C. Fred Dickason Th.D - Dangers of the Spirit World: A Warning to Those of a Materialistic Humanistic Mindset

DANGERS OF
THE SPIRIT
WORLD

A WARNING TO THOSE
OF A MATERIALISTIC
HUMANISTIC MINDSET

C. Fred Dickason, Th. D

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WestBow Press rev. date: 02/04/2021

CONTENTS

Dr. Dickason begins this book with the statements, We need to wake up! The enemies are at our door, and we dont even recognize them maybe dont even know that they exist. That is the mindset in Western society. Many Christians have unknowingly bought into it. He is right.

I just finished C. Fred Dickasons newest book, Dangers of The Spirit World: Warning to Those of Materialist Humanistic Mindset . This book is better than very good, it is exceptional. Once I picked it up and began reading, I could not put it down. It is short. It is concise. It is biblically based. Terms and concepts are well defined and clearly explained for Christians and non-Christians, teachers and students, vocational professionals, and interested or curious laymen. It is thoroughly grounded in Scripture; paragraph after paragraph, chapter by chapter. It is written by a man I believe currently to be the most knowledgeable person on the subject of spiritual warfare I have personally met or read their book(s). Fred Dickason has probably forgotten more about spiritual warfare than the overwhelming majority of people who write on this subject have ever learned. It is written in a style that is refreshingly insightful; straightforward, and authoritative; confident but not arrogant; with first hand understanding and battle tested involvement in confronting demons, rather than one more book passing on worn out clichs laced between second and third hand stories and opinions. Dickason is clear that a Christians triumphal testimony is not because of church loyalties, denominational affiliations, titles, or self-professed aggrandizements that mean more to men than God. Christians win because Jesus Christ has already won. He has delegated authority over demons to every member of the body of Christ, (Luke 10:18-20; Ephesians 1:162:6; Colossians 1:13-18, 2:15-17). Most important to me, Dr. Dickason consistently gives glory and honor to God for victories in spiritual warfare, not man.

This book needs to be taught and caught in Bible school or seminary classrooms, church bible studies and elective classes, home fellowship groups, and discipleship training courses, as well as workshops and conferences. It represents prescriptive and descriptive first hand understanding and transferable teaching on the subject of spiritual warfare. It is succinctly and systematically outlined in a way that I could only wish I had been taught forty or fifty years ago. It would have saved me from a lot of confusion over this subject. It could also have helped me more effectively minister to demonized Christians suffering from the pain and shame of demonic attacks they did not understand or even recognize. I, like most of my colleagues who graduated out of Bible school, seminary or medical school, left school just as nave and ignorant about the subject of spiritual warfare as the majority of us were the day we began our formal training. I cannot tell you how many times during or after conferences that I have been approached by former students of Dr. Dickason asking first, if I know Fred Dickason, and second, lamenting the fact that they had not paid more attention in his classroom when he was trying to educate and equip them for the battles that were surely coming. He was right.

Competing world views, the reality of Satan and demons, a Christians resources in this battle, a biblical understanding of a Christians delegated authority over Satan and his demons, common tactics of demonic attack, how to fight back, the dangers of playing games with demons rather than resisting them, understanding how demonization actually occurs, and how to experience freedom from bondage; it is all here in this one small and understandable book!

I have greatly benefited from reading books Dr. Dickason has written in the past, and now his latest book. It is a warning and wake-up shot to Christians who ought to know, and to an unbelieving world that needs to know about the realities of demonic warfare and the dangers of embracing a materialistic world view.

C. Fred Dickason is theologically deep and wide. He is a devout Christian, and a gentle, humble, godly man. He is a man who is small in physical stature, but a powerful giant in his understanding, opposition and confrontation with the powers of darkness, (2 Corinthians 10: 3-5; Ephesians 6:10-12). He is a tender warrior; a genuine Christian field-general in battle, who for decades has refused to run from this fight regardless of the opposition. I have called Fred on numerous occasions asking for his opinion or advice regarding some aspects of spiritual warfare. He has always graciously shared his time and deep understanding of this subject with me.

I consider it a great honor and privilege to not only enthusiastically recommend this new book, but also to commend the author, my trusted, respected, and beloved friend, colleague and fellow soldier for the Cross, Dr. C. Fred Dickason.

Buy this book, read this book, study this book, and then share it with others who are already in the fight or desperately need a wakeup call to get on the field rather than Sunday quarterback from the stands.

Karl Ivan Payne , Masters Of Divinity, Doctorate of Ministry,

Author of Spiritual Warfare: Christians, Demonization and Deliverance

Associate Pastor of Antioch Community Church

Former Chaplain of Seattle Seahawks

Founder and President of Transferable Cross Training Foundation

Warning to Humanistic Christians

We need to wake up! The enemies are at our doors, and we dont even recognize them, maybe dont even know that they exist. That is the mindset in Western society. Many Christians have unknowingly bought into it.

Im talking about Satan and his demons. They are real, and they are dangerous to our spiritual health and well-being. The Bible tells us that we do not wrestle with just flesh and blood, human opposition; our agonizing wrestling is with spiritual foesthe devil and all his armies (Eph. 6:1012). We need a true biblical worldview!