By Marsha West
Recently charismatic fortune teller and NAR “prophet” Shawn Bolz has been accused of faking prophecy and sexual harassment. Perhaps Bolz was influenced by self-proclaimed psychic medium John Edward who has been offering psychic readings for more than 3 decades. Over the years Edward has been interviewed by Oprah many times which is revealed in my piece. But what I found most disturbing is that he has also done readings for Terri Irwin, wife of deceased Croc Hunter Steve Irwin, and Steve’s father. I reported that “The grieving widow arranged a “private reading” with John Edward. Translation: He held a séance. On January 6, 2008, Steve allegedly “spoke” to Terri and his father, Bob Irwin, through Edward. “There’s no doubt that Steve was with us,” Mr. Irwin said. “It’s not black and white, it’s grey, but there was a definite, unmistakable Steve energy.”
Bible believing Christians should know better than to attempt necromancy (communication with the dead) as this practice is forbidden in Scripture. Anyone who participates in a séance is sinning against God. Why? The reason is clear. Doing this sort of thing opens the person up to demonic deception.
In a column I wrote several years ago, Witchcraft on the Home Shopping Network?, I warned my readers to steer clear of famed fortune teller John Edward to avoid getting sucked into the wicked world of the occult.
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