The X-Manual: Exousia--A Comprehensive Handbook on Deliverance and Exorcism - Paperback

by Peter J. Bellini (Author), Stephen a. Seamands (Foreword by)

The title of the book, The X-Manual, is taken from the word exousia, from the subtitle. It is the Greek word for authority. The word is used throughout the New Testament. For our purposes, it is used to express the divine authority or right to cast out demons--"I have given you authority [exousia] to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you" (Luke 10:19 NIV). Jesus gives believers authority to cast out demons. This book is about spiritual authority over evil. The X-Manual is a practical "how to" handbook for clergy and laity on deliverance and exorcism. One reason I wrote the book is because so few understand and/or operate effectively in deliverance ministry. Nowhere is the church more inadequate or excessive than in deliverance ministry. The X-Manual contains specific time-tested biblical instructions on selecting and training a deliverance team, pre-deliverance work, the deliverance session, post-deliverance work, and other useful tools like the C1-13 instrument that helps determine if one needs deliverance. Deliverance is essential to the church's New Testament healing and evangelism ministry. It is time for the church to walk in the authority and power that Christ gave us to set the captives free!

Author Biography

Peter J. Bellini is professor of church renewal and evangelization in the Heisel Chair at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. Dr. Bellini is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church. He has served in ministry in a variety of capacities for over thirty-five years in countries throughout Latin America, Africa, East and Southeast Asia, Europe, and North America. Bellini is also a revivalist, specializing in teaching and preaching on the Holy Spirit, deliverance, healing, and prophetic intercession and spiritual warfare.