Quotes from James L. Garlow

The Spirit of the living Christ lives in those who believe and trust in him; demons may not possess such a person.

Anyone can believe God exists but still maintain a life apart from him.

Interest and participation in occult practices can be the door through which demons influence a person or become active in her life.

Unforgiveness, resentment, and bitterness can give an excuse for demonic activity to remain in a life. With a cleansed heart, and with confession and forgiveness, a person can be set free from even the most insidious intrusion.

Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.

Death is not an end but a doorway we walk through as automatically as we take our next breath.

Scripture should be accepted as truth by those who believe it is God-inspired. Here's

Norman Cousins said, "Death is not the enemy, living in constant fear of it is.

death is not the nightmare we've been led to fear. Maybe it's no more than an effortless step out of this world into the next—nearer to God's heavenly kingdom.

Hell is not just a place of torment; additionally it's a place of separation from God.

Those who have "died" and returned usually report being met and guided by people they know very well—even those already dead many years.

Universalism is based primarily on optimism and an over-simplistic view of God. The

Can you do anything to bring about a miracle? The answer: God is God, we're not. But for reasons unknown, just as God willingly relates with us, so also he partners with us. He makes miracles happen; through our prayers we can see them happen.

Hell wasn't made for people; God doesn't want anyone to go there. But he is utter goodness—absolute holiness—and evil cannot be in his presence. Without

In the end he [God] will allow us to become what we have chosen.

Love and light are the essential fruits of a Christlike life.

The more you immerse yourself in the story of God's light in this life, the more likely you are to see it again on the other side.

hell ultimately is separation from God—not only separation from all that is good but also integration with all that is evil. Hence

Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people."28

God—the all-knowing, all-powerful, everywhere-present One—wants closeness with you and me!

A healthy skepticism is good, even God-given. However, a need to cynically dismiss anything we cannot personally verify is arrogance. God

Disbelieve hell, and you unscrew, unsettle, and unpin everything in Scripture.

In language that 's hard for us to hear, Jesus says those a lienated from God will go " into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels .