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Pigs in the Parlor: A Practical Guide to Deliverance
Frank Hammond explains the practical application of the ministry of deliverance, patterned after the ministry of Jesus Christ. He presents information on such topics
The Hammonds also present a categorized list of 53 Demonic Groupings , including various behavior patterns and addictions. And they include testimonies of deliverance throughout the book including Pride, Witchcraft, Nervousness, Stubborness, Defiance, Mental Illness and more.
With over 1.5 million copies in print worldwide, and translated into more than a dozen languages, Pigs in the Parlor remains the authoritative book on the subject of deliverance.
The Hammonds also present a categorized list of 53 Demonic Groupings , including various behavior patterns and addictions. And they include testimonies of deliverance throughout the book including Pride, Witchcraft, Nervousness, Stubborness, Defiance, Mental Illness and more.
With over 1.5 million copies in print worldwide, and translated into more than a dozen languages, Pigs in the Parlor remains the authoritative book on the subject of deliverance.
192 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 1973
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Frank Hammond
109 books67 followersFrank Hammond was a graduate of Baylor University and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary with over forty years experience as a pastor and teacher in the Body of Christ. He has authored numerous books, DVDs and compact discs on spiritual warfare and family relationships, with translations in several languages. He is probably best known for his book Pigs In The Parlor. Frank and his wife Ida Mae Hammond were both brought up in solid Christian homes in eastern Texas. Frank and Ida Mae engaged in pastoral ministry for over thirty years. They traveled extensively throughout the United States and abroad, ministering with a major emphasis in the area of deliverance.
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October 7, 2009
Sometimes when I'm shelving my TOPPS cart in the morning before the stores open I come across a title towards the end of the cart that makes me say, "What the fuck", or "Jesus fucking Christ you've got to be kidding me", or sometimes just "Jesus Christ". The books that cause this reaction always come from the very last section on the cart, the Christian Inspiration section.
Apparently this book has been in my section for years, but today is the first time I noticed it. The name is kind of innocent sounding, Pigs in the Parlor, the cover is even more innocent looking than the one goodreads has posted. There are cartoon little pigs. What is the book about?
This book contains a wealth of practical information for the person interested in, planning to engage in, or actively engaged in the ministry of deliverance.
In non-bullshit terms, it's about Demons. Demons that are ruining YOURE (yes you!) life. On the cover it even says that it contains new evidence that will make scientists rethink schizophrenia. The back promises to teach the reader how to notice demons, demon possession, what demons travel together, and how to make your house and loved ones demon free.
Hooray for the Dark Ages!!
What makes me sad is that this book came out in 1973, and that it must sell well enough that it is still in print. Shit we are some stupid motherfuckers. I know we have lots of good things, and we have lots of smart people, but then there are the fucking people who are reading this shit. What are these stupid motherfuckers like though? Do they really exist?
Yes, and they are among us. Surprisingly these backward thinking yokels who have ignored the last couple of hundred years of psychological research feel they have a right to not ignore other benefits that the general increase in knowledge and technology how affords people. In other words they are on goodreads.
Laura McCoy rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Read in January, 1985
I read this book many years ago, it was an assignment I had in a class about demon-possession and spiritual deliverance ministry. It is a book I will keep all my life and over the years have used it many, many times to help people who struggle with religious issues and strongholds in their Christian walk.
--"Laura, I'm just not believing this Christ thing, it all sounds so implausible...." "Wait, let me show you how it's only demons putting doubt in you, it's in this book." "Oh thank you Laura!! Now I can rid myself of the pesky demon of common-fucking-sense."
David McIver
10/24/07
David McIver rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Read in January, 2006
An easy read, very practical and down to earth look at spiritual/demonic oppression from a christian perspective. The book is written by a couple who has been up to their elbows in REAL spiritual warfare. They share what they've learned, good and bad. It will likely challenge, instruct, inform, uplift, empower, and motivate the reader.
--I don't know what to say about this one.
Bridgette rated it: 3 of 5 stars
First book I had ever read that gave me clarity about what we are waging for and against. A tad edgy and certainly uncomfortable the first read but two or three times around new revelations came to pass in my seriously logical A type personality processor
--I don't know what a logical A type personality processor is, it's probably not something that thinks too much. Imagine what her life must have been like before she found clarity in medieval mumbo-jumbo.
fbuser1254563221 rated it: 5 of 5 stars
helpful tool.
Miss Ma'am
05/29/09
Miss Ma'am rated it: 3 of 5 stars
bookshelves: must-have-books, to-read
And finally let me post a comment made to someone who dared call this book 'unbiblical', and which leaves me hope that maybe I too will receive some learnin'
Hey brother,
The doctrine that Christians are no longer subject to demonic activity can lead to one or the other of two unfortunate results. Either a believer may yield to demonic pressures with some comment like ‘ I can’t help myself; that’ just the way I am”. Or he may seek to suppress the pressures within, and in so doing expend much spiritual energy that could have been used for more positive purposes.
There are two different sets of circumstances that may confront a Christian with the need to deal with demons:
1.Demons were already in him before he became a Christian.
2.Demons entered him after he became a Christian.
The scripture does not suggest that new Christians are automatically exempt from all the consequences of what happened to them before they became believers. Consider a woman who suffers from chronic sinusitis caused by bacteria. She becomes a Christian but the sinusitis continues. The natural explanation would be that the sinusitis is still caused by the same bacteria. No one would dispute that conclusion on doctrinal grounds. Now let us consider a man who has severe emotional problems caused by demons. The man becomes a Christian but the problems continue. Is there any scriptural reason to question that his emotional problems are still caused by demons?
For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough.
2 Corinthians 11:3
Here is the clear example of how Christians, who have been born again and received Holy Spirit, can be tempted into receiving a false spirit - a demon.
The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.
1 Timothy 4:1
Paul speaks here about people who, through yielding to the influence of demons, “depart from their faith”. Obviously they could not depart from their faith unless they had been in the faith. As Christians they had apparently opened themselves up to deceiving demons and consequently turned away from their faith in Christ.
Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.
2 Corinthians 7:1
Paul said” Let us clean ourselves”. God will not do the cleansing for us. We are responsible to do it ourselves.
Why deliverance is not meant for unbelievers in general?
Demons return when they are cast out of unbelievers: Jesus clearly warned us that if we cast demons out of unbelievers, they are bound to return, each spirit bringing 7 even worse spirits with it (Matthew 12:43-45).
Unbelievers aren't prepared to receive deliverance: Colossians 2:13-15 shows us how Jesus forgave our sins, and thereby disarmed the demonic spirits in our lives. In the life of a non-believer, there is no disarming of the demons, because there is no forgiveness of sins.
Deliverance is for those who are in covenant with God: In Matthew 15:26, Jesus tells a non-Jewish woman who was seeking deliverance for her daughter, "It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs." Obviously the context of this verse tells us that He wasn't speaking of physical children, but spiritual children. I also believe Jesus made it clear in this verse that it is not fit to cast deliverance before those who are outside covenant with God.
In other words, deliverance is simply not meant for non-believers. It's dangerous both spiritually and physically (violent manifestations), and it sets the person up for a much worse bondage if they don't quickly turn to Jesus. So if deliverance isn't geared towards unbelievers, then whom is it geared towards? Whom are we to be casting demons out of then?
Sigh.
Apparently this book has been in my section for years, but today is the first time I noticed it. The name is kind of innocent sounding, Pigs in the Parlor, the cover is even more innocent looking than the one goodreads has posted. There are cartoon little pigs. What is the book about?
This book contains a wealth of practical information for the person interested in, planning to engage in, or actively engaged in the ministry of deliverance.
In non-bullshit terms, it's about Demons. Demons that are ruining YOURE (yes you!) life. On the cover it even says that it contains new evidence that will make scientists rethink schizophrenia. The back promises to teach the reader how to notice demons, demon possession, what demons travel together, and how to make your house and loved ones demon free.
Hooray for the Dark Ages!!
What makes me sad is that this book came out in 1973, and that it must sell well enough that it is still in print. Shit we are some stupid motherfuckers. I know we have lots of good things, and we have lots of smart people, but then there are the fucking people who are reading this shit. What are these stupid motherfuckers like though? Do they really exist?
Yes, and they are among us. Surprisingly these backward thinking yokels who have ignored the last couple of hundred years of psychological research feel they have a right to not ignore other benefits that the general increase in knowledge and technology how affords people. In other words they are on goodreads.
Laura McCoy rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Read in January, 1985
I read this book many years ago, it was an assignment I had in a class about demon-possession and spiritual deliverance ministry. It is a book I will keep all my life and over the years have used it many, many times to help people who struggle with religious issues and strongholds in their Christian walk.
--"Laura, I'm just not believing this Christ thing, it all sounds so implausible...." "Wait, let me show you how it's only demons putting doubt in you, it's in this book." "Oh thank you Laura!! Now I can rid myself of the pesky demon of common-fucking-sense."
David McIver
10/24/07
David McIver rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Read in January, 2006
An easy read, very practical and down to earth look at spiritual/demonic oppression from a christian perspective. The book is written by a couple who has been up to their elbows in REAL spiritual warfare. They share what they've learned, good and bad. It will likely challenge, instruct, inform, uplift, empower, and motivate the reader.
--I don't know what to say about this one.
Bridgette rated it: 3 of 5 stars
First book I had ever read that gave me clarity about what we are waging for and against. A tad edgy and certainly uncomfortable the first read but two or three times around new revelations came to pass in my seriously logical A type personality processor
--I don't know what a logical A type personality processor is, it's probably not something that thinks too much. Imagine what her life must have been like before she found clarity in medieval mumbo-jumbo.
fbuser1254563221 rated it: 5 of 5 stars
helpful tool.
Miss Ma'am
05/29/09
Miss Ma'am rated it: 3 of 5 stars
bookshelves: must-have-books, to-read
And finally let me post a comment made to someone who dared call this book 'unbiblical', and which leaves me hope that maybe I too will receive some learnin'
Hey brother,
The doctrine that Christians are no longer subject to demonic activity can lead to one or the other of two unfortunate results. Either a believer may yield to demonic pressures with some comment like ‘ I can’t help myself; that’ just the way I am”. Or he may seek to suppress the pressures within, and in so doing expend much spiritual energy that could have been used for more positive purposes.
There are two different sets of circumstances that may confront a Christian with the need to deal with demons:
1.Demons were already in him before he became a Christian.
2.Demons entered him after he became a Christian.
The scripture does not suggest that new Christians are automatically exempt from all the consequences of what happened to them before they became believers. Consider a woman who suffers from chronic sinusitis caused by bacteria. She becomes a Christian but the sinusitis continues. The natural explanation would be that the sinusitis is still caused by the same bacteria. No one would dispute that conclusion on doctrinal grounds. Now let us consider a man who has severe emotional problems caused by demons. The man becomes a Christian but the problems continue. Is there any scriptural reason to question that his emotional problems are still caused by demons?
For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough.
2 Corinthians 11:3
Here is the clear example of how Christians, who have been born again and received Holy Spirit, can be tempted into receiving a false spirit - a demon.
The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.
1 Timothy 4:1
Paul speaks here about people who, through yielding to the influence of demons, “depart from their faith”. Obviously they could not depart from their faith unless they had been in the faith. As Christians they had apparently opened themselves up to deceiving demons and consequently turned away from their faith in Christ.
Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.
2 Corinthians 7:1
Paul said” Let us clean ourselves”. God will not do the cleansing for us. We are responsible to do it ourselves.
Why deliverance is not meant for unbelievers in general?
Demons return when they are cast out of unbelievers: Jesus clearly warned us that if we cast demons out of unbelievers, they are bound to return, each spirit bringing 7 even worse spirits with it (Matthew 12:43-45).
Unbelievers aren't prepared to receive deliverance: Colossians 2:13-15 shows us how Jesus forgave our sins, and thereby disarmed the demonic spirits in our lives. In the life of a non-believer, there is no disarming of the demons, because there is no forgiveness of sins.
Deliverance is for those who are in covenant with God: In Matthew 15:26, Jesus tells a non-Jewish woman who was seeking deliverance for her daughter, "It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs." Obviously the context of this verse tells us that He wasn't speaking of physical children, but spiritual children. I also believe Jesus made it clear in this verse that it is not fit to cast deliverance before those who are outside covenant with God.
In other words, deliverance is simply not meant for non-believers. It's dangerous both spiritually and physically (violent manifestations), and it sets the person up for a much worse bondage if they don't quickly turn to Jesus. So if deliverance isn't geared towards unbelievers, then whom is it geared towards? Whom are we to be casting demons out of then?
Sigh.
February 19, 2009
I read this book many years ago, it was an assignment I had in a class about demon-possession and spiritual deliverance ministry. It is a book I will keep all my life and over the years have used it many, many times to help people who struggle with religious issues and strongholds in their Christian walk.
April 20, 2008
This book is as unBiblical as can be. It breeds fear and superstition. The author attributes, credits and/or blames demons for sinful actions and thoughts. In the book we find the demons of lust, nicotine, obesity, slouthfulness, etc. What the Scriptures ascribe to the desires our old sinful nature or our willful acts of disobedience; it describes as Christian demonization or attack. Where this in one sense leaves the person, particularly the believer as a victum and not responsible; it fails to truthfully and Biblically idendtify the problems, and allow the believer to be free through prayerful obedience and the inward change of the Holy Spirit. The one thing this book is not; it is not Biblically sound.
November 23, 2021
This may in fact be the worst book I have ever read.
March 29, 2010
This book provides a bleak glimpse into the minds of some extremely deluded people. It purports to be a "practical guide to deliverance," an instruction manual on casting out demons from the possessed. In fact, it is a book-length recipe for disaster, an amalgam of dangerous misinformation. For example, schizophrenia (incorrectly identified as multiple personality disorder) is explained as a "nest of demon spirits," and the book presents illustrated instructions on how to drive these demons out. Can you imagine the harm done to children with mental disorders?
August 28, 2011
Great book, read it at least twice a year. Great for spiritual warfare. This is an area the body of Christ are uneasy with. However it was a part of Christ Ministry and as followers of Christ we cannot ignore it.
March 24, 2011
I have many demons. I love them all.
March 29, 2011
Written years ago, this book is one of the classics on deliverance ministry. The bulk of Frank and Ida Hammond's insight on confrontational spiritual warfare comes from their years of experience in the ministry. Although not as solidly based in scripture as Derek Prince's book, THEY SHALL EXPEL DEMONS, this volume is useful in explaining how demons become established in a person's life and how Christians can assert God-given authority to remove them. Unique to these authors is a section about schizophrenia as it relates to demons, as well as demonic "families" or clusters that tend to be found in people (i.e.--if you find one evil spirit in an individual, you may very well find certain others, as well).
I recommend this book to pastors, missionaries and biblical counselors. However, a certain level of spiritual maturity and discernment is advised before tackling this subject.
I recommend this book to pastors, missionaries and biblical counselors. However, a certain level of spiritual maturity and discernment is advised before tackling this subject.
March 8, 2017
Excellent book with tons of practical advice!
The best book I've read on deliverance so far, mainly because of the extensive practical advice given.
Highly recommended for people who have some experience already and want to grow in this type of ministry.
The best book I've read on deliverance so far, mainly because of the extensive practical advice given.
Highly recommended for people who have some experience already and want to grow in this type of ministry.
Want to read
January 2, 2013 I WANT TO READ THIS BOOK, BACAUSE I LIKE DELIVERANCE MINSTRY
July 31, 2023
This was amazing. I loved the teaching and scriptures. This is a great book for those looking to learn more about spiritual warfare, demons, and deliverance. The charts were so helpful. The experiences that Frank and Ida shared were so relatable.
If you are not keen on knowing about spirits -- specifically demonic spirits -- do not read this book as it dives into various types of spirits, how they operate, how to speak to them and so forth. This is a book for those seeking to either 1) know the basic of deliverance ministry or 2) want to actively move as a deliverance minister.
I would HIGHLY recommend all licensed and ordained ministers to read this book to help them in their ministry whether they are a evangelist, elder, pastor and so forth -- this is a fruitful book.
This was a great read. Definitely looking forward to reading more from them.
If you are not keen on knowing about spirits -- specifically demonic spirits -- do not read this book as it dives into various types of spirits, how they operate, how to speak to them and so forth. This is a book for those seeking to either 1) know the basic of deliverance ministry or 2) want to actively move as a deliverance minister.
I would HIGHLY recommend all licensed and ordained ministers to read this book to help them in their ministry whether they are a evangelist, elder, pastor and so forth -- this is a fruitful book.
This was a great read. Definitely looking forward to reading more from them.
April 18, 2017
Very interesting read if you want to follow a guy who claims to be able to cast out demons and evil spirits. If you want to follow a guy who claims that ALL other religions are false INCLUDING many Christian churches who he describes as cults.
There is no evidence/proof that this guy (or his wife) really did exorcise any demons/spirits out of anyone. Your only "proof" is this book. Nothing to back it up and I'm calling him out on this bullshit.
Anyone who tells you that you should stay in an abusive relationship because the guy is possessed by a demon and needs to have Christ is a lunatic. DO NOT EVER STAY IN AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP. GOD DOESN'T WANT YOU TO STAY THERE! GET OUT!
Read if you want to read what a real cult leader sounds like.
There is no evidence/proof that this guy (or his wife) really did exorcise any demons/spirits out of anyone. Your only "proof" is this book. Nothing to back it up and I'm calling him out on this bullshit.
Anyone who tells you that you should stay in an abusive relationship because the guy is possessed by a demon and needs to have Christ is a lunatic. DO NOT EVER STAY IN AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP. GOD DOESN'T WANT YOU TO STAY THERE! GET OUT!
Read if you want to read what a real cult leader sounds like.
August 1, 2013
Excellent book on spiritual warfare, except for one or two little things that could hang you up, like expecting someone to throw up every time there is deliverance. It does and can happen, but we should not make doctrine out of one little variable. The essence of the book, otherwise, is excellent in information and explanation of spiritual things, according to scripture.
October 10, 2019
I bought this book when I realized that I had demons, and I had no idea how to get rid of them. They tormented me and I didnt know how I was gonna be able to survive.
I had no idea about Jesus being the most powerful in creation and I didn't know he is the saviour, and I didnt know this book was a christian book. I just thought they liked quotes from the Bible.
I realized that it is christian after I had read about Jesus Christ, after I had cried out to him because I desperately wanted to become a child of God so that he could protect me from demonic powers, I realized that when Jesus saved me, chased the demons away and gave me a new life and a new Spirit. I realized that when I through the blood of the lamb became a child of the most high God.
I didn't know what it meant to be a christian, but now I know, and I feel warm every time I see this book in the bookshelf.
I had no idea about Jesus being the most powerful in creation and I didn't know he is the saviour, and I didnt know this book was a christian book. I just thought they liked quotes from the Bible.
I realized that it is christian after I had read about Jesus Christ, after I had cried out to him because I desperately wanted to become a child of God so that he could protect me from demonic powers, I realized that when Jesus saved me, chased the demons away and gave me a new life and a new Spirit. I realized that when I through the blood of the lamb became a child of the most high God.
I didn't know what it meant to be a christian, but now I know, and I feel warm every time I see this book in the bookshelf.
May 18, 2017
I believe in demon possession and oppression, but these people take it to a whole new level--tin foil hat territory. Anything--literally anything--can be a demon manifestation...and Christians aren't immune. Frank and his wife Ida Mae even talk about casting demons out of each other!!! *Cue X-files theme music* There are some things that ring true in this book, but they are so interspersed with kooky theology and unverifiable statements that I cannot recommend this book. This book could actually cause harm to people.
June 14, 2012
Awesome study on demons. I have read it 3 times and I will continue to read it over and over again. I get new revelation each time I read it. I recommend the workbook too.
Read
June 3, 2020I'm not dismissing this subject, because it's very real, but this book arouses unnecessary fear and suspicion.
Read
January 20, 2024Read this for a research project I’m working on. This book clearly has influenced the evangelical and Pentecostal imagination and theology regarding the demonic.
While it’s fascinating as an insight into the development of deliverance methodologies and biblical exegesis, it is terrifying how much religious trauma these ideas have caused to people.
It relies heavily on extra-biblical visions and insights and has an inconsistent hermeneutic with the biblical text.
Everything is a demon/spirit (abortion, depression, “retardation,” etc) and a whole chapter dedicated to schizophrenia (based on the author’s wife’s vision) is critical of psychology and opts for a convoluted demonic explanation of the mental condition. It also suggests 50 million+ ppl in the US w schizophrenia (when in fact it is around 3.5 million).
The book is valuable as an historical theology resource but sus as an actual guide/methodology.
While it’s fascinating as an insight into the development of deliverance methodologies and biblical exegesis, it is terrifying how much religious trauma these ideas have caused to people.
It relies heavily on extra-biblical visions and insights and has an inconsistent hermeneutic with the biblical text.
Everything is a demon/spirit (abortion, depression, “retardation,” etc) and a whole chapter dedicated to schizophrenia (based on the author’s wife’s vision) is critical of psychology and opts for a convoluted demonic explanation of the mental condition. It also suggests 50 million+ ppl in the US w schizophrenia (when in fact it is around 3.5 million).
The book is valuable as an historical theology resource but sus as an actual guide/methodology.
July 31, 2023
This was amazing. I loved the teaching and scriptures. This is a great book for those looking to learn more about spiritual warfare, demons, and deliverance. The charts were so helpful. The experiences that Frank and Ida shared were so relatable. This was a great read. Definitely looking forward to reading more from them.
September 11, 2023
Great book!! Do you want to be aware of how to stand up to demons? Would you want to be aware of what to look for and how to handle those situations? Then this is the book for you!!
July 10, 2018
wow....just wow
What an absolute load of nonsense that was, I've read a few books on this subject and whilst I don't necessarily believe it I find it extremely interesting and love reading about it.
This book however could actually be quite dangerous for all the wrong reasons, if someone who was easily led and extremely vulnerable was to read this it could be extremely damaging to them.
I found it laughable most of the time but I still couldn't help but think how if someone was actually suckered into the claptrap that it was spouting then it could well turn them into a paranoid mess.
Having said that some of the highlights of the book were:
Being advised to speak out loud to your demons, for example if the demon says 'so and so doesn't like you' then you are to admonish it out loud by saying 'You are a liar demon, do not say that about my friend, I am protected by the blood of Jesus'
The deliverance of a 3 month old baby who suffered from 'tormenting spirits' which found a doorway when his parents were arguing over how to discipline him...I mean, I don't have kids myself but do you discipline 3 month old babies? are they not still nothing more than yodeling potatoes at that point? what can a 3 month old do that requires disciplining?
Anyway these tormenting spirits caused the baby to cry incessantly until he was held by the authors wife who delivered him from these demons
The smells that the author has came across when carrying out these deliverance's range from the smell of cabbage which was so strong it caused someone to check in the kitchen just to check if anyone was actually cooking cabbage, then there was the time that he got the strong smell of a cancer ward and it ended up that he was actually delivering 'the demon of cancer'
That's right folks, if you smell cabbage or cancer then you have yourself a demon.
The author of the book himself suffered from 2 heart attacks in quick succession, the doctors put him on medication but this wasn't enough for him he arranged for a deliverance on himself and following this he had not felt a single chest pain since and did not expect to ever feel one again (the old fella lived into his 80's, I just hope it wasn't a heart attack that got him in the end)
He once expelled demons from a childs mobile which had pictures of a frog and some owls on it (demons quite like frogs and owls apparently)
There was just so much stuff in this book that was laughable (and this isn't even going into the entire chapter dedicated to explaining how Schizophrenia isn't an illness but is actually caused by multiple demons)
As I have said I have read multiple books on demonic possession and exorcisms (I'm aware of the difference between an exorcism and deliverance) and most of these books take a serious pragmatic stance when explaining exactly what it is they do, the bloke who wrote this though seems as if he was just absolutely barmy
What an absolute load of nonsense that was, I've read a few books on this subject and whilst I don't necessarily believe it I find it extremely interesting and love reading about it.
This book however could actually be quite dangerous for all the wrong reasons, if someone who was easily led and extremely vulnerable was to read this it could be extremely damaging to them.
I found it laughable most of the time but I still couldn't help but think how if someone was actually suckered into the claptrap that it was spouting then it could well turn them into a paranoid mess.
Having said that some of the highlights of the book were:
Being advised to speak out loud to your demons, for example if the demon says 'so and so doesn't like you' then you are to admonish it out loud by saying 'You are a liar demon, do not say that about my friend, I am protected by the blood of Jesus'
The deliverance of a 3 month old baby who suffered from 'tormenting spirits' which found a doorway when his parents were arguing over how to discipline him...I mean, I don't have kids myself but do you discipline 3 month old babies? are they not still nothing more than yodeling potatoes at that point? what can a 3 month old do that requires disciplining?
Anyway these tormenting spirits caused the baby to cry incessantly until he was held by the authors wife who delivered him from these demons
The smells that the author has came across when carrying out these deliverance's range from the smell of cabbage which was so strong it caused someone to check in the kitchen just to check if anyone was actually cooking cabbage, then there was the time that he got the strong smell of a cancer ward and it ended up that he was actually delivering 'the demon of cancer'
That's right folks, if you smell cabbage or cancer then you have yourself a demon.
The author of the book himself suffered from 2 heart attacks in quick succession, the doctors put him on medication but this wasn't enough for him he arranged for a deliverance on himself and following this he had not felt a single chest pain since and did not expect to ever feel one again (the old fella lived into his 80's, I just hope it wasn't a heart attack that got him in the end)
He once expelled demons from a childs mobile which had pictures of a frog and some owls on it (demons quite like frogs and owls apparently)
There was just so much stuff in this book that was laughable (and this isn't even going into the entire chapter dedicated to explaining how Schizophrenia isn't an illness but is actually caused by multiple demons)
As I have said I have read multiple books on demonic possession and exorcisms (I'm aware of the difference between an exorcism and deliverance) and most of these books take a serious pragmatic stance when explaining exactly what it is they do, the bloke who wrote this though seems as if he was just absolutely barmy
April 10, 2014
A wonderfully practical and down to earth book about spiritual warfare in general, and deliverance from demons in particular. The reader of this book will discover a useful guide to understanding the deliverance ministry and will learn practical advice for recognizing and casting out demons. I cannot comprehend how anyone can read the Bible and not understand the need for dealing with demons as part of regular ministry. The Bible records Jesus performing deliverance on many occasions and Christians are commanded to do the same. During their lifetime, Frank and Ida Mae Hammond focused on setting people free from demonic oppression and bondage. They may have made some mistakes along the way, but by their senior years, they were a force to be reckoned with. This book, in part, is the culmination of the wisdom they gathered along their journey.
March 29, 2021
I was captivated by the first half of this book and all the information about demon possession and deliverance, but as soon as I began reading about their take on schizophrenia I was turned off. My grandfather had paranoia schizophrenia, as does my cousin, so I am well versed in the illness. Not only is their definition and understanding of schizophrenia incorrect (they’re describing multiple personality disorder, not schizophrenia. Two different illnesses.), but their complete disregard for proven fact this can be a genetic disease is hurtful. My grandfather loved the Lord and was plagued with this illness, so to have it written off as only demon possession (and incorrectly described and understood) left a bad taste in my mouth. I know this was written in the 70’s, and there are many many good points in this book, but I can only give it two stars.
April 1, 2015
There is good information in this book. We had a few encounters of casting out demons, and from the information in this book helped us out very much. Many lack the information on what to do, and when there is someone wanting freedom from their oppression. Christians need this nowdays to help them to be equipped for battle within their ministry, within their home, and especially within their own lives. I understand that many will have a resistance from the enemy from reading this book. Because the threat that Christians can become.
August 23, 2016
What we don't know can actually hurt us when it comes to the spiritual world. This book explains the world in an understandable way that equips the believer to fight effectively. Satan and his demons are REAL and they possess and oppress all humanity. Via knowlege people can avoid perishing. By knowledge of the authority believers' have in Christ they can stand against oppression and live in freedom. Page by page, the Hammond help the reader learn where the pigs (demons and spirits) have raided and how they can be removed effectively.
March 26, 2015
This book was recommended to me by a very good friend. I did not find that the content was palatable or that this was an easy read. Spiritually, I struggled with some concepts. I also took issue with some points from the perspective of a mental health provider. I will say that it is structured in a way that makes information accessible and that it's thorough. However, this is not a book I would visit again in the near future.
August 27, 2012
Interesting in so many ways. I really enjoyed reading this.
December 17, 2020
An amazing book that should be considered in the "Top 10" spiritual warfare books Christians should read...especially during these days of turmoil and unrest.
July 18, 2017
O pior livro que já li na vida
Se a religião (e não propriamente a fé) envenena tudo, o que dizer quando combinada com desonestidade, hipocrisia, preconceito e covardia? “Porcos na Sala” é um compêndio de sandices como jamais imaginaria ler. Se sua proposta fosse ficcional, teríamos apenas um livrinho de quinta categoria, mal escrito, insosso, pueril. Mas os autores levam essa bizarrice a sério. Ou, ao menos, esperam ser levados.
[SPOILERS] O livro se propõe a ser um “manual prático de libertação”. Em outras palavras, um guia para exorcistas evangélicos, fundamentado em ideias que só podem ter sido tiradas de mentes insanas. Em resumo, os autores – dotados de uma convicção patética – procuram convencer o leitor (na verdade escrevem para os já convencidos) de que todas as dificuldades, problemas, amarguras, doenças da vida são obras de demônios. TODAS. Existe um (ou mais) demônio para cada situação que você passa. Exércitos de demônios, cidades tomadas por demônios, chuva de demônios, vai puxar a descarga, tá lá um demônio, vai tomar um café, use filtro para demônios. Tudo é endemoninhado. Mas não são aqueles demônios “conhecidos”, com nomes como Belzebu, Asmodeus, Baal, Belial, etc... São sentimentos, atitudes, desejos e tudo o que eles consideram em desalinho com seu pensamento puro voltado à perfeição e à santidade.
O texto defende esta ideia de forma tão infantil e desonesta, que é impossível terminar o livro sem nenhuma irritação (aliás, com o “demônio da inquietação” e muito provavelmente com o “espírito imundo da racionalização”). Sim, você que está lendo este texto, está endemoninhado neste momento. Mas eles têm a cura, a solução para TODOS os seus problemas, vez que TODOS os seus problemas são obras dos soldados de Satanás. Ou até mesmo do próprio Capiroto, cuja dedicação dependerá do tempo livre que surgir lá no Inferno.
Citações bíblicas dão autoridade ao que dizem, mas precisam ser interpretadas de acordo com sua própria engenharia de palavras. Ou seja, fundamentadas em nada, apenas mal ilustradas com uma argumentação capenga. Os demônios podem entrar em qualquer pessoa, segundo eles. Mas só saem se ela for crente. Se você anda nervoso com a crise, está endemoninhado. Perda de memória? Demônios! Está racionalizando demais? Que tal eliminar esses espíritos imundos da racionalização (acredite!) e se iludir um pouco? Tem feito muitas críticas? Estamos de olho no seu demônio da crítica! Qualquer doença? Que doença? São demônios... Tem uma fé diferente? Ahhh, esses são os piores demônios!
Mas, poxa, eu nem dou bola pra esse negócio de demônios, anjos, batalha espiritual e tal. Bom, segundo eles, então você já tá danado, pois é bem em você que os demônios mais gostam de entrar. Se o cara nasceu surdo e mudo, não é um problema congênito. É apenas um diabinho (“espírito mudo”) que resolveu se alojar logo nas cordas vocais enquanto o coitado do pecador era apenas um feto. Sim, demônios entram em qualquer coisa. Pessoas, animais, casas, objetos... Porém, tome cuidado. Existem animais que já vêm endemoninhados de fábrica, como as corujas e sapos! (Quanta estupidez!)
Eles não dizem por onde os demônios entram, mas todos saem pelo nariz ou pela boca. Uma boa catarrada no meio do exorcismo e adeus demônio! O livro vai “ensinando” como expulsar demônios de quem tem a mesma fé que os autores, passo a passo. Um capítulo merece uma especial atenção, onde eles apresentam uma lista (alertam que ela é apenas um exemplo e está incompleta) de grupos de demônios e quais demônios especificamente podem fazer parte destes grupos, pois eles nunca vêm sozinho, atacam em turma. É importante saber que algumas situações em que você já se viu envolvido são obras demoníacas, por exemplo (antes de cada item, coloque o termo “demônio do(a)”: censura, crítica, devaneio, fantasia, imaginação, pretensão, sofisticação, choro, tristeza, orgulho, sedução, suspeita, descontentamento, argumento, debate, ego, esquecimento, insônia, argumentação, esquizofrenia, ceticismo, descrença, qualquer doença ou enfermidade, confusão, espiritismo, cansaço, preguiça, vícios, nervosismo, perda de tempo, pressa, intelectualismo, racionalização, pena de si, timidez, solidão, decepção, medos, dor de cabeça, hipnotismo, arrogância, importância, ciúme, vaidade, desconfiança, desatenção, sensibilidade, vontade própria, religiões falsas e muito, muito mais. E quando falam de “religiões falsas”, são covardes a ponto de não citar nominalmente a religião católica (preferindo dizer “sociedades e agências sociais que usam a Bíblia e Deus como base, mas deixam o sangue e a expiação de Jesus de lado”).
Não acredita? É o “demônio do engano” que está obstruindo sua compreensão. Procure agora mesmo um exorcista!
Nota do livro: 3,26 (0 estrelas)
Se a religião (e não propriamente a fé) envenena tudo, o que dizer quando combinada com desonestidade, hipocrisia, preconceito e covardia? “Porcos na Sala” é um compêndio de sandices como jamais imaginaria ler. Se sua proposta fosse ficcional, teríamos apenas um livrinho de quinta categoria, mal escrito, insosso, pueril. Mas os autores levam essa bizarrice a sério. Ou, ao menos, esperam ser levados.
[SPOILERS] O livro se propõe a ser um “manual prático de libertação”. Em outras palavras, um guia para exorcistas evangélicos, fundamentado em ideias que só podem ter sido tiradas de mentes insanas. Em resumo, os autores – dotados de uma convicção patética – procuram convencer o leitor (na verdade escrevem para os já convencidos) de que todas as dificuldades, problemas, amarguras, doenças da vida são obras de demônios. TODAS. Existe um (ou mais) demônio para cada situação que você passa. Exércitos de demônios, cidades tomadas por demônios, chuva de demônios, vai puxar a descarga, tá lá um demônio, vai tomar um café, use filtro para demônios. Tudo é endemoninhado. Mas não são aqueles demônios “conhecidos”, com nomes como Belzebu, Asmodeus, Baal, Belial, etc... São sentimentos, atitudes, desejos e tudo o que eles consideram em desalinho com seu pensamento puro voltado à perfeição e à santidade.
O texto defende esta ideia de forma tão infantil e desonesta, que é impossível terminar o livro sem nenhuma irritação (aliás, com o “demônio da inquietação” e muito provavelmente com o “espírito imundo da racionalização”). Sim, você que está lendo este texto, está endemoninhado neste momento. Mas eles têm a cura, a solução para TODOS os seus problemas, vez que TODOS os seus problemas são obras dos soldados de Satanás. Ou até mesmo do próprio Capiroto, cuja dedicação dependerá do tempo livre que surgir lá no Inferno.
Citações bíblicas dão autoridade ao que dizem, mas precisam ser interpretadas de acordo com sua própria engenharia de palavras. Ou seja, fundamentadas em nada, apenas mal ilustradas com uma argumentação capenga. Os demônios podem entrar em qualquer pessoa, segundo eles. Mas só saem se ela for crente. Se você anda nervoso com a crise, está endemoninhado. Perda de memória? Demônios! Está racionalizando demais? Que tal eliminar esses espíritos imundos da racionalização (acredite!) e se iludir um pouco? Tem feito muitas críticas? Estamos de olho no seu demônio da crítica! Qualquer doença? Que doença? São demônios... Tem uma fé diferente? Ahhh, esses são os piores demônios!
Mas, poxa, eu nem dou bola pra esse negócio de demônios, anjos, batalha espiritual e tal. Bom, segundo eles, então você já tá danado, pois é bem em você que os demônios mais gostam de entrar. Se o cara nasceu surdo e mudo, não é um problema congênito. É apenas um diabinho (“espírito mudo”) que resolveu se alojar logo nas cordas vocais enquanto o coitado do pecador era apenas um feto. Sim, demônios entram em qualquer coisa. Pessoas, animais, casas, objetos... Porém, tome cuidado. Existem animais que já vêm endemoninhados de fábrica, como as corujas e sapos! (Quanta estupidez!)
Eles não dizem por onde os demônios entram, mas todos saem pelo nariz ou pela boca. Uma boa catarrada no meio do exorcismo e adeus demônio! O livro vai “ensinando” como expulsar demônios de quem tem a mesma fé que os autores, passo a passo. Um capítulo merece uma especial atenção, onde eles apresentam uma lista (alertam que ela é apenas um exemplo e está incompleta) de grupos de demônios e quais demônios especificamente podem fazer parte destes grupos, pois eles nunca vêm sozinho, atacam em turma. É importante saber que algumas situações em que você já se viu envolvido são obras demoníacas, por exemplo (antes de cada item, coloque o termo “demônio do(a)”: censura, crítica, devaneio, fantasia, imaginação, pretensão, sofisticação, choro, tristeza, orgulho, sedução, suspeita, descontentamento, argumento, debate, ego, esquecimento, insônia, argumentação, esquizofrenia, ceticismo, descrença, qualquer doença ou enfermidade, confusão, espiritismo, cansaço, preguiça, vícios, nervosismo, perda de tempo, pressa, intelectualismo, racionalização, pena de si, timidez, solidão, decepção, medos, dor de cabeça, hipnotismo, arrogância, importância, ciúme, vaidade, desconfiança, desatenção, sensibilidade, vontade própria, religiões falsas e muito, muito mais. E quando falam de “religiões falsas”, são covardes a ponto de não citar nominalmente a religião católica (preferindo dizer “sociedades e agências sociais que usam a Bíblia e Deus como base, mas deixam o sangue e a expiação de Jesus de lado”).
Não acredita? É o “demônio do engano” que está obstruindo sua compreensão. Procure agora mesmo um exorcista!
Nota do livro: 3,26 (0 estrelas)
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