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Jesus, Deliver Us: Evil, Exorcism, and Exousiai
Jesus, Deliver Us: Evil, Exorcism, and Exousiai
Jesus, Deliver Us: Evil, Exorcism, and Exousiai
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Jesus, Deliver Us: Evil, Exorcism, and Exousiai

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"Deliver us from (the) evil (one)" is the heart's cry from the Lord's Prayer. Evil wears many faces in our modern world. This book connects the Lord's Prayer to troubles of our times, be it attacks from Satan, the wars around the world, the scourge of racism, or the mass shootings of our time. The subtitle of the book identifies the scope. This book blends both deliverance from demonic bondage and witness to the powers in relation to political policies and government. While the book aims to be a biblical theology on these topics, it seeks also to address the praxis: how these evils are confronted through healing-deliverance ministries and what people of God say and do in witness to the powers. The two streams of response to evil are really one as a faithful response to the saving work of the Lord God Almighty through Jesus Christ's victory over Satan, sin, evil, and death. "Love your enemy" confronts evil with power to transform!
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PublisherCascade Books
Release dateJun 4, 2019
ISBN9781532654039
Jesus, Deliver Us: Evil, Exorcism, and Exousiai
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Willard M. Swartley

Willard M. Swartley (Ph.D., Princeton Theological Seminary) is professor emeritus of New Testament at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary. He formerly served as its dean and acting president and is an ordained minister in the Mennonite Church. Swartley has published several books and numerous academic articles and reviews.

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