Charles Gardner reviews ‘Doctrines of Demons from Angels of Light’, by R. T. Kendall (2026) 

Hats off as usual to R. T. Kendall for his timely new book.
 
I love his regular teaching sessions that get aired on TBN UK – hitting the bull’s eye with anointed aplomb; there’s no beating about the bush. Here, too, he drives home his points with the utmost clarity.

Dangerous end-times teachings 

This is not a light message, but it’s most appropriate for such a dark theme, disturbingly reflected by the cover showing a sheep turn into a wolf.
 
I have been greatly influenced by the former Westminster Chapel preacher over the years, especially his book Total Forgiveness, deemed a classic by many, and arguably his most important work to date, based as it is on the experience of the patriarch Joseph.
 
R. T.’s purpose here is to “expose six dangerous end-times teachings that threaten your soul” – open theism, hyper-grace, universalism, gifting over character, cessationism and the ‘feel-good’ gospel.
 
He doesn’t play them with a straight bat – he hits them for six (though I’m not sure R. T. (being American) would get the cricketing analogy!). And I commend all serious Christians to take note. 

Gifting over Character 

As a ‘Word and Spirit’ man, he takes a hefty swing at the idea that the gifts of the Spirit ceased after the apostolic era. Prosperity teaching also takes a hammering and, in the chapter Gifting over Character, he makes a good stab at explaining why so many leading preachers are found to have lived double lives while apparently retaining their special gifting.

“Before I became a Christian, I was a happy man."

His key example is King Saul, who retained his prophetic gifting despite forsaking the Lord. R. T. suggests that Romans 11:29, “For the gifts and calling of God are irrevocable,” provides the answer.

Feel-Good gospel

As for the ‘Feel-Good’ gospel, the author rightly emphasises the way of the cross for true followers of Christ, backed up by the testimony of a Jewish businessman from Los Angeles who came to Christ under his ministry in London.
 
They became good friends, but R. T. was startled one day, two years later, when Jay looked at him and said, “Before I became a Christian, I was a happy man.” R T records: “His wife would not convert. His son would not convert. He was alone in the business world. Christianity made him an unhappy man. But he is in Heaven today.” A sobering thought to ponder.

Elephant in the room

Despite all the positive aspects to this thoughtful book, there is a dragon-like elephant in the room, in my view. A missing false teaching from his list that is very prominent today and the cause of much antisemitism – our attitude and understanding of the Jewish people’s continuing role in God’s purposes.

Perhaps a clean second edition, with an extra chapter on Israel, would deal with both problems in a one-er!

He did, however, allude to this with reference to Saul, acknowledging that the context of the Scripture quoted above was St Paul’s stirring defence of God’s eternal plans for Israel.
 
But the idea that the Church has replaced Israel in God’s agenda is still so widespread and destructive – in the UK, if not in the USA – that it surely warrants more attention.

Word and Spirit

The other negative point I need to make is that there are far too many typos and literals in the text, giving the impression that it was written and published in a hurry – a disturbing reflection on the publishers, Destiny Image, not least given the high profile of the author. Perhaps a clean second edition, with an extra chapter on Israel, would deal with both problems in a one-er!
 
Meantime, we in the UK owe a great debt to Dr Kendall for his challenging and authoritative leadership, particularly in promoting the much-awaited ‘marriage’ of Word and Spirit.

Charles Gardner