{"product_id":"the-powers-that-be","title":"The Powers that Be","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn our fast-paced secular world  God and theology are second-class citizens. Money  politics  sports  and science seem better suited to the hard realities of our world. As the church steeple has been eclipsed by the skyscraper as the centerpiece of the urban landscape  so has the divine realm been set aside in favor of more immediate human experience. One sad consequence of this shift is the loss of spiritual and theological bearings  most clearly evident in our inability to understand or speak about such things. If the old way of viewing the universe no longer works  something else has to replace it.  The Powers That Be reclaims the divine realm as central to human existence by offering new ways of understanding our world in theological terms. Walter Wink reformulates ancient concepts  such as God and the devil  heaven and hell  angels and demons  principalities and powers  in light of our modern experience. He helps us see heaven and hell  sin and salvation  and the powers that shape our lives as tangible parts of our day-to-day experience  rather than as mysterious phantoms. Based on his reading of the Bible and analysis of the world around him  Wink creates a whole new language for talking about and to God. Equipped with this fresh world view  we can embark on a new relationship with God and our world into the next millennium.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44949521989685,"sku":"ByrdShop_0385487401","price":57.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780385487405.jpg?v=1770324919","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-powers-that-be","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}