Originally published: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Chosen Books, c1995.

Includes index.

Introduction -- Necessary background : clearing away misconceptions -- How I got involved in casting out demons : a parable for the church -- The existence and kinds of evil spirits -- Do demons really exist? : the scriptural evidence -- What is the evidence of human experience? -- Should we call it possession? -- How do we know if an evil spirit is really present? -- The different kinds of evil spirits -- Curses and the power of false judgment -- Falling under a curse -- Curselike judgments and ties that bind -- Who can pray for deliverance? -- Getting ready -- How to prepare -- Selecting a team -- How the demonized person prepares for deliverance -- How to pray for deliverance -- How to pray for deliverance : the basic form -- Freeing a person from spirits of trauma -- Spirits of sin -- Spirits of the occult -- Satanic ritual abuse (SRA) -- Other kinds of spirits -- Deliverance through "blessed objects" -- Follow-up -- Setting places free -- Larger dimensions of deliverance -- Deliverance of places-- Final words -- Baptism in the Holy Spirit.