... also in a contest, in mortal combat even, "against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil ..." (v. 12). And we have to admit he is right. Our opponents are not Rich or Kelly or Rudy or Sue, but much tougher ones. You and I are up against evil that goes beyond human comprehension — systemic evil that pervades our lives. We who are in America, the richest nation that the world has ever seen, know that some of our citizens have to ...