Is It OK to Consult a Psychic?

Apostolic Life in the 21st Century

David K. Bernard

Theology, Oneness Pentecostal, Religion & Spirituality, Apostolic Pentecostal, United Pentecostal Church International, Upci, Christianity, David K. Bernard

5 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Popular psychics, tarot card readers, and astrologers have amassed large followings on social media and elsewhere. Does the Bible say anything about these activities? Is this dabbling in the occult or just harmless fun? Dr. David K. Bernard responds.Visit PentecostalPublishing.com to shop Dr. Bernard's full catalog of published works. Enter promo code DKB10 at checkout to save 10 percent on your order.If you enjoy this podcast, leave a five-star rating and a review on iTunes or your preferred...

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0:00.0	Welcome back to another episode of Apostolic Life in the 21st Century.
0:11.1	We are so glad that you have taken your time to join us today.
0:14.2	Today we're going to be talking about a topic that seems to be, at least from some points
0:19.2	of view, exploding in popularity, and that is the subject of psychics,
0:23.9	tarot card readers, and the like. With us today is Dr. David K. Bernard, as always, to give us a
0:29.8	biblical perspective on this issue. Dr. Bernard, we wanted to ask you, and maybe this is just
0:35.8	anecdotal, it seems like to me, even as I
0:38.1	drive through the community where I live, that we're seeing more and more of these tarot card
0:43.6	reading shops, psychic shops. We've noticed if you go online, tarot card readers, psychics,
0:50.1	they're becoming very popular on social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok.
0:56.9	So younger people are being exposed to this.
1:01.2	Does the Bible have anything to say about this subject?
1:03.8	Are tarot card readers, psychics, astrologers?
1:07.3	Are those the sort of things that Christians should be looking at?
1:08.6	Is this just harmless fun?
1:11.3	Or is there something deeper going on here?
1:15.5	We Christians absolutely should not be involved in anything like that.
1:20.1	Fortune telling, card reading, astrology, Ouija boards, all that kind of stuff.
1:21.7	And I'll give you two reasons.
1:25.8	First of all, I do believe there are real spiritual forces of evil.
1:29.5	So if we connect in these ways, we're denying faith in God, instead of praying to God, trusting to God, reading and studying and following the
1:35.7	word of God as the will of God, we're looking to other things besides God, which could only be
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