“While the doctrine of angels and demons may be less central than doctrines such as the Trinity, the hypostatic union, and penal substitutionary atonement, nonetheless angels and demons play a notable role in almost all other doctrines of the Christian faith. Indeed, what Graham Cole achieves in this volume is to demonstrate just how significant their role is in the outworking of God’s plans and purposes in creation, in providence, and throughout redemptive history. I am deeply grateful for his careful attention to biblical teaching, coupled with his fair and compelling interaction with scholarship throughout this volume. Both Christian faith and life are impacted by the role and activity of angels and demons in significant ways, and this volume goes a long way to informing us of how much we have been missing.” Bruce A. Ware, T. Rupert and Lucille Coleman Professor of Christian Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
“The structure of this book contributes to its appeal. Nine chapters cover the theological core of the topic, five excursuses tackle secondary aspects like the meaning of Genesis 6:1–4 and how to test the spirits, and three appendixes analyze adjacent but highly relevant subjects (how these topics are treated in Islam, on the one hand, and in some Christian creeds, on the other). The book is comprehensive and edifying—and more important than we might at first think, in a culture that wants to be touched by an angel.” D. A. Carson, Emeritus Professor of New Testament, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School;cofounder of The Gospel Coalition
