Rating: 4 stars
Published: January 1, 1989
Pages: 448
Genre: Christian Fiction
This is my second book by the author. After reading the first book in this two book series, I decided to take a break before reading this one and I think it was a good decision.
The story is set in a small town called Bacon’s Corner where it seems like nothing interesting goes on when you look with your physical eyes, but a lot is actually happening in the spiritual realm. A woman named Sally Beth Roe has allegedly been murdered or as the police claim, committed suicide. Tom Harris, the head master of the Christian school has been accused of child abuse and his children have been taken away by the child protection services, and members of the community church are now divided on whether their children should remain at the school or not. All these occurrences are somehow connected to Amber, the 10-year-old girl who recently started attending the Christian school and began exhibiting some strange behaviors that seemed like she was being controlled by some unseen forces. Piercing the darkness gives a vivid picture of how satan and his cohorts operate in the world now through the educational system where it is easy to indoctrinate children into beliefs that are ungodly through curriculums that introduce them to ideas that are evil. It also shows how he has planted his seeds in government, the judiciary, the police, and other key institutions to control systems, laws and stop Christian values to be taught to children.
This was such an interesting and enlightening read. One of my major take-aways will be understanding how demonic spirits work and whisper lies into the minds of people making them despair, or suicidal. Again, this story has stressed the importance of prayer and knowing God’s word so that you can fight the enemy when he shows up either to lie, deceive or attack you as a Christian. Lastly, I also saw the patience God has with his children who have gone astray and the joy he gets when one sinner turns to him.
I highly recommend this book to every Christian believer as it opens your eyes and mind to what spiritual warfare is and how to put on the whole armour of God to fight the enemy when he strikes and recognize his wiles.
The Author:
With more than 12 million novels in print, Frank Peretti is nothing short of a publishing phenomenon and has been called “America’s hottest Christian novelist.”
Peretti is a natural storyteller who, as a youngster in Seattle, regularly gathered the neighborhood children for animated storytelling sessions. After graduating from high school, he began playing banjo with a local bluegrass group. He and his wife were married in 1972, and Peretti soon moved from touring with a pop band to launching a modest Christian music ministry. Peretti later spent time studying English, screen writing and film at UCLA and then assisted his father in pastoring a small Assembly of God church. In 1983, he gave up his pastoring position and began taking construction jobs to make ends meet. While working at a local ski factory, he began writing This Present Darkness, the book that would catapult him into the public eye. After numerous rejections from publishers and a slow start in sales, word-of-mouth enthusiasm finally lifted This Present Darkness onto a tidal wave of interest in spiritual warfare. The book appeared on Bookstore Journal’s bestseller list every month for more than eight years. Peretti’s two spiritual warfare novels, This Present Darkness (1998) and Piercing the Darkness (1989), captivated readers, together selling more than 3.5 million copies. The Oath was awarded the 1996 Gold Medallion Award for best fiction.
For kids, Peretti wrote The Cooper Kids Adventure Series (Crossways and Tommy Nelson), which remains a best-selling series for children with sales exceeding 1 million copies. In August 2000, Peretti released the hilarious children’s audiocassette series titled Wild and Wacky Totally True Bible Stories, reprising his role as Mr. Henry, the offbeat substitute Sunday School teacher found in two Visual Bible for Kids videos.
Peretti released his first-ever non-fiction book, The Wounded Spirit in 2000, which quickly became a best-seller. The book addresses the pain of “wounded spirits” and was written as a result of painful childhood experiences.
Frank Peretti and his wife, Barbara Jean, live in the Western U.S. In spite of sudden fame and notoriety, Frank still lives a simple, well-rounded life that includes carpentry, banjo making, sculpturing, bicycling and hiking. He is also an avid pilot.
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