Item: letter included with response package from Warnke Ministries
by C. F. Merrill [or David Balsiger? See note below]
July 1992
NOTE: Identity of author is dubious. The letter appears to be signed "C. F. Merrill", but when Cornerstone magazine called Bridge on 14 Oct. 1992 to confirm the spelling of the author's name, they refused to give any spelling and said the actual author of the letter was David Balsiger, who wrote the entire text and who should be listed as the letter's author instead of the signer.
Typescript is reproduced exactly, including bracketed material at end.

          BRIDGE PUBLISHING, INC.

          2500 Hamilton Blvd., South Plainfield, NJ  07080

          (980) 754-0745   FAX (908) 754-0613

          " .... handling accurately the word of truth"

          2 TIM. 2:15 (NASB) [followed by LOGOS's old logo]





July 1992





Dear friends,



Bridge Publishing, formerly known as Logos International, published

The Satan Seller by Mike Warnke in 1972.  The book enjoyed immediate

success and has been responsible for thousands (probably tens of

thousands) of readers finding Christ or being delivered from occult activity

per letters received at Bridge-Logos and at the Warnke Ministries head-

quarters.



The book is entering its 20th year inprint and has continued to be a

useful ministry tool for those involved in occult activities and for law

enforcement agencies who use it in occult related crime training seminars.



Regarding the accuracy of The Satan Seller, co-author David W. Balsiger

says several pieces of factual information were purposefully changed to

protect the privacy of many people and to prevent readers from using the

book as a guide for occultic and satanic practices.



Factual accounts in Warnke's life, generally altered, partially or com-

pletely changed, included locations, people's names, dates, several events,

and occultic information which would have given readers accurate infor-

mation and dates for conducting their own rituals.



Co-author Balsiger, who is also a professional consultant (over 2000

case hours) on occult related criminal cases believes the Warnke account

as told in The Satan Seller to be fundamentally accurate and true except

where changes were intentionally made as outlined above.



The book has been a blessing to hundreds of thousands of people during the

past 20 years and will continue to minister to people in the future.



Concerning Mike Warnke's personal marital problems, we regret that

such problems have occurred.  We also recognize that these problems

often occur even in Christian marriages which lack balance between the

call of ministry and the marital relationship.  We understand some of these

marital problems are addressed in his new book Recovering From Divorce

(by Mike Warnke and Rose Hall Warnke) [Victory House].



It's our personal belief as the publisher of The Satan Seller, we need to

hold Mike Warnke and all other Christian authors up in prayer.  We need

to pray that they can fulfill both their ministry and marriage requirements

with a sense of balance that is honoring to the Lord.





With God's blessings,



[signed, C. F. Merrill]

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"Item: letter included with response package from Warnke Ministries"
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This file was previously released as BRIDGE.TXT in the WARNKE2.ZIP archive on the JPUSA BBS in October 1992. Heading and footing information revised, graphics characters changed to "_" and/or "*".

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