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Fire in our hearts - The Jesus Army

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12<strong>The</strong> World Strikes Back1976-77Trouble was brew<strong>in</strong>g as the enemy launched a counterattack.<strong>The</strong> devil is always keen to offer a substitute for what is lack<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong> the church. When Christians are worldly, his alternativeis the mysticism of the east. When they refuse the miraculous,he summons the occult. Likewise discipleship anddevotion to ‘the apostles’ teach<strong>in</strong>g’ (Acts 2:42) are replacedby the idolis<strong>in</strong>g of cult leaders.<strong>The</strong> cults proliferated and the devil made use of their mimicryof the truth to harm and shackle the witness of the radicalchurches. Hare Krishna, the Children of God and theMoonies captured the public imag<strong>in</strong>ation and engendered fearand suspicion. In some m<strong>in</strong>ds <strong>our</strong> church got mixed <strong>in</strong> withthis rag-bag of cults and those who couldn’t fault <strong>our</strong> doctr<strong>in</strong>ewere critical of <strong>our</strong> practice.153

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