this book has been coming for a while.

Like millions of others, I read The Road Less Trav-

eled without too many adverse reactions. It was in reading

The People of the Lie that I was first brought up short by M.

Scott Peck's advocacy of a deliverance team that would in-

clude representatives of various religions.

Case studies--not just my own--show exactly the oppo-

site. A still little-known apologetic to the uniqueness of Je-

sus Christ is that His name powerfully prevails over the

spirit forces of other religions.

Richard Abanes' research, as always, is exhaustive and

relentless, and if you are familiar with the Bible, his prose,

early on, will have the alarm bells ringing.

In the second section, Dr. Wayne House, a respected

evangelical theologian, has brought the light of the Scrip-

tures to bear on Peck's ideas. The result is a memorable

and powerful expos6.

As an occasional reader of M. Scott Peck, M.D., and un:

til now one not too distressed by his ideas, I have been

shocked by this material--shocked to find where Peck's er-

rancy and inclusivism lead him and how far he departs

from Christian orthodoxy. These capable authors stand