Silencing Satan

by Beekmann, Sharon; Bolt, Peter G.

• ISBN13: 9781610970556
• ISBN10: 1610970551
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-02-01
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Pub

Summary

Silencing Satan: A Handbook of Biblical Demonology is about the nature and strategies of Satan and the demons, and their defeat through the life, death, and resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The book is for Christians in ministry, whether seminarians, pastors, Bible teachers, Christian counselors, or lay leaders. It is for all who desire an informed faith relevant to supernatural evil and the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Each chapter reflects extensive research and is succinctly written to enable believers to quickly grasp biblical truths that expose the lies and half-truths propagated by popular culture, within and outside the church. The authors teach that when face to face with supernatural evil in its various guises--apparitions, voices, sensations, false doctrine, and immoral temptations--believers resist the devil and reflexively turn to Jesus and Scripture. They fight by living a radical life of faith, expressed through love and obedience to Christ. As they do, God himself redeems the evil that Satan intends for his vainglory. God is building his church, and the gates of hades will not prevail against her (Matt 16:18)!

Author Biography

Sharon Beekmann is an ordained minister in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. She is author of Enticed by the Light. She preaches, teaches, and conducts seminars for churches through Sharon Beekmann Ministries. Peter G. Bolt is an ordained minister of the Anglican Church of Australia, Diocese of Sydney, and the Head of New Testament Studies at Moore Theological College in Sydney. He is the author of Living with the Underworld and Jesus' Defeat of Death: Persuading Mark's Early Readers, and the editor of Christ's Victory Over Evil: Biblical Theology and Pastoral Ministry.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. xvii
Ancient Near East Demonology
Introduction	p. 3
Mesopotamia	p. 5
Zoroastrianism	p. 8
Chaldean Astrology	p. 11
Egypt	p. 13
Canaan	p. 16
Greco-Roman	p. 19
Greco-Roman: Discerning Divine and Demon	p. 23
Greco-Roman: Ephesia Grammata and Delphi Oracle	p. 25
Plato	p. 27
Old Testament Pseudepigraphal Literature	p. 30
Apocrypha	p. 33
Dead Sea Scrolls	p. 36
Ancient Near East Terms
Exorcisms	p. 41
Underworld	p. 44
Cult of Ancestors	p. 46
Omen	p. 48
Curse	p. 50
Animism	p. 55
Old Testament Demonology
Introduction	p. 61
Forbidden Practices	p. 66
Satan and the Serpent (Gen 3)	p. 70
Evil Spirit from the Lord (1 Sam 16-19)	p. 75
Necromancy, Mediumship, and Demons (1 Sam 28)	p. 79
Satan and Physical Assaults (Job 1:6-2:7)	p. 84
Hebrew Sheol and Afterlife	p. 87
New Testament Demonology
Introduction	p. 93
Survey of Satan in the Gospels	p. 96
Satan and the Demons in Jesus's Parables	p. 99
Satan's Defeat (Luke 10:18)	p. 102
Armor of God (Eph 6:10-18)	p. 104
The Names and Activities of Satan
Satan, the Adversary and Accuser (Prosecutor)	p. 111
Devil, the Slanderer	p. 114
Evil One	p. 117
Beelzeboul/ub	p. 121
Belial (2 Cor 6:15)	p. 123
Dragon, the Serpent of Old (Rev 12:9)	p. 127
The Tempter	p. 131
The Father of Lies	p. 135
The Deceiver	p. 137
Prince of Demons	p. 139
One with the Power of Death	p. 142
Murderer	p. 145
Destroyer (Abaddon, Apollyon)	p. 148
The Demons
Demons and Idolatry	p. 153
Jesus and the Demoniacs	p. 156
Doctrine of Demons and Antichrist(s)	p. 161
Principalities and Powers	p. 164
Demonology and Church History
The Early Christian Church and Monasticism	p. 169
The Medieval Period and the Reformation	p. 173
Enlightenment and Modernity	p. 179
Pentecostal, Charismatic, and Evangelical	p. 183
Ministry Applications
Testing the Spirits: Discerning Counterfeit Angels	p. 193
Testing the Spirits: Discerning Counterfeit Dreams	p. 199
Divination and Talking to the Dead	p. 204
Silencing Satan: Stories of Resisting Supernatural Evil	p. 209
Testing the Spirits: Counterfeit Visions and Visualizations	p. 214
Alternative Health Practices	p. 221
Bibliography	p. 227
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