What's the Matter With Harry Potter?
WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH HARRY POTTER? Mary Ann Wray As a former elementary school teacher, I understand the importance of reading to increase vocabulary, improve critical thinking and develop mores in young minds. What has greatly concerned me now that I am a grandmother of several small children, and a minister of the gospel, is The Harry Potter series, written by J.K. Rowling. Some may accuse me of being a hard-nosed dogmatic and rigid Bible thumper, but I will risk ridicule in order to speak the truth in light of what Scripture has to say about witchcraft and sorcery-Old and New Testament combined. Some argue that witchcraft and sorcery was forbidden in the Old Testament but not in the New Testament. This really is an absurd notion that reflects Biblical illiteracy on top of spiritual naivete’. The devil hasn’t changed one iota from the moment of his fall and being cast out of Heaven. We Christians need to be vigilant and open our eyes to the fact that God’s Word never chan...
