Table of Contents
Foreword 11
Introduction 13
Part 1 Necessary Background: Clearing Away Misconceptions
1 How I Got Involved in Casting Out Demons: A Parable for the Church 23
Part 2 The Existence and Kinds of Evil Spirits
2 Do Demons Really Exist? The Scriptural Evidence 37
3 What Is the Evidence of Human Experience? 53
4 Should We Call It Possession? 72
5 How Do We Know If an Evil Spirit Is Really Present? 79
6 The Different Kinds of Evil Spirits 90
Part 3 Curses and the Power of False Judgment
7 Falling Under a Curse 99
8 Curselike Judgments and Ties That Bind 123
9 Who Can Pray for Deliverance? 133
Part 4 Getting Ready
10 How to Prepare 149
11 Selecting a Team 154
12 How the Demonized Person Prepares for Deliverance 159
Part 5 How to Pray for Deliverance
13 How to Pray for Deliverance: The Basic Form 169
14 Freeing a Person from Spirits of Trauma 185
15 Spirits of Sin 199
16 Spirits of the Occult 206
17 Satanic Ritual Abuse (SRA) 227
18 Other Kinds of Spirits 240
19 Deliverance through "Blessed Objects" 245
20 Follow-Up 253
Part 6 Setting Places Free
21 Larger Dimensions of Deliverance 259
22 Deliverance of Places 271
Part 7 Final Words
23 Baptism in the Holy Spirit 277
Appendix 1 Sample Prayers 285
Appendix 2 An Interview with Father Rufus Pereira 288
Index 299