title: The Serpent and the Savior: A True Story of Occult-Level Spiritual Warfare
author: David El-Cana Bryan
description: Dave &amp; Cheryl (Allen) Bryan have been the Ministry Team Leaders of The Church of Glad Tidings in Yuba City, California since 1987, and the Ministry Team Leaders of The Embassy of Heaven (Yuba City) since its inception in 2009. The Church of Glad Tidings is an inter-denominational local church that has become a model to many in promoting foreign missionary endeavors world-wide, and in meeting urgent needs in their community. For decades, theyand their team have inspired many by pioneering innovative strategies and out of the (religious) box ministries; such as Babies Out of Bondage, Graffiti Busters, and their Creative Light Theatre. Their willingness to share their 40-acre campus in Yuba City freely with other area Christian leaders at The Embassy of Heaven has also become a model of good works to many, and stands as a startling contrast to the ugly division and competition that is such a blight on the reputation of Denominational America in the 21st century. In addition to traveling extensively in general apostolic work in the US and abroad, Dave is a regular adjunct instructor at The University of the Nations in Kona, Hawaii, as well as at YWAM bases through-out the world. Cheryl, likewise, is a favorite speaker at home in Yuba City, and in conferences and seminars abroad. Many recognize her as following in the footsteps of her Grandfather - A. A. Allen - in carrying the fire of the Holy Spirit as a revivalist in the Body of Christ! A dramatic conflict with the highest level leaders in The Church of Satan in 1997 thrust Dave and Cheryl into the forefront as well-respected trainers in both harassment / oppression level and occult level deliverance. Their Isaiah 61 Deliverance Conference has impacted thousands, and has opened doors for them to travel world-wide teaching on the subjects of spiritual warfare, deliverance, and the healing and full restoration of the human body and soul.
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  # SOME FAMOUS EXPOSURES
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### David P. Abbott
  
  
  This page copyright © 2001 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Probably the greatest swindle ever perpetrated in the name of
  
  
  spiritualism was recently brought to light in Stockton, California.
  
  
  The medium and his confederates materialized everything from frogs
  
  
  and small fish to a huge bowlder of gold quartz weighing several
  
  
  hundred pounds. This latter had to be brought from the mountains
  
  
  with a mule team.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The materializing was done through sliding panels in the walls,
  
  
  while the believers sat holding hands about the opposite side of a
  
  
  table, and loudly singing sacred hymns. They had the only door to
  
  
  the room locked and sealed, and never dreamed that the spirits who
  
  
  brought the quartz from the mine were mules.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Thousands of dollars were invested in this "spirit mine," the
  
  
  believers stacking their money on the quartz as it lay on the tab