Lee Strobel Warns about the Devil’s Influence on Modern Media

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Author and pastor Lee Strobel is warning that demonic forces are corrupting society through Hollywood and mass media by normalizing evil. Lee, a former investigative journalist who wrote the bestselling book The Case for Christ, told former Fox News host Tucker Carlson during a two-hour interview regarding the satanic influence of mass media and entertainment by mainstreaming sin in society, The Christian Post reported. "If Satan were smart, which he is, would he go around the country and around the world trying to possess or bother average, everyday people?" asked Strobel.

He noted that a "much more efficient" strategy is to "go to Hollywood and to influence a bunch of people there who are very influential in, let's say, the entertainment industry."

"And let's say he encourages them to create films and television shows that are funny and that are creative and they're fun, but there's an underlying message to them, that there's a normalization of immoral activity."

Strobel warned that entertaining audiences, such as with humor, lets their guard down and makes them more vulnerable to suggestion. 

Strobel pointed to shows like "Friends" as examples of how entertainment can promote immoral behavior, as the show's characters frequently engaged in casual relationships and hookups.

He added that the tactic extends to other behaviors in addition to sexual immorality. 

"I think it's much more efficient for Satan to influence moviemakers and TV makers in Hollywood to create products that feed us stuff that, without us even realizing it, open us up to the occult, open us up to immoral activity."

 

During Lee's interview with Carlson, he spoke about his latest book, Seeing the Supernatural: Investigating Angels, Demons, Mystical Dreams, Near-Death Encounters, and Other Mysteries of the Unseen World.

"If demons do exist, we ought to be heads-up about it," said Strobel. "Because the two biggest mistakes we can make about the demonic realm: number one, is to deny that they exist; and number two, to see a demon behind every bush and think they're more powerful than they are."

"They're both problems, but I think the biggest problem in our culture is to deny that there is a demonic realm, pretend like there isn't," he said.

There’s a lot that science can’t explain, including most of what actually matters. Lee Strobel on the overwhelming evidence that the supernatural world is entirely real.

(0:00) Introduction
(3:02) Strobel’s Encounter With an Angel
(8:30) Do We Have a Guardian Angel?
(19:31) What… pic.twitter.com/0WsNeb1sBW

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Milton Quintanilla is a freelance writer and content creator. He is a contributing writer for CrosswalkHeadlines and the host of the For Your Soul Podcast, a podcast devoted to sound doctrine and biblical truth. He holds a Masters of Divinity from Alliance Theological Seminary.