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Powers of Darkness: Principalities & Powers in Paul’s Letters is unavailable, but you can change that!

Satan worship. Witches. New Age channelers. The last two decades have witnessed a vast upsurge in occult activity. Scores of popular books have warned Christians of the dangers and urged them to do battle against these spiritual forces. Few books, however, have developed a careful biblical theology on demons, principalities and powers. Clinton Arnold seeks to fill this gap, providing an...

part of Jesus’ earthly ministry. Jesus gives a parabolic explanation of the meaning of his exorcisms in all three synoptic Gospels (Mk 3:20–30; Mt 12:22–30; Lk 11:14–23). His statement came in response to an incisive accusation from Jewish authorities from Jerusalem. They accused Jesus of being possessed by Beelzebub (an alias of Satan) and of performing his many exorcisms by the ruler of the demons. In response Jesus contends, first of all, that it is foolish to think Satan would work against his
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