In this powerful episode of The Don’t Knock It Podcast, I sit down with 74-year-old Craig Goff to trace a testimony decades in the making — a story that moves from spiritual curiosity to spiritual bondage, and ultimately to dramatic deliverance.

Craig recounts his early life, constant relocations, professional ambition, and eventual exposure to meditation circles and paranormal practices in late-1970s California. What began as intellectual exploration — parapsychology classes, a spiritual “medium,” and Ouija board sessions — slowly opened the door to something far darker than curiosity.

Messages from a supposed deceased relative seemed convincing with confirmed personal and guidance, but as Craig and his wife prepared for the birth of their first child, the tone shifted. What once felt warm became oppressive and what once seemed affirming grew manipulative.

Then, one night in April 1979 — ten days before Easter — everything changed.

After mounting conviction through a bold Christian midwife, an unanswered phone call, and a growing sense of spiritual unrest, Craig and his wife fell to their knees and cried out to God for rescue. What followed was an overwhelming encounter that shattered deception and replaced fear with the peace that surpasses all understanding in Christ Jesus.

Craig describes it as chains falling and a weight lifting, as darkness gave way to God’s undeniable presence of Light and New Life.

This episode explores:

The danger of spiritual curiosity without biblical grounding
How deception can appear benevolent before it becomes destructive
The reality of spiritual warfare in ordinary life
The mercy of God in pursuing those who don’t yet know Him

If you’ve ever wondered whether spiritual experiences are neutral… whether all paths lead to the same place… or whether God still intervenes — this conversation will challenge you.

May it bless you as it blessed us!

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