false 907488 0890813221 9780890813225 25 10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179354003m/907488.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/907488.The_Beautiful_Side_of_Evil 100317 Johanna Michaelsen 32 11 3 0 false Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 22:52:48 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 22:53:50 -0700 2009
To be honest I got this book as a birthday gift last year. I really didn’t care about the book didn’t even really interest me. I remember all these type of books back in the day and how most of them seem way over done sensationalized and even some just pure crap. So I didn’t have high hopes for this book at all. I don’t know if all of what she has written in this book is the truth. I did do a Google search on her and this book. I didn’t find any “She is a liar/scam artist” out there like I did for Mike Warnke and Lauren Stratford.

So I read the book. Some of it is just wild especially reading about how Catholic Priests came to Pachita for healing and guidance – you would really think they would be the last ones. Johanna walks you through her life and how she got there to become Pachita’s assistant. And, then how she came to faith in Jesus Christ.

In the second half of the book she tries to explain a biblical model for testing the spirits and how to do it. She states she is Charismatic and believes in all the gifts of the spirit. She does go off on some weird tangents – such as – E.T. (the movie) with other things were/are a part of Satan’s pre-evangelistic campaign to reach children. (You now seen the 1980’s Satan is everywhere – Why not Rock movement influence) She does take on her Charismatic brethren on a lot of different issues and for the most part is very biblical in her teaching on discernment and that is needed more often in the Church. (In the 80’s as much as it is today.)

Over all I would recommend this book think and pray as you read. It is a better book then I thought it would be, and the last four chapters are pretty good primer on the Biblical basis of Christian Discernment.
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