Hypnosis in its various forms often occurs in unexpected places in which a person may be led into a trance state without realizing that it is hypnosis. Our book Hypnosis: Medical, Scientific, or Occultic? includes a chapter titled “Hypnosis in Unexpected Places.” The following is excerpted from that chapter to alert our readers to the [...]
Read the full post »ABUSING MEMORY: The Healing Theology of Agnes Sanford
Filed Under DOCTRINES OF DEVILS, INNER HEALING, PSYCHOHERESY
by Dr. Jane Gumprecht
(reviewed by Martin & Deidre Bobgan)
“Abusing Memory” is an appropriate title for Dr. Jane Gumprecht’s book. She skillfully demonstrates that the popular practice of inner healing is a dangerous combination of psychology and new-age spirituality. Practitioners attempt to heal people of present problems through a mental imagery process that guides people into [...]
Hypnosis in its various forms often occurs in unexpected places in which a person may be led into a trance state without realizing that it is hypnosis. Our book “Hypnosis: Medical, Scientific, or Occultic?” includes a chapter titled “Hypnosis in Unexpected Places.” The following is excerpted from that chapter to alert our readers to the [...]
Read the full post »In spite of all the theological and psychological failings of Theophostic Ministry, it continues to grow at a rapid rate nationally and is now becoming an international phenomenon. Since we wrote the book TheoPhostic Counseling: Divine Revelation or PsychoHeresy? Ed Smith, the originator of TheoPhostic Counseling, has produced additional editions of his manual Beyond Tolerable [...]
Read the full post »Dr. Brian Maier, Assistant Professor at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and Dr. Philip Monroe, Assistant Professor at Biblical Theological Seminary, made a joint presentation on Theophostic Ministry at a conference of the Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS). Instead of a complete theological analysis of Theo-phostics, Maier and Monroe limited their talks to the two [...]
Read the full post »THEOPHOSTIC MINISTRY
Filed Under INNER HEALING, THEOPHOSTIC
In spite of all the theological and psychological failings of Theophostic Ministry, it continues to grow at a rapid rate nationally and is now becoming an international phenomenon. Since we wrote the book TheoPhostic Counseling: Divine Revelation or PsychoHeresy? Ed Smith, the originator of TheoPhostic Counseling, has produced additional editions of his manual Beyond Tolerable [...]
Read the full post »THEOPHOSTIC MIND SET
Filed Under INNER HEALING, THEOPHOSTIC
Recently someone on our mailing list ordered a copy of TheoPhostic Counseling ~ Divine Revelation or PsychoHeresy? to be sent to a friend who was involved in TheoPhostic Counseling. The TheoPhostic-involved friend wrote a letter to the person responsible for sending the book. The woman began her letter by quoting Acts. In Acts 5 Gamaliel, [...]
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