The Truth About Angels (Kingdom Agenda Series) - Softcover

Evans, Tony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 080241432X ISBN 13: 9780802414328

Publisher: Moody Publishers, 2016

Synopsis

How much do you know about angels?

Few supernatural beings are of more speculation than angels. In art we see them depicted as chubby babies and fierce, radiant warriors. Sometimes they wield swords; other times a bow and arrow surrounded by floating hearts. Some have halos; some do not. Clearly we’re confused.

In The Truth About Angels, Tony Evans goes to the Scriptures to set the record straight. He clearly and simply explains who angels are, what they do, and it what it all means for the everyday lives of believers.

A short, practical, and engaging book, The Truth About Angels is a one-stop guide to the role of angels in the world and eternity. It will help you fight the good fight of faith, knowing that the heavenly hosts are waging war on your behalf.

About this title

About the Author

DR. TONY EVANS is the founder and senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, founder and president of The Urban Alternative, and former chaplain of the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks. He is the first African American to earn a doctoral degree from Dallas Theological Seminary, and the first to publish a study Bible and whole-Bible commentary. His radio broadcast, The Alternative with Dr. Tony Evans, can be heard on over 2,000 US radio outlets daily and in more than 130 countries.

For more information, visit: www.TonyEvans.org.

From the Back Cover

"Why do you need to know about angels?" Because there’s a divine fight happening, and you are the prize!

Angels are one thing in pop culture and another in the Bible. But given their critical role in life and eternity, we need to know the truth.

In his clear, engaging style, Tony Evans sets the record straight. Giving the Bible’s basic teaching on angels and demons, he explains:

• Their origin, activities, and future
• How to understand them and their impact on us
• How to use their gifts and services for God

Everything we see in the physical realm is somehow influenced by something in the spiritual realm. Angels and demons are at the heart of the struggle—and so are you.

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The Truth About Angels

By Tony Evans, Jim Vincent

Moody Publishers

Copyright © 2016 Anthony T. Evans
All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-0-8024-1432-8

Contents

1. Where Do Angels Come From?, 5, 
2. How Do Angels Serve?, 19, 
3. How Do Angels Work?, 37, 
4. Accessing the Power of Angels in Spiritual Warfare, 48, 
The Urban Alternative, 61, 

CHAPTER 1

Where Do Angels Come From?

John McGraw, a tough character who managed the New York Giants baseball team back in the 1910s to 1930s, ran his ball club like a dictatorship. His nickname, in fact, was "Little Napoleon." He didn't tolerate back talk, and woe to the player who made a mistake like missing a sign. McGraw inspired fear and respect in his players.

During one game, John McGraw's wife was sitting in the stands and wanted to relay a message to her husband. She started gesturing toward one of the players, waving at him to come over to her, but he didn't see her and walked away. Mrs. McGraw waved some more, but to no avail.

After the game, Mrs. McGraw saw the player and said to him in mild exasperation, "Didn't you see me waving at you? I was trying to get your attention!"

"Good grief, Mrs. Mac," the player said as he turned pale. "Don't tell me you're giving signs too!"

That player's reaction is similar to what happens to many believers when it comes to the subject of angels and demons. We are so busy looking in one direction that we're oblivious to a second sphere of existence that is very active and needs our attention. In this case, however, there are real consequences to ignoring this second world and its principal characters and activities.

God's Word has so much to say about angels — both good angels and demons (which are evil angels) — that all I can do in this booklet is give you the basic framework and major points of emphasis the Bible makes about them. But this study will give you enough information to help you be aware of the critical role that these supernatural, spirit beings play in God's plan both in history and eternity.

Angels have been popular in Hollywood movies and in our culture for some time. At the same time the demonic world has become a popular theme in television and films. Just go to any theater in October, and you will see movie after movie displayed about these evil beings. Halloween movies may seem like silly, even childish storytelling intended to simply scare, but good angels and bad angels (demons) are real, and they have a lot more significance than we actually give them. And much of what we read and watch about angels is really fluff compared to what the Bible teaches.

What I want to do is discuss in greater detail the role of angels in our lives as we consider their origin, activities, and future. While all angels had the same origin in eternity past as God's creation, good and bad angels today work in opposition to each other in the world. So let's look at how angels impact us, how to understand them better, and how to even utilize the gifts and services they provide on God's behalf.

It's also important to say that we can't talk about angels — good and rebellious — without getting into the issue of spiritual warfare, which will be part of our focus. This answers the question, "Why do I need to know about angels?" They are fighting against each other, and you are the prize they're fighting for!

Resource Development

Let's begin by looking at the origin of the angelic world. In Colossians L16, Paul wrote: "For by Him [Christ] all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or d

Edition details

• Publisher: Moody Publishers
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080241432X
• ISBN 13: 9780802414328
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 64