Pages 18 and 342. Mr. Maloney has picked up the cry of "down with religion" so prevalent in the church today. I have never figured out how people have gotten around the passage in James that speaks of pure and holy religion vs. vain religion. Maloney speaks of religious leaven, using the word religion as though it were a bad thing. He speaks of "religious spirits" of which the Bible is silent, and how a religious spirit brings intimidation, mediocrity.

In charismatic thought, most evil things are "spirits" or demons. There is the demon of pride, the spirit of religion, and on and on. Let's just set the record straight on the basis of... the record: There is no such thing as a religious spirit. There are people who have external religion, people who have vain religion, and many people also who have pure and undefiled religion. Though demons can tempt in most any area, we give them no credit for possessing the qualities with which they are attributed.

Page 36, I will let you conclude what I must say about a "poverty spirit" here mentioned.

Page 36. Here is an example of strange interpretation, recorded mostly for attention-getting rather than edification. John 6:53 speaks of eating the flesh and drinking the blood of Jesus. According to Maloney, "eat" here means, to "Devour in a noisy crunching manner. Lick the plate clean. Drink His blood. by gulping, slurping, sloshing. " He says he actually heard this somewhere else and thought it was "neat." So much for serious theology on this page.

Page 36. With no documentation, a characteristic of the entire book, he states that the Bible location "Gilead" means a place of worship for God's people. In fact it means what the text says it means, a "heap of witness." Again, not a serious matter, but Maloney's view of the integrity of scripture keeps surfacing.

Page 53. Habakkuk 2:14. Maloney's interpretation of this famous prediction of the Millennium is, We are the glory of the Lord that covers the sea. We also are the ark of His presence, referring to the ark that carried the Commandments and is meant to stand for Christ. In charismatic thought, Kingdom now is a major component. Maloney will later admit that that is his philosophy. It is a method of interpretation that plays havoc with prophecy.

Page 55-56. Ministers need to have a transcendent experience of God (which usually happens early in their ministry). No text is given. But authoritatively he demands that a burning bush or a Damascus Road is the norm for all the saints, if they are to serve Christ properly.

page 60. Chebar means "river of captivity," says Dr. Maloney. No, it simply means "length", says Strong's Concordance. Why the change?

Page 62. False apostles (Rev 2:2) says the Doctor, are those without a transcendent experience. He will conveniently list a dozen or so experiences of his own, proving who he is. So let's have an experience, is his conclusion. Actually there have been many false prophets who have claimed transcendent experiences. Joseph Smith and Muhammad come to mind quickly. Angels of light, the title given them by the apostle Paul. The fact that a miracle happened to me is not enough. What about the fruit of my life, and the words that come from my mouth? Do they line up with what the true apostles have already said and lived?

Page 75. He practically complains that people say it is "nice" that God forgives sins, but what does he do for me now? Valid question, he says. His answer is that we need the miraculous now to show that this thing is real. Not "just" forgiveness. This comment shows that, at least in his experience, forgiveness was not being preached properly and received properly. Sin forgiven lifts the weight of years, and sometimes healings can follow just from being forgiven. The awful load of sin being taken off a man's shoulders forever, there is the true power of God being manifested. What healing can top it?

Page 76-77. James realizes that Jesus healed instantaneously, totally, and everyone. No more excuses, he says. It must be this way today too. YES. I agree. I was in one of Mr. Maloney's meetings. To my knowledge, no one was healed. Perhaps some healings came later, but to my knowledge nothing of a permanent nature took place that night. I grow sad inside thinking of the little guy in a chair who has come to meeting after meeting with his parents, seeking relief from what seems to be a painful and oh so difficult illness. Nothing instantaneous, total or in part, was done for him that night. Can God do it? Yes of course. Will He? Quite possibly, why not!? But did Dr. Maloney have a part in healing that boy, that most obvious case of need in that meeting? I believe not. I say it not to criticize or even find fault. I say it to offer Maloney's words to his actions, and with him the actions of an entire new school of faith healers with similar results.

Page 78. " Christian means little Christ", little anointed one, attempting to equate God's people with God. "Little gods", said another famous preacher.

No. Freudian does not mean "little Freud." Mexican does not mean "little Mexico". That suffix simply means:

1) belonging to or relating to; aperson belonging to or coming from: Mexican

2) typical of or resembling; a person typical of: , adhering to or following; Elizabethan

3) an adherent of: Christian

4) a person who specializes or is expert in. dietician

Page 79. Refreshingly honest often in the book, Dr. Maloney confesses, through a Dr. Macarthur (not John) that most "miracles" in our day have been in the realm of the functional or psychogenic diseases. In other words, invisible! Has anyone seen a miracle that was "organic", where creation took place before their eyes, or some other visible change occurred . Maloney says he has seen this often, and he writes of it in his book, but offers not one shred of evidence, in my opinion.