Talk:Frank E. Peretti

Symbolism in The Oath

This section is poorly written and if very likely confusing to those who have not read The Oath. I do not see the need for this section. I think it should be removed.--roger6106 20:12, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

I agree, it is totally out of place on the Peretti page. It belongs on The Oath page. Plus it contains spoilers for The Oath without a spoiler warning. I could delete it, but I'll be gentle and just move it to The Oath page. Rocksong 00:33, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

I re-wrote it and think that it's much clearer now. Waluigi Freak 99 14:25, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Misc.

If he was born in Canada but raised in the United States, why is he an "American author" rather than a "Canadian author"? Wordbuilder 19:31, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Fixed this one. Wordbuilder 17:32, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Does anyone know any CONTACT information for Peretti?

Boy, that's doubtlessly like asking for Tim LaHaye's address. Frank probably gets tons of mail, so he wouldn't have time to personally answer all the letters and stuff that he gets. You can try his website, though.

Post in the appropriate forum in the Meeting Room at his website. He often answers questions. Wordbuilder 19:28, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Films

Ahem, I'd just like to point out that the film based on The Visitation is already out. Scorpionman 15:49, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

So, ahem, if you care so much why not try updating the page with this information.

Stop squabbling, I did change it, no thanks to either of you.

blog with info!

On his website Mr. Peretti has posted a blog answering many questions. I took his DOB off of the top of the article and added it to wikipedia but there is probably lots more info in there that could go in the article. the page is here http://frankperetti.com/gallery-119

Seems it's been moved here: http://frankperetti.com/1482.htm --Ktdreyer 15:51, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Images

Knowledge Seeker is following me around, deleting every image I upload. This is wrong. Scorpionman 17:29, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Theological Criticism

Frankly I don't care if you know what I'm talking about or not, but the section on theological criticism might benefit from an addition, I just thought I'd ask someone's opinion before making the change myself. So in this section it says "[Peretti's]concept of territorial spirits reigning over cities is paralleled in non-fiction works in theology and missions by Pentecostal writers such as C. Peter Wagner, Larry Lea, Ed Silvoso and Ed Murphy." But if you are any form of Bible believing Christian, as Peretti is, you should know that in the book of Daniel chapter 10, Daniel has an encounter with an angel. After a detailed description, the angel tells Daniel that he was sent by God to answer Daniel's prayers from the moment Daniel had prayed, but he was delayed by the Prince of Persia, and Michael the Archangel came to help him fight against the Prince. Towards the end of the encounter, the angel tells Daniel that he must return to fight with the Prince of Persia, and that the Prince of Grecia would soon come. So I guess my point is that this concept of demons reigning over specific cities or areas is not something that the Pentecostals just made up on their own accord, it's taken from one of the most detailed descriptions of spiritual warfare ever recorded in the Bible. I'm not a Pentecostal, but I thought this would be an important thing to point out in the article. ManofRenown87 22:19, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

I've added a link to the Territorial Spirits article, which is the right place for the reader to investigate the issue. Rocksong 11:22, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. ManofRenown87 09:04, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Uh...How is This Present Darkness depiction of demons unbiblical? Because it doesn't present them as goat-men who walk around with black robes and pitchforks and poke people with them? The unbiblical stuff is the stuff associating them with goats. Ratso 03:41, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Do you have a problem with the article? I think it documents the criticisms, without passing judgement either way, which is what an encyclopedia article should do. Rocksong 12:52, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

To Ratso, believe me when I say I know where you're coming from, but I agree with Rocksong in that the article's documentation of criticism is impartial and mostly unbiased. But to answer your question, Peretti's books are not anti-Biblical that's for sure, but at the same time, not everything Peretti has written in either Darkness book has a Biblical basis. You see the Bible's descriptions of spiritual warfare, demons and angels, and their methods and activities are very few. I don't know why and I may never know why, but for some reason God didn't think it was important to let us know too much about angels and demons. What we DO know is a basic, sort of skeletal concept of what's going on beyond our physical sight, such as guardian angels, tempting demons and the like. So it's because of the Bible's relative silence on the subject that anyone who writes a book centered around spiritual warfare (while having that skeletal concept to work with) is forced to base much of their book on theory. So it's not that Peretti's concept of demons in un-Biblical, it's just that not everything he's written has a clear and solid foundation in scripture, because MOST of it has to be based on theory. ManofRenown87 00:35, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

True, very true. But Wikipedia seems to favor the "goat-men" view in its article on demons. I don't know why, but they've selected various scripture passages that do not at all favor this view. They're simply describing wild animals, and Wikipedia seems to think they're describing demons! That's a flat-out misinterpretation. Scorpionman 03:05, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Next project

What's Frank's next book going to be? I can't seem to find a lick of information on that anywhere. Scorpionman 03:06, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Merger proposed (Trapped at the Bottom of the Sea)

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.

The result was: Merge, by silent consensus. --B. Wolterding (talk) 12:54, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

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User:Stormbay has proposed to merge the content of Trapped at the Bottom of the Sea into here. Please add your comments below. --B. Wolterding 11:36, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

• Merge. It seems that the book does not pass the inclusion criteria in WP:BK; but merging the content here (maybe in abbreviated form) would be a good option. --B. Wolterding 11:36, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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