective on tattoos go to: https://www.crosswalk.com/family/singles/is-it-biblical-for-christians-to-get-tattoos.html)

Most tattoos aren’t artistic renderings of John 3:16 but rather witchcraft and pagan symbols, images of death and skulls, or dragons and mystical motifs. I have documented scores of case studies of instances when demonic possession was facilitated by tattoos. Such empirical evidence carries cautionary weight, and isn’t “brainless” but rather prudent. If tattooed Christians wish to look like a walking billboard for “L. A. Ink” they have the latitude to do it, but please don’t condescendingly lecture those of us who differ as if we were lacking in intellectual acuity. In the rush of cool Christian to attract the world, “Tattoo-you” (inside Stones reference) believers may run the risk of cultural compromises that are spiritually poisonous.

An encouraging word: GET GOD’S COUNSEL

I encourage many people to get counseling. They often need it after deliverance to further resolve issues raised during an exorcism. Often the counseling people receive before deliverance paves the way to a more successful time of ministry; this is true if the individual has already, by wise counsel, worked through painful times of trauma. But the most adept therapist or prudent counselor can’t match the wisdom of God. “The counsel of the Lord stands forever,” declares Psalm 33:11. The educated and experienced human mind can give good direction, but only what the Lord declares survives the test of time for eternity.

Bob Larson has trained healing and deliverance teams all over the world to set the captives free and Do What Jesus Did® (Luke 4:18).  You can partner with Bob and support this vision to demonstrate God’s power in action by calling 303-980-1511 or clicking here to donate online

On November 22, two weeks ago, teen idol, David Cassidy, aged 67 died. To an older generation raised with “The Partridge Family” it was hard to believe that one of America’s most famous youth idols had passed. The fresh-scrubbed face of his youth, eventually gave way to struggles with alcohol and erratic behavior, including leaving the scene of an accident and driving on a suspended license. (He was in trouble with the law several times because of his alcoholism.)

Finally, he succumbed to dementia, a fact he made public earlier this year. He declined rapidly and eventually died from liver and kidney failure. He was put in a medically induced coma, but briefly regained consciousness. It was during that time, according to his estranged daughter, Katie, that Cassidy uttered his last words: “So much wasted time.”

What did he mean? Had he wasted his youth as a cultural icon without experiencing the normal joys of growing up? Had he wasted his relationships, failing in three marriages and having his daughter Katie illegitimately from a fourth relationship? Had he wasted a legacy of personal success apart from his TV appearances and record sales? Had he wasted an eternity without God because he apparently made no profession of a personal faith?

I wish that during those tumultuous and frenzied years of adolescent stardom someone had quoted to Cassidy the words of Ecclesiastes 12:1: “Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, before the difficult days come, and the years draw near when you say, ‘I have no pleasure in them.'”

You don’t have to be a pop star and make millions to waste the best opportunity in life, surrendering to Christ as Lord and Savior. If by chance you read this and are not a Christian, make your peace with God now lest you too waste precious time living in sin and pay the price of sin’s consequences. It’s too late now for David Cassidy to get back his wasted time, but not too late for you to experience God’s perfect peace and the abundance life that Christ promised those who believe in Him.

An encouraging word: WIPE THE SLATE CLEAN

While using the lavatory on a plane recently, I noticed the hand soap provided by the airline. It was called Philosophy, and the label said, “With clean hands we find our grace. We realize the slate can be as clean as we allow it to be.” I have no idea whether the company bottling the soap is expressing a New Age sentiment or a biblical worldview, but the words are Scriptural. Grace is wiping the slate clean. Isaiah 1:18 puts it like this: Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool. It’s a good idea to wash your hands in the lavatory. It’s a great idea to wash your soul in the blood of Jesus.

Bob Larson has trained healing and deliverance teams all over the world to set the captives free and Do What Jesus Did® (Luke 4:18).  You can partner with Bob and support this vision to demonstrate God’s power in action by calling 303-980-1511 or clicking here to donate online

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DATELINE: November 18, 2017, Sydney, Australia; Malcolm Young, founding member of Australia’s hard rock band, AC/DC, died, aged 64. Cause of death, dementia. Previously afflicted with cancer and wore a pacemaker due to heart problems.

Hard drugs, alcohol and satanic lyrics were Malcolm’s trademark, like the words to “Highway to Hell” above. His other main paean to demonic imagery was the song “Hell’s Bells,” (“Won’t take no prisoners, won’t spare no lives, nobody’s puttin’ up a fight; I got my bell, I’m gonna take you to hell. Satan get you, Hell’s Bells.”) When it came to popular and financially-successful hard rock of the 80s and 90s, no one did it with more rebellion and antichrist imagery than AC/DC.

It’s axiomatic to state that rock ‘n’ roll took a toll on Malcolm, as it did AC/DC’s first lead singer Bon Scott, who died of “acute alcohol poisoning,” literally choking on his own vomit after a night of heavy drinking. To say that the band has been cursed, is obvious. To conclude that they partially brought it on themselves, is also painfully conclusive. One can only pray that the rest of the band, including Malcolm’s brother-bandmate Angus Young, gets the message before “Hell’s Bells” toll again at an untimely age. “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap” (Galatians 6:7).

November 5, 2017 will be remembered as the day that Satan came calling to small Baptist church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Devin Kelley barged through the front door while Sunday services were in progress and began firing at random with an assault rifle. Before his massacre had ended, 26 were dead and two dozen seriously injured. As with the Las Vegas shooting four short weeks before, descriptions of this mass murder were predictable: “evil,” “deranged,” “madman,” “psychopath.” As I pointed out in my blog of October 9 (to read CLICK HERE), “Based on 40 years of experience and 40,000 documented exorcisms, I can state without hesitation that Stephen Paddock [the Las Vegas shooter] was demon possessed. And I can also attest that if more Christian leaders would practice deliverance and spiritual warfare, America might be able to avoid a copycat crime.”

Whether the slaughter in Sutherland was a copycat, no one knows. But here are some interesting facts:

• Kelley was a Facebook-declared atheist. No wonder his target was a church. America has sown decades of secularism and humanism. Should we be surprised at the tragic harvest we reap?
• Kelley at one time taught a Bible class. And, according to teenage best-friend Ralph Martinez, they both attended Tree of Life Church in New Braunfels, Texas, a charismatic church. Was Kelley born again? Who knows. If he was, what does this say to the “Christians can’t have a demon” proposition? The killings were obviously demonic.
• Kelley was a spousal-abuser and child-batterer. He also tortured animals. Why hadn’t anyone recognized that such individuals only escalate their inhumanity?
• Kelley’s victims were the elderly, children, even a pregnant woman. Can anyone reasonably argue that mere madness would cause such carnage in a house of worship? I as I said in my blog about Las Vegas, why are Christian leaders timid to declare that he was possessed by demons? How and when he got these evil spirits we’ll never know, but the murders committed at First Baptist were the acts of a demoniac, not just an emotionally tortured soul.

We can arm church deacons. We can place security guards and metal detectors at the entrance to every church. But if we must do that, it will say more about the paucity of power in the church then it will about the rise of violence in our age. In a world where nothing is immoral, and everything is permissible, demons have been given territorial reign to do what they wish. The salt has lost its savor (Luke 13:34), and the carcass of culture rots while we watch. Unless American Christians get on the front lines of spiritual warfare, Satan won’t just be in Sutherland on a Sunday. Every congregation in the country will be at risk!

Dr. Alan Jacobs, professor of the honors program at Baylor University, and an evangelical Christian, has written a book entitled, “How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds.” The theme of the book is how to create better dialogue in an era of hostilities. As an academic, and a Christian, Jacobs laments being misunderstood by both intellectuals and secularists. To understand this dilemma, he references anthropologist Susan Harding who came up with the idea of what she called the Repugnant Cultural Other (RCO), categorizing other people and their viewpoints in such a way that no rational thought is needed when referring to them. In other words, if someone you disagree with belongs to the group defined as the RCO, you can be dismissive of them without having to dialogue. You can attack them any way you wish, and don’t have to take them seriously.

My point? This construct describes how the current Christian power structure in America treats those of us who believe in exorcism and deliverance, especially the idea that Christians can have demons. These arbiters of religious correctness (writers, TV evangelists, media owners) have unconsciously branded people like me the RTO, the “Repugnant Theological Other.” This label makes it okay for evangelical leaders, and entire denominations, to have group animosity toward any teaching that demons actively attack Christians because of curses and generational evil. To them, people such as me are “repugnant.” Too many Christian leaders who claim to be defenders of the “truth” are masking a desire to control those outside their group think. I gladly receive their disdain.

Remember what they said of Jesus when he demonstrated His power over Satan by casting out demons, “He [Jesus] casts out devils through Beelzebub” (Luke 11:15). Jesus was not part of the ruling system of religion, and to the Pharisees Christ was “repugnant.” To the critics of deliverance ministry, please consider whether your opinion about exorcism results from carefully considered study or simply the desire to keep the favor of your ingroup. Or to quote the Apostle Paul, “If I pleased men I would not be the servant of Christ” (Gal. 1:10).

An encouraging word: RESIST THE DEVIL

The craftiness of the devil and demons should not make any Christian fearful. The Word is filled with promises of protection from every evil device of darkness. Resist the devil and he will flee (James 4:7); No weapon forged against you will prevail. (Is. 54:17); Nothing will harm you. (Luke 10:19). There are many, many more assurances of God’s grace prevailing when the Enemy strikes, if we are walking before the Lord without willful sin. Satan can and should be resisted with ease. Lay every fear aside. God delivers and protects those who fully trust in Him. Pray, proclaim your authority in Christ, resist, and Satan will turn away.

Bob Larson has trained healing and deliverance teams all over the world to set the captives free and Do What Jesus Did® (Luke 4:18).  You can partner with Bob and support this vision to demonstrate God’s power in action by calling 303-980-1511 or clicking here to donate online

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