Oh, my job keeps getting easier
As time keeps slippin’ away
I can imitate the brightest light
And make the night look just like day
I put some truth in every lie
To tickle itchin’ ears
You know, I’m drawing people just like flies
‘Cause they like what they hear
I’m gaining power by the hour
They’re falling by the score
You know it’s getting very simple now
Since no one believes in me anymore

Oh, heaven’s just a state of mind
My books read on your shelf
Oh, have you heard that God is dead?
I made that one up myself
They’re dabbling with magic spells
They get their fortunes read
You know, they heard the truth but turned away
And then followed me instead
I used to have to sneak around
But now they just open their doors
You know, no one is watching for my trick
Since no one believes in me anymore

Everyone likes a winner
With my help, you’re guaranteed to win
Hey man, you ain’t no sinner
No, you’ve got the truth within
And as your life slips by you’ll believe the lie
That you did it on your own, but don’t worry
I’ll be there to help you share
A dark eternal home
A dark eternal

Oh, my job keeps getting easier
As day slips into day
The magazines, the newspapers print every word I say
This world is just my spinning top
It’s all like child’s play
You know, I dream that it would never stop
But I know it’s not that way
Still my work goes on and on
Always stronger than before
I’m gonna make it dark before the dawn
Since no one believes in me anymore

Well, I used to have to sneak around
But now they just open their doors
You know, no one is watching for my tricks
Since no one believes in me anymore
Well, I’m gaining power by they hour
They’re falling by the score
You know, it’s getting very easy now
Since no one believes in me anymore
No one believes in me anymore
No one believes in me anymore

–Keith Green, “No One Believes In Me Anymore (Satan’s Boast)”–

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Pharaoh called in his own wise men and sorcerers,
and these Egyptian magicians did the same thing with their magic.
–Exodus 7:11 (NLT)–

The Wicked One will come with the power of Satan and perform all kinds of false miracles and wonders, and use every kind of wicked deceit on those who will perish. They will perish because they did not welcome and love the truth so as to be saved.
–2 Thessalonians 2:9-10 (GNT)–

The rest of the human race, all those who had not been killed by these plagues, did not turn away from what they themselves had made. They did not stop worshiping demons, nor the idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see, hear, or walk. Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic, their sexual immorality, or their stealing.
–Revelation 9:20-21 (GNT)–

The cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.
–Revelation 21:8 (NIV)–

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Becky Fischer, The Truth About Magic and Witchcraft (KIMI, 2024).

Melissa Harrington, A Study of Conversion Processes In Wicca (King’s College, 2005), p. 129. There was a strong trend toward an early interest in operative magic. People reported using it instinctively or making up their own spells before they ever knew witches existed outside story books, and being delighted to find that not only was magic ‘real’ but there were groups of people out there who could teach them all about it. Many had been performing ‘funny little rituals’ of their own as far back as childhood. There were cases of finding bits of old furniture in attics and using it for rituals, keeping discarded family objects that would turn out to be excellent bits of Wiccan regalia, and hesitantly trying out bits of spells from books or film and TV.

AG, “Christian Illusionists Take On the World’s Greatest Deceiver.” In what may seem like an incredible coincidence, David’s father, Duane, himself an amazing illusionist, is also an author who writes about using illusions effectively in ministry. In the 1990s, he began a magazine devoted to that endeavor, and the first people he highlighted in his magazine were David and Mary Boyd. David is now the Assemblies of God national director of Children’s Ministries.