Hammond taught that ethical issues such as resentment and gossiping – together with issues such as compulsive eating, forgetfulness, sexual problems, and mental illness – may be caused by demons requiring deliverance ministry, and that such individuals may require such deliverance. [1] [2] [3] He and his wife Ida Mae have been called "perhaps the most influential practitioners of deliverance ministry." [2] Their 1973 book Pigs in the Parlor: A Practical Guide to Deliverance is one of the most influential on the topic, [2] [3] and has sold over a million copies. [1]

There are two different sets of circumstances that may confront a Christian with the need to deal with demons: So it’s about commanding Spirits to come out of people or yourself using Jesus authority. If sin has been involved then the person concerned also needs to repent of sins first and renounce any behaviour linked – before the deliverance is tried. (And of course committment to Jesus needs to be if necessary reiterated.) I know a guy who lived with Prince in Africa and recently wrote a book on demonology He is a Messianic Jew so his linguistic insights are incredible The writers of this book don’t express any doubt about the issue, the first sentence of chapter 1 starts : ” Demon Spirits can invade and indwell human bodies.” No debate, no argument – just in effect ‘They’re real and people get them… I would HIGHLY recommend all licensed and ordained ministers to read this book to help them in their ministry whether they are a evangelist, elder, pastor and so forth -- this is a fruitful book.What an absolute load of nonsense that was, I've read a few books on this subject and whilst I don't necessarily believe it I find it extremely interesting and love reading about it.

The only deliverance you will be shown in this book is the deliverance of your time, money and sanity. Hammond's books helped to transfer the ideas of deliverance ministry into the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, in particular the concept of demonic influence short of the demonic possession that requires exorcism by a priest. [4] Personal [ edit ] This book contains a wealth of practical information for the person interested in, planning to engage in, or actively engaged in the ministry of deliverance. With over 1 million copies in print worldwide, Pigs in the Parlor remains the authoritative book on the subject of demons and deliverance. Since it has already been shown that demon spirits are able to gain entrance to a fetus and to children.” Where? Where in the world is that a proven statement?? A practical point also made is that deliverance allows Christians to then be much freer to ‘move in the Spiritual gifts’ as referred to in 1 Corinthians 12. Part of the devils plan it seems is to make people A. suffer (and maybe die early) and B. be unable to work effectively with those Spiritual gifts or to feel the full joy of faith in Jesus if they’re Christians.

The doctrine that Christians are no longer subject to demonic activity can lead to one or the other of two unfortunate results. Either a believer may yield to demonic pressures with some comment like ‘ I can’t help myself; that’ just the way I am”. Or he may seek to suppress the pressures within, and in so doing expend much spiritual energy that could have been used for more positive purposes. The Hammonds also present a categorized list of 53 Demonic Groupings, including various behavior patterns and addictions. Thank you for this article. I got the book and it was very informative. Maybe not for everybody, but I learned a lot from this book. Reply I agree with the overall negative assessments, and even though it does have some elements of truth, I cannot recommend it to anyone. I read the book in 1973 and promptly went out to practice it, with devastating consequences. They say all mental illness is demonic. I tired to cast demons out of a schizophrenic woman. If she wasn’t paranoid before, she was by the time I tried to deliver her by the Hammonds counsel.