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Satan worship. Witches. New Age channelers. The last two decades have witnessed a vast upsurge in occult activity. Scores of popular books have warned Christians of the dangers and urged them to do battle against these spiritual forces. Few books, however, have developed a careful biblical theology on demons, principalities and powers. Clinton Arnold seeks to fill this gap, providing an...

hosts were dealt the fatal blow that spelled their final doom. The “strong man” was defeated.5 Having defeated Satan, Christ is able to plunder his kingdom through the church’s evangelistic outreach. The parable of the binding of the strong man probably provided great encouragement to the evangelistic efforts of the early church. Since Satan was in some sense “tied up” at the cross, the church (as Christ’s agents) could now “carry off his possessions.” The demons themselves seemed to be aware of
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