Postage will be charged at check out. If you wish to have FREE CLICK AND COLLECT please place the order with postage, put a note in the note box you wish to Click and Collect and we will not post your order. We will refund your postage payment when you collect your order.
Cart 0
Against the Darkness: The Doctrine of Angels. Satan, and Demons HB

Against the Darkness: The Doctrine of Angels. Satan, and Demons HB


£22.99 £29.99
Product Details
Publisher Crossway
Year
ISBN 9781433533150

Against the Darkness: The Doctrine of Angels, Satan, and Demons

 

By Graham A. Cole, Series edited by John S. Feinberg

Many Christians live as though they are effectively alone. However, there is another realm of intelligent life that plays a role in the world—angelic beings. This book explores the doctrine of angels and demons, answering key questions about their nature and the implications for Christians’ beliefs and behavior, helping readers see their place in the larger biblical plotline that includes supernatural beings. An understanding of the reality of angels and demons encourages believers to be vigilant in the light of spiritual warfare and to be confident in Christ’s victory on the cross.


Author:

Graham A. Cole (ThD, Australian College of Theology) is the dean and professor of biblical and systematic theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. An ordained Anglican minister, he has served in two parishes and was formerly the principal of Ridley College. Graham lives in Libertyville, Illinois, with his wife, Jules. He is a member at Church of the Redeemer in Highwood, Illinois.


Endorsements

“The structure of this book contributes to its appeal. The nine chapters cover the theological meat of the theme, the five excursuses address such sidebars as the meaning of Genesis 6:1–4 and how to test the spirits, and the three appendices survey adjacent but highly relevant themes (how these themes are treated in Islam on the one hand, and in various Christian creeds on the other). The book is comprehensive and edifying—and more important than one might initially think, in a culture that wants to be touched by an angel.”
D. A. Carson, Emeritus Professor of New Testament, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; Cofounder, The Gospel Coalition

“In a modern secular age, it is all too easy for Christians to overlook the major source of conflict in the drama of redemption: the devilish powers of darkness that seek to seduce hearts away from the truth of the gospel with glittering images and empty promises. Graham Cole rightly reminds us that, while angels and demons are not at the heart of biblical revelation, to ignore them is to risk being blindsided. Against the Darkness is a model of how to judiciously read Scripture and formulate Christian doctrine on matters that are both peripheral and essential to the Bible’s main storyline. This is theology for the twenty-first-century church, and Cole helpfully draws out the pastoral implications of angelology and demonology—all the while never losing sight of the centrality of Jesus Christ and his lordship over the angelic and earthly realms.”
Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Research Professor of Systematic Theology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; author, The Drama of Doctrine; Hearers and Doers; Biblical Authority after Babel; and Faith Speaking Understanding

“We live in a culture that pretends the spiritual realm does not exist. Reducing that which is real to that which can be seen and touched, our culture catechizes its pupils in a worldview that dismisses angels and demons. It laughs at those who believe in the devil and his hell. So when we act disinterested in angels, Satan, and demons, we invite this secular outlook to control the biblical narrative. Although we profess faith in a God who has overcome the evil one, in reality our indifference reveals us to be practical atheists. Graham Cole exposes this blind spot, demonstrating that our theology of angels, Satan, and demons is not irrelevant but takes us to the center of the gospel itself. For if Christ has suffered for our sins and risen for our justification, then Satan no longer has power and victory over us. Read Against the Darkness and discover how God has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son.”
Matthew Barrett, Associate Professor of Christian Theology, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; Executive Editor, Credo Magazine; editor, Reformation Theology

 

Table of Contents

Series Introduction
Preface
Abbreviations

1. Introduction

2. Angels, Their Kinds, and Heavenly Activity
Excursus: The Nature of Spirit

3. Angels, Their Activity on Earth with Individuals and Nations
Excursus: Angelophany

4. Satan, the Malevolent Spoiler

5. Demons, the Devil’s Entourage
Excursus: Genesis 6:1-4 and the Methodological Question

6. Jesus, Christus Victor

7. Spiritual Warfare
Excursus: How to Test the Spirits

8. The Destiny of the Darkness and the Victory of the Light
Excursus: The Archangel Michael and the Man of Lawlessness

9. Conclusion

Appendix 1: The Creation Manifold 
Appendix 2: Angels, Iblis and Jinn in Islam
Appendix 3: Creeds, Articles of Faith, Catechisms, and Confessions
Further Reading
Glossary
Scripture Index
General Index


Share this Product


More from this collection