Francis MacNutt - Deliverance from Evil Spirits: A Practical Manual

Deliverance from Evil Spirits is not a scientific textbook, but rather story after story confirmed with observations of authorities and biblically based theological reflections on deliverance from evil spirits. A very valuable book.

Michael Scanlan, president,
Franciscan University of Steubenville

Francis MacNutts Deliverance from Evil Spirits is a classic handbook written out of decades of experience in the ministry of healing and deliverance. Drawing on the Scriptures and church tradition, MacNutt has written by far the best book I have seen on this controversial and difficult topic.

Vinson Synan, dean, School of Divinity, Regent University

Francis MacNutt has written with balance and caution on a difficult subject. He attempts to carefully sort out sin, mental illness, emotional trauma and the demonic. He has the biblical knowledge, the spiritual discernment and the years of practical experience required to do this.

David Seamands, author of Healing for Damaged Emotions

Christians seeking pastoral guidance and psychological insights in the battle against the forces of darkness will discover this book to be a treasure house of knowledge and testimony of hope.

Barbara Shlemon Ryan, president of Be-Loved Ministry

My favorite book on the subject of deliverance. I love the scholarship in Dr. MacNutts books. He deals with the problem our society has with the subject of deliverance. He explains how and why this reluctance to believe came about, and how the Bible, psychology, history and experience dont fit with the rationalism of the old science of a closed worldview that precluded a supernatural in-break from God. The book is the most comprehensive I have ever read on the subject of deliverance. The illustrations are captivating, and the personal experience removes the book from the ivory towers of academia and sets it right into the middle of real life. The chapter on curses was most interesting. The practical steps and prayers for deliverance will be a help and blessing to many who wonder how to get started in this area of ministry, and how to remain balanced in a ministry that has not always seen sanity or balance. I highly recommend this book.

Randy Clark, president, Global Awakening

1995, 2009 by Francis MacNutt

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To the Rev. Tommy Tyson,
a true friend and encourager,
who doesnt like to pray for deliverance
but who prays anyway

CONTENTS

C . S. Lewis, the literary genius, had the unique ability to take giant subjects and make them understandable by children. For this reason adults read the Chronicles of Narnia as often as children do. But Lewiss gift enabled him to go even further: He was able to make the journey fun. It is a rare communicator who can do both. And while Deliverance from Evil Spirits is far from a childrens book, I found myself comparing the outcome with that of Lewis. Francis MacNutt is able to take the big and impossible and make it small and doable. In all the right ways, reading this book makes me feel like a child again enjoying the process of learning.

Francis takes us on a journeyhis journey. Through his unusual candor, we see how simply being willing to learn is the right place to start in our invasion of the impossible. It is refreshing to realize that I do not have to know everything to be used by God! This approach to life and ministry is both humble and childlike. It draws the attention of our heavenly Father. But many throughout history have been kept from success in the difficult areas of life and ministry through an awareness of their own ignorance.

Yet there is one thing that has affected many of us more than our ignorance in the subject of deliverance: It is our awareness of past abuses. Some actually have to get delivered from their last deliverance. For this reason many have reacted to the errors of others, creating an equally devastating error, which is to ignore this God-given assignment to cast out devils. This book can play a huge role in destroying the fear of failure in multitudes of people who shy away from deliverance, or reject the ministry altogether.

What I love about the man Francis MacNutt is what I love about this book: Both are brilliant yet childlike. They are thorough and complete yet not harsh or religiously rigid. While he walks among the great scholars of our day, he has never made me feel small or insignificant. In fact, both his friendship and his materials have quite the opposite effect on me, since his hunger for truth is infectious. He still enjoys the adventure of learning.

When I was asked to write the foreword for the re-release of this book, I was greatly honored. The author sent me a copy for review. Later, when a Spirit-filled Episcopal priest came into my office for a visit, he noticed the book sitting on my desk. He commented, pointing to it, Theres the classic book on deliverance. He went on to tell me that this book had changed his life and launched him on a journey that defines his life and ministry to this day.

I was amazed at Gods timing as He helped me see firsthand the impact of this book before I even picked it up to read. But now I understand for myself. This book is a classic, deserving to be read by every believer who considers Jesus commission to His disciples to be his or her own: Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give (Matthew 10:8, NASB).

This is the hour when this material is needed most. The rise in occult and New Age practices in the Western world is making it harder and harder for the Church to ignore the subject of deliverance. We are surrounded by people crying out for the freedom that only Jesus can give. Now is the time for us to consider and reconsider the profound message of Deliverance from Evil Spirits.

Bill Johnson
Senior Pastor, Bethel Church, Redding, CA
Author, When Heaven Invades Earth
and Face to Face with God

S ince this book was first published in 1995, I have seen many dramatic signs that the deliverance ministry is being resurrected. It is exploding!

Great numbers of people all over the world are becoming Christians, and many who are already believers are being baptized with the Holy Spirit and becoming more active in ministry. In fact, while writing this, I received an e-mail from a friend with a medical team visiting Africa. Here is part of her report: