San Diego flaunts a reputation of fostering spiritual awareness and healing centers—including a local chapter of The Association of Christian Therapists and a plethora of churches. But is healing taking place?
From a biblical standpoint, the church is supposed to provide a healing environment.
But according to Dr. Charles H. Kraft, author of Deep Wounds, Deep Healing—An Introduction to Deep Level Healing,most churches do not delivering address or access healing. People leave services with as many wounds as when they entered. The church has become anemic. And people remain unhealed.
Kraft, a professor at Fuller Seminary in Pasadena for 30 years and also VP of Hearts Set Free Ministries, explains that the church has become so westernized it overlooks spiritual warfare.
In his book, Deep Wounds, Deep Healing, Kraft addresses the profound struggles that have lurked deep in the psyche since early childhood causing the “inner child” to be dissociated from the adult and allowing the build-up of garbage which provides fodder for demon activity.
Demons attach themselves to junk—like rats in garbage. It’s essential to deal with the junk to weaken the demonic influence.
Christians can be troubled by demonic influence as much as anyone, but Kraft goes further and Christians can still be possessed—although his support for this theory could be shot down by a grasp of semantics. However you look at it, believers can be set free by the Holy Spirit but, seemingly, some people need the help of a counselor or professional who understands spiritual warfare to find freedom.
Kraft’s deep healing technique focuses on biblical principles and seeks to reconnect a person to their inner child to discover the cause of the wounds and to help them see Jesus was there all the time.
The book is not light reading, but enlightening. A great tool for those interested in understanding deep healing.
Copyright © April 2011
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