Christ and the Powers

Christ and the Powers
Author: Hendrik Berkhof
Publisher: Herald Press
Total Pages: 72
Release: 1977-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

"We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers...against spiritual wickedness in high places." —Ephesians 6:12 This small but important book by Hendrik Berkhof ushered in a wave of studies on "the powers" spoken of in the New Testament, profoundly influencing William Stringfellow, Jacques Ellul, Marva Dawn, Walter Wink, and many others. John Howard Yoder brought it to an English-speaking audience for the first time in this translation, and drew from it in his own famous work, The Politics of Jesus.

Playing God

Playing God
Author: Andy Crouch
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2013-09-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830837655

With Playing God, Andy Crouch opens the subject of power, elucidating its subtle activity in our relationships and institutions. He gives us much more than a warning against abuse, though. Turning the notion of "playing God" on its head, Crouch celebrates power as the gift by which we join in God's creative, redeeming work in the world.

Two Powers in Heaven

Two Powers in Heaven
Author: Segal
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 337
Release: 1977-12
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9004667482

In this study of the rabbinic heretics who believed in Two Powers in Heaven, Alan Segal explores some relationships between rabbinic Judaism, Merkabah mysticism, and early Christianity. Two Powers in Heaven was a very early category of heresy. It was one of the basic categories by which the rabbis perceived the new phenomenon of Christianity and one of the central issues over which Judaism and Christianity separated. Segal reconstructs the development of the heresy through prudent dating of the stages of the rabbinic traditions. The basic heresy involved interpreting scripture to say that a principal angelic or hypostatic manifestation in heaven was equivalent to God. The earliest heretics believed in two complementary powers in heaven, while later heretics believed in two opposing powers in heaven. Segal stresses the importance of perceiving the relevance of rabbinic material for solving traditional problems of New Testament and gnostic scholarship, and at the same time maintains the necessity of reading those literatures for dating rabbinic material. Please note that Two Powers in Heaven was previously published by Brill in hardback, ISBN 90 04 05453 7 (no longer available).

Naming the Powers

Naming the Powers
Author: Walter Wink
Publisher: Fortress Press
Total Pages: 204
Release:
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781451419979

'The pages of this book represent the quest of a man intent on discerning the nature of structural evil in light of the biblical evidence. His experience of living for a time in Latin American and witnessing extensive social and political oppression appears to have moved him profoundly. The end result is a book that is a model of the attempt to integrate scholarship with faith.'--Clinton E. Arnold, Catalyst

Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ (Revised Edition)

Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ (Revised Edition)
Author: John Piper
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2004-10-27
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433517310

Who is Jesus Christ? You've never met him in person, and you don't know anyone who has. But there is a way to know who he is. How? Jesus Christ-the divine Person revealed in the Bible-has a unique excellence and a spiritual beauty that speaks directly to our souls and says, "Yes, this is truth." It's like seeing the sun and knowing that it is light, or tasting honey and knowing that it is sweet. The depth and complexity of Jesus shatter our simple mental frameworks. He baffled proud scribes with his wisdom but was understood and loved by children. He calmed a raging storm with a word but would not get himself down from the cross. Look at the Jesus of the Bible. Keep your eyes open, and fill them with the portrait of Jesus in God's Word. Jesus said, "If anyone's will is to do God's will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority." Ask God for the grace to do his will, and you will see the truth of his Son. John Piper has written this book in the hope that all will see Jesus for who he really is and will come to enjoy him above all else.

Above All Earthly Pow'rs

Above All Earthly Pow'rs
Author: David F. Wells
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2006-08
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0802824552

In this prophetic call to the evangelical church, Wells stresses that Christians need to confess Christ as the center in a society lacking a center, as the sovereign in a world seemingly ruled by chance, and as the one who can give meaning in a nihilistic culture.

Christ the Meaning of History

Christ the Meaning of History
Author: Hendrikus Berkhof
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2004-04-02
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1592446388

The core of the Bible, Berkhof argues, is the belief that the Kingdom of God is coming with power. This is the belief that the cross and resurrection are an analogy of the Christ-Event which is being realized throughout the world. Berkhof addresses non-theologians as well as fellow scholars. He is sure that the message of the Church is able to liberate and humanize.

Culture Making

Culture Making
Author: Andy Crouch
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2023-09-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1514005778

The only way to change culture is to create culture. Andy Crouch says we must reclaim the cultural mandate to be the creative cultivators God designed us to be. In this expanded edition of his award-winning book he unpacks how culture works and gives us tools to partner with God's own making and transforming of culture.