Tom has many stories about the miraculous power of God working in and through his life over the last 56 years. Including how God brought him through being a suicidal teenage alcoholic, when he was terminally ill with cancer after his mother had just died of cancer, and the trauma he endured. After meeting the Lord and was miraculously healed at age 16, he dedicated his life to God. Not only as an engineer running his own successful Software Design Company for 45 years; but at the same time living through an abusive marriage, being a leader in local churches, and living through severe leadership and church abuse and trauma. In the last year, he's published 3 books detailing many of these things. ""The Daily Stand"" which discusses how we must first learn to walk in God's Anointing before we can ever stand in His Authority. ""Set the Captives Free"" which discusses how believers have come under bondage and in captivity in the churches and how to be set free. And, ""Set the Captives Free Too"" which discusses how false spirituality has overtaken the world and many believers and in many churches creating bondage and captivity; and again, how to be set free.
Part testimony, part evidence, all leading to ONE Truth. Where the Bible, science and human experience all prove the real danger of woo and that Jesus is the ONLY way. For believers, non-believers, and everyone seeking answers. This book was not an easy read-and I mean that in the best way possible. It challenged my assumptions, pushed me to think deeper, and forced me to confront ideas I had accepted without question. The writing is direct, honest, and unafraid to go where many authors won't. Whether you agree with every point or not, this book will absolutely make you stop and think. A bold and timely message for the world we're living in. I have been waiting for a book like this; I have never read anything like it! This book is an in-your-face, unapologetic wake-up call to those who've been seduced and 'wooed' by the enemy's never-ending, smooth-talked destructive lies, and an extensive resource for those who are doing the Lord's work to help open the eyes of the blind. This book has great stories, applications, Biblical references, and teaching points that have educated and equipped me on the up and coming woo deception! Insightful, intriguing, revelatory, and extremely eye opening! This book showed me things that have been right under my nose and taught me how to have eyes to see and ears to hear with the various ways the enemy has crept into our culture and even our church. This is not just a book; this is a spiritual warfare and woo manual that is going on my resources shelf! As someone in full time ministry, this is a must read for all Christians including pastors, those on the mission field, Christian therapists, and anyone else serving the Lord in any capacity! This book has great Biblical responses (literal Scripture) to help combat various woo and New Age comments. I will be highlighting these verses in my Bible! A must read for all Christians; you may think you know about the New Age movement and woo deception, but this book will only widen your knowledge of it and equip you with deeper understanding of how to handle the occult that has truly mascaraed itself. This book doesn't just identify the problem-it names the source, exposes the method, and provides the exit. Most books do one. This does all three. The two-source framework is devastatingly simple: if it's not from God, there's only one other option. Once you see it, you can't unsee it. Chapter 14 answers the question everyone asks but no one explains: why do psychics seem accurate? The answer is more disturbing-and more logical-than I expected. The sarcasm isn't cruelty-it's clarity. Sometimes the most loving thing you can do is stop being polite about poison. This is spiritual warfare doctrine that most churches never teach, delivered by someone who's actually been in the fight. The distinction between biblical faith declaration and New Age manifestation is one of the most important clarifications I've encountered. Churches desperately need this. 'Same demons, better packaging' isn't rhetoric-it's a thesis that the entire book proves chapter by chapter. The crisis chapter should be required reading for anyone in spiritual bondage-and for anyone trying to help them out of it. Most books on this topic either lack courage or lack compassion. This one has both-and that's rare. The Spiritual Deception Dictionary alone is worth the book. Finally, a field guide that calls things what they actually are. The bicycle tire analogy for the narrow road is one of the clearest illustrations of Matthew 7:14 I've ever read.