我們渴望得到容易的答案，是要付上代價的，就是流於「輕忽」。輕忽，就是我們輕易地接受對問題的解釋，而忽略了生命的難題，為的是要從疑惑中得到釋放。我認為這其實是現代教會的咒詛。

「輕忽」的態度所以能夠獲得大家的接受，是因為它讓人以為基督徒的困難主要是撒旦的破壞。撒旦的活動不錯可以是困難的來源（特別是那些玩弄巫術的人），但並不是主要原因。新約聖經教導我們屬靈爭戰的重要性，但對於我們肉體本性對問題的產生和發展的影響，新約同樣有很多的教導。

在我事奉的初期，每當有人帶著問題來找我的時候，我往往會譴責撒旦，而那些禱告也常常能夠給他們帶來很大的釋放。然而我所犯的錯誤，是沒有與求助者坐下來認真處理在生命的表層以下、那些給撒但留下立足點的問題。我完全忽視了問題的癥結，以為撒旦是問題唯一的關鍵。明顯的，要坐下來對撒旦「行使權力」，比思考問題的困難，以及從聖經的角度來尋找解決方案更加容易（而且沒那麼困惑）。但如果我們要彼此幫助，認真的邁向成熟，後者的作法卻是必須的。

There is a price to pay for our desire to grab at easy answers and that price is "trivialisation". Trivialisation is the acceptance of explanations that ignore the difficult questions of life in order to experience relief from confusion. I have no hesitation in saying that this is a curse of the modern Church.

One way trivialisation reveals itself is in the acceptance, by so many, of the view that the major cause of Christians' problems is demonic activity. Demonic activity can be a cause of problems (especially in those who have dabbled in the occult) but it is not the chief cause. The New Testament teaches us the importance of spiritual warfare, but it has much more to say about the influence of our carnal nature on the rise and development of problems.

In the early days of my ministry, when people came to me with problems I would frequently engage in the practice of rebuking the devil, and those prayers often brought great relief. But the mistake I made was not to sit down with the people who came to me and deal with the beneath-the-surface problems which had given Satan a foothold in their lives. By making it appear that Satan was the only problem I trivialised the issue. It's a lot easier (and less confusing) to sit down with a person and "take authority" over Satan than it is to think through together the tough and perplexing issues that lie beneath the surface, and then work towards giving some Biblical perspectives. But that is demanded of us if we are to help each other towards maturity.