ists ▁like ▁Elli ot ▁Miller ▁( Christ ian ▁Research ▁Institute ), ▁and ▁Bob ▁and ▁G ret chen ▁Pass ant ino ▁in ▁various ▁articles ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁Christian ▁Research ▁Journal . ▁O thers , ▁such ▁as ▁Mike ▁H erten stein ▁and ▁Jon ▁Tro tt , ▁have ▁called ▁into ▁question ▁the ▁claims ▁of ▁alleg ed ▁ex - S atan ists ▁like ▁Mike ▁W arn ke ▁and ▁La uren ▁Str at ford ▁whose ▁stories ▁have ▁subsequently ▁influenced ▁many ▁popular ▁books ▁about ▁spiritual ▁war fare ▁and ▁the ▁occ ult . ▁Bill ▁Ell is ' s ▁work , ▁R ais ing ▁the ▁Dev il , ▁has ▁detected ▁the ▁presence ▁of ▁folk lor ic ▁stories ▁about ▁the ▁occ ult ▁and ▁dem ons ▁circul ating ▁in ▁evangel ical ▁and ▁char ism atic ▁circles , ▁which ▁later ▁become ▁accepted ▁as ▁un question ed ▁facts . ▁ ▁Cultural ▁influence ▁Popular ▁fict ional ▁port ray als ▁of ▁spiritual ▁war fare ▁are ▁found ▁in ▁nov els ▁by ▁Frank ▁E . ▁Per etti , ▁This ▁Pres ent ▁Dark ness ▁and ▁Pier cing ▁the ▁Dark ness , ▁and ▁D arr in ▁J ▁Mason , ▁O min ous . ▁There ▁are ▁also ▁many ▁articles , ▁books , ▁and ▁blog ▁topics ▁about ▁this ▁on ▁Pat he os . com . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁ ▁J ih ad , ▁the ▁Muslim ▁counter part ▁Ed ▁Kal n ins ▁Frank ▁Hamm ond ▁New ▁Testament ▁military ▁met aph ors ▁Territ orial ▁Spirit ▁Thomas ▁Mut he e ▁World ▁to ▁Come ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Foot notes ▁ ▁Re vised ▁Edition , ▁Ex or c