Christ and the Powers

Download or read book Christ and the Powers written by Hendrik Berkhof and published by Herald Press. This book was released on 1977-08 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.