PER:The Seduction of Christianity  a review by Steve Rengrade

  The seduction Christianity by HUNT AND T. A. MCMAHON

   THE SOLE PURPOSE OF THIS BOOK IS TO EXPOSE A SEDUCTION THAT AFFECTS
EVERYONE FROM THE AVERAGE CHRISTIAN TO THE CHURCH LEADER. I BELEIVE IT
IS SCRIPTURALLY BASED AND AGREE MOSTLY TO ALL THE AUTHORS SAY. IT
EXPLAINS HOW OCULTIC PRACTICES ARE BEING PLACED INTO THE CHURCH. THIS
IS DONE BY THE CLEAVERNESS AND DECEPTIVE WAYS OF SATAN. HE IS PLACING
MODERN DAY TERMS EVEN CHRISTIAN TERMS ON OLD OCULTIC PRATICES WHICH THE
CHURCH IS ACCEPTING SUCH AS: HEALING OF MEMORIES, CREATIVE
VISULIZATION, POSTIVE CONFESSION, POSSIBLITY THINKING AND OTHER
PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL TECHNIQUES. THESE THINGS ARE WELL DOCUMENTED AND ARE
PLACING MANY OF PEOPLE INTO SPIRITUAL DANGER. THE DANGER LIES IN THE
FACT THAT THESE "SHAMANISTIC MIND TECHNIQUES" PRODUCE MENTAL STATES
THAT BE COME A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE REAL SOLUTION WHICH IS THROUGH A
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD JESUS CHRIST IN THE WALK OF FAITH.

   THE TERM 'SHAMAN' IS A WORD THAT ANTHROPOLOGIST NOW USE FOR THOSE
WHO WERE FORMERLY CALLED WITCH DOCTOR, MEDICINE MAN, WIZARDS AND
SORCERERS. ONE OF THE MAJOR ATTITUDE THAT HAS OPEN THE DOOR TO THIS
KIND OF THINKING IS EXPERIENCE IS CONSIDERED SELF-AUTHENTICATING, SO
THAT THE NEED OF THE BIBLE IS EQUAL AT BEST. 'FOR THE TIME WILL COME
WHEN MEN WILL NOT PUT UP WITH SOUND DOCTRINE. INSTEAD TO SUIT THEIR
DESIRES THEY WILL GATHER AROUND A GREAT NUMBER OF TEACHERS TO SAY WHAT
THEIR THEIR ITCHING EARS WANT TO HEAR' 2 TIMOTHY 4:3

   THIS IS NOT TO SAY ALL WHO GET INVOLVED WITH THE OCCULT IMMEDIATELY
COMES UNDER THE POWER OF SATAN. SOME INNER-HEALING PRACTITIONERS
ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN APPARENTLY REAL APPEARANCES OF 'JESUS' IN
PSYCHOLOGICAL TERMS, THUS REMOVING ANY FEAR OF CONTACT WITH DEMONS OR
SEDUCTION OF SATAN HIMSELF. JAY ADAMS AUTHOR OF MANY BOOKS SAYS, "IN MY
OPINION, ADVOCATING, ALLOWING AND PRACTICING PSYCHIATRIC AND
PSYCHOANALYTICAL DOGMAS WITHIN THE CHURCH IS EVERY BIT AS HERETICAL AS
PROPAGATING THE TEACHINGS OF THE MOST BIZARRE CULT." FURTHERMORE
WILLIAM LAW REVEALS THE VEIW THE CHURCH HAS HELD FOR CENTURIES, "MEN
ARE DEAD TO GOD BECAUSE THEY ARE LIVING TO SELF. SELF- LOVE,
SELF-ESTEEM, ARE THE ESSENCE AND THE LIFE OF PRIDE, AND SATAN THE DEVIL
IS NEVER ABSENT FROM THESE PASSIONS." THE BIBLE SAYS, "FOR IN HIS OWN
EYES HE FLATTERS HIMSELF TOO MUCH TO DETECT OR HATE HIS SIN." PSALM 36:2

   I SURE BELIEVE THIS BOOK WOULD WELL BE WORTH THE TIME AND MONEY
INVESTED. PLEASE READ WITH AN OPEN MIND. MAY THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
BLESS YOU

   STEVEN Sysop for "Crossroads BBS"
