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Hard question September 4, 2023 · 20:12 · 12 min

Hauntings, ghosts, and the demonic

A listener comment about haunted houses opens a discussion of ghosts, spoon-movers, and serious demonic activity. A host recounts an hour and a half in a prayer room with someone showing apparent spiritual oppression, and an art center ceremony that summoned spirits to move objects. The hosts contrast casual ghost stories with real spiritual oppression, note that the West sees restrained manifestations while other regions see more, cite the sons of Sceva and the sign of Jonah, and advise that a freed person needs Jesus in the cleaned house.

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