Thank you, Regina. Yes, attempting to communicate with the dead is strictly forbidden. I am glad you will see your father again in heaven. Me, too. Yep, the demons have the capability to take on the voices of our loved ones and friends. They can do the impersonation act of both male and female talking even when that person is still alive. I’ve been a victim of a few demonic attacks - at least 3 of them used my mother’s voice as they chanted out my name. Since one was on top of me and choking me ... I silently said JESUS and then got instant relief. Another time I was at a store with my mom looking at the 75% Christmas discount items ... I clearly heard her call out to me. So I found the aisle she was in and said “what do you want?” She said I didn’t call you. She knew about my demonic attacks and said you need to stop dwelling on this stuff. We then went to pay for our discount items. Mine came to ... $6.66. I then looked over at her. Anyway ... the unsaved that go to fortune tellers/seances are being tricked into thinking their departed loved ones are communicating back with them. Familiar spirits! That’s what they are called! I learned a lot of the dark kingdom by studying this subject of spiritual warfare! They know how to copy loved ones etc., even in dreams! Sadly many Christians are very untaught about such things. An unpleasant subject, but very real! What is forbidden ? in the Old Testament is still forbidden ? in the New Testament and I pray that all Christians involved in this repent! Same can be said about “yoga”. So many Christians think this is just an innocent stretching exercise and you meditate on God. I got a problem with that thinking because yoga has dark roots in the occult. There is a satanic shop that opened up in another town on the Main Street. The 2 big store front glass windows show - one side has the Ouija board and potion bottles on display and in the other window has the yoga mats and exercise blocks on display. That clinched it for me to stay far far away from yoga workouts. I copied the following from Arthur's link and have to say that I have a very big problem with what is written here. I have been watching Steve Berger online for years. I've attended his service once while in TN. I have been listening to Greg Laurie for decades as well as Chuck Smith. So now all of a sudden these men are evil???? REALLY????? This reminds me of the time a woman approached me to see if I was saved. When she found out I didn't attend her church she told me I was going to hell. I guess the Apostle Paul is in hell because he didnt go to her church either. Point is, if you are high visibility then someone with a "word from the Lord" is going to strike you down. I haven't read any of Berger's books but I seriously doubt these accusations. Not to be too nit picky, but Grace Chapel is in Franklin, TN not Leipers Fork. If the The Discernment Research Group is going to bash fellow Christians then they should do their due diligence and get the facts straight. Bergers book endorsed by Christian leaders If Pastor Steve Berger was an obscure pastor with a tiny congregation and a low-profile book, we would not be issuing this warning about what he and his wife are writing and what it portends for the church. But this is not the case. The Bergers have a large congregation of over 4,000 people in Leipers Fork, Tennessee and their book legitimizes and normalizes, even encourages the idea of believers interacting with the dead. It has already been featured on several widely viewed television programs like Robert Schuller’s Hour of Power and Canada’s Huntley Street.In addition to these and other venues, Steve Berger was invited to speak about his book at a 2011 National Worship Conference that featured a number of Emergent and evangelical leaders like Chuck Smith Jr., Miles McPherson, Chuck Fromm, and which advertised as a keynote speaker the “Christian” New Age sympathizer Leonard Sweet. But perhaps one of the most dangerous aspects of the Berger book is the endorsements of high profile leaders such as Calvary Chapel Pastor Greg Laurie and longtime Bible teacher Chuck Missler. Not surprisingly, The Shack’s author Paul Young is also listed alongside Laurie and Missler as an endorser of the book.
