I am still working my way through Jacque Ellul’s “six evil powers.” If you have been keeping score, this is evil power #5 – “The devil” or “division.” Let me reiterate Ellul’s claim about evil. Evil is only personified as “Satan” when it is convenient to do so. Evil has many expressions beyond Satan. Ellul says: […] Continue reading
It is difficult for me to know what to say or how to say it, with regards to this topic – Satan. I want to be very careful here for obvious reasons. So, I think the best way to say it is this: Satan is not the dominant picture of Evil in the bible. Evil […] Continue reading
I am working my way through Jacques Ellul’s “Six Evils” from his book “The Subversion of Christianity.” “The Bible refers to six evil powers: Mammon, the prince of the world, the prince of lies, Satan, the devil, and death. Concerning these six, one might remark that if we compare them we find that they are […] Continue reading
Then the devil led him up and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. And the devil said to him, ‘To you I will give their glory and all this authority; for it has been given over to me, and I give it to anyone I please. If you, then, will […] Continue reading
