Frank Peretti's America Episode 4: Facing Our Demons...For Reals? (Interview with Brad Jersak)

Brad Jersak is the author of several books, including Her Gates Will Never Be Shut and Incarnation & Inclusion, two of Krispin’s favorites. He’s appeared on many podcasts, this one with Jonathan Martin on Hell, Judgment & Atonement.

Summing up what prayer is in This Present Darkness: “Our prayers were like the batteries that energized the angels”

The title of the book comes from Ephesians 6:12: “For our struggle is not against enemies of blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.” (NRSV)

9 min: Jersak mentions YWAM and Fuller Seminary teaching spiritual warfare/classes on signs and wonders. He also mentions Peter Wagner, John Wimber, and Chuck Kraft. Please click on the links for more information. 

On why horror movies and conspiracy theory books are popular: “We like to face our fears in the context of something we have control over.”

16: D.L. mentions Todd Bentley, a charismatic preacher recently in the news again. Do you really want to go down this rabbit hole? OK, here you go. 

35: Jersak mentions moralism in his book, A More Christlike Way.

40: “The weapons of the world are force, and that’s not how Jesus came and overcame everything. He came to surrender to the will of his father.”

50: Book recommendations on connecting to Jesus: Can You Hear me? Tuning in to the God who Speaks