Torch, Summer 1990

The Cold War is over. The presidents of the superpowers of the world, United States President George Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, met in Washington D.C. and Camp David to discuss arms control, chemical weapons, conventional forces, trade, and a myriad of other topics designed to bring West and East to a state of peace. Hope abounds in the hearts of all peace-loving people. But is it really over? A recent Gallup Poll reveals that a significant number of Americans think the Cold Ward continues. They also believe that Gorbachev cannot be trusted. Few want to provide financial help for the Soviet ~n.is battle has been waged through all ages, but vietoryis assured. Union, and forty percent are hesitant about present arms agreements under discussion. Whatever the outcome in that current effort, the Christian remains engaged in another serious conflict. Donald Gray Barnhouse wrote a book on the topic and called it The Invisible War. Paul said to the Ephesians, "For we wrestle not · against flesh and blood but against prin– cipalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places" (Ephesians 6: l 2). The enemy is Satan. While his tactics change with time, his objective has never varied-to defeat our God. by Dr. Paul Dixon President He has declared all-out warfare, and we are involved because we are God's creation. We are made for His glory, and He provided redemption through the shed blood of His Son Jesus Christ to that end. Everything and everyone God is for, Satan is against. A current tool of the devil is the New Age Movement. As Texe Mars points out in his book, Dark Secrets of the New Age, the rituals and beliefs of the New Agers were often commonplace in Babylon. Everything from reincarnation to occult meditation was commonplace 3,000 years ago. The New Age Move– ment really is not new. Erwin Lutzer and John DeVries state