{"product_id":"under-authority-benjamin-markel-9798243492362","title":"Under Authority: Fear, Evil, and the Rule of Christ.","description":"\u003cp\u003eFear has become one of the most powerful forces shaping modern Christian life. It influences how evil is understood, how authority is exercised, and how faith is practiced. \u003ci\u003eUnder Authority\u003c\/i\u003e is a careful, investigative examination of what happens when fear begins to govern theology, leadership, and spiritual imagination-and why Scripture insists that it must not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than offering techniques for spiritual warfare or sensational accounts of the demonic, this book asks a deeper question: \u003cb\u003eWhat kind of authority can bear fear without being reshaped by it?\u003c\/b\u003e Tracing patterns across Christian traditions-including Catholic, Reformed, and Charismatic approaches-as well as non-Christian and anti-Christian supernatural frameworks, Markel examines how authority shifts when fear becomes central and what those shifts produce in real lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on Scripture, theology, lived experience, and pastoral insight, \u003ci\u003eUnder Authority\u003c\/i\u003e shows that when authority drifts from Christ's rule, fear inevitably expands-whether through control, silence, performance, vigilance, or denial. Yet the book is not a polemic against traditions or people. It is a diagnostic work, written with restraint, aimed at clarity rather than controversy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt its center is a simple but demanding claim: \u003cb\u003eChrist alone exercises authority without fear, escalation, or retreat.\u003c\/b\u003e Because his reign is present, accomplished, and unthreatened, evil can be named without obsession, suffering can be endured without despair, and obedience can exist without anxiety.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is for readers who take evil seriously but are weary of fear-driven faith; for pastors and leaders carrying weight Scripture never placed on them; and for believers seeking rest without denial of reality. \u003ci\u003eUnder Authority\u003c\/i\u003e does not call readers to do more, but to trust where authority already rests.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is an invitation to step out from under fear-and live, at last, under Christ.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin Markel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798243492362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Benjamin Markel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172042514687,"sku":"9798243492362","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_79b14a6b-919f-42ac-aa55-d1a56b193a46.jpg?v=1788948751","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/under-authority-benjamin-markel-9798243492362","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}