Outline : Evangelicals have a complex relationship with environmentalism. Some lament the church’s apparent disinterest in humanity’s negative impact upon the earth. Others denounce environmentalism as a distraction from the church’s mission. In the face of polarization over the issue, how should evangelicals steward creation well? Stewards of the Earth collects five decades of articles f…
Outline : Mark Awabdy offers a substantive and useful commentary on the book of Numbers that is both critically engaged and sensitive to the theological contributions of the text. This volume is the second in the Baker Commentary on the Old Testament (BCOT) : Pentateuch series, which complements the popular BCOT : Wisdom and Psalms series. Each series volume covers one book of the Pentateuch, a…
Outline : Every four years, the International Calvin Congress gathers together a wide spectrum of presenters from leading scholars to early-career researchers to learn from each other through several days of plenary lectures, panel sessions, and discussions. The fruits of the 13th quadrennial International Calvin Congress are now available. Several contributions focus directly on the conference…
Outline : In this commentary on Deuteronomy, Bill Arnold treats the book as the heart of the Torah and the fulcrum of the Old Testament - crystallizing the themes of the first four books of the Bible and establishing the theological foundation of the books that follow. After a thorough introduction that explores these and other matters, Arnold provides an original translation of the first eleve…
Outline : This volume presents the collection of papers presented at the 12th International Congress on Calvin Research that took place in Philadelphia in 2018. The plenary papers focus on Calvin's political context and religious liberty, while the selection of short papers provides a window into current research on a wide range of topics in Calvin studies.
Outline: In Philippians, Paul addresses his dear friends in the church at Philippi in hopes of healing a people plagued by a lack of unity. Celebrating their partnership in his mission, the apostle points the Philippians to their heavenly citizenship, their need for self-sacrifical love toward one another, and their need for self-sacrificial love toward one another, and their need to stand toge…
Outline : John Goldingay offers a substantive and useful commentary on the book of Genesis that is both critically engaged and sensitive to the theological contributions of the text. This volume is the first in the Baker Commentary on the Old Testament (BCOT): Pentateuch series, which complements the popular BCOT: Wisdom and Psalms series. Each series volume convers one book of the Pentateuch, …
Outline: Every four years, the International Calvin Congress gathers together a wide spectrum of presents from leading scholars to early-career researchers to learn from each other through several days of plenary lectures, panel sessions, and discussions. The fruits of the 13th quadrennial international Calvin Congress are now available. Several contributors focus directly on the conference the…
Some books are easiest to describe by saying what they are not. This is not a collection of devotions or meditations, not a “feel-good” journal about walking with God, and not a guide for self-improvement or personal spiritual growth. It is, very simply, a book about discipleship–about following Christ humbly, obediently, and with an open heart. And it is written by a man whose message ca…
From the New York Times best-selling author and host of Hidden Brain comes a thought-provoking look at the role of self-deception in human flourishing. Self-deception does terrible harm to us, to our communities, and to the planet. But if it is so bad for us, why is it ubiquitous? In Useful Delusions, Shankar Vedantam and Bill Mesler argue that, paradoxically, self-deception can also play a …
This accessible introduction to the Book of Genesis examines introductory issues, overarching themes, and the overall argument of the book.
This generation has been blessed with an abundance of excellent commentaries. Some are technical and do a good job of addressing issues that the critics have raised; other commentaries are long and provide extensive information about word usage and catalogue nearly every opinion expressed on the various interpretive issues; still other commentaries focus on providing cultural and historical bac…
Outline: About The Transferable Concept Series. Transferable Concepts are practical ideas or truths which can be transferred or communicated from one person to another - without distorting or diluting their original meaning. Those who master these basic Bible truths are finding muc spiritual growth in their personal lives. The Transferable Concept Series includes the following books: How To Be …
Outline : Bill Bryson lagi-lagi membuktikan diri sebagai kawan seperjalanan yang berharga selagi dia mengajak kita menjelajahi tubuh manusia—bagaimana fungsinya, kemampuan luar biasanya menyembuhkan diri, dan (sayangnya) cara-cara tubuh bisa gagal. Penuh fakta luar biasa (tubuh Anda membuat sejuta sel darah merah sejak Anda mulai membaca tulisan ini) dan anekdot Bryson yang menarik, The Body …
Ouline: How to make your mark will teach you the fundamentals of personal, small group and large group evangelism. In addition, the specifics of personal follow-up and how to build disciples comitted to Christ and His Great Commission are outlined here, This ministry of evangelism and discipleship occurs in the context of a campus wide movement so naturally chapters include the foundational pri…
Outline: Designed for the pastor and Bible teacher, the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament brings together commentary features gathered together in one volume. Written by notable evangelical scholars, such volume treats the literary context and structure of the passage in the original Greek, and each author provides an original translation based on the literary structure. The …
Outline: Designed for the pastor and Bible teacher, the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament brings together commentary features rarely gathered together in one volume. Written by notable evangelical scholars, each volume treats the literary context and structure of the passage in the original Greek, and each author provides an original translation based on the literary structur…
Outline: Ephesians: Power and Magic, originally published in 1989 as part of the Society for New Testament Studies Monograph series, provides important insights into the spiritual warfare metaphor of Ephesians 6: 10-2- from historical, exegetical, and pastoral perspectives. Paul proclaimed God's awesome power to those who felt powerless against supernatural forces. Clinton Arnold looks at arche…
Outline : Designed for the pastor and Bible teacher, the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament examines the biblical text in its original environment. Notable evangelical scholars carefully attend to grammatical detail, literary context, rhetorical flow, theological nuance, and historical setting in their interpretation. Critical scholarship informs each step, but does not domina…
Outline: Are we facing a clash of civilisations? Tensions between the West and the Muslim world run high. Some Western media equate Muslims with fundamentalist - a serious error. Nevertheless, in Muslim countries, anger with the West is widely seen as justified, particularly for the West's tolerance of injustices in Palestine. While grievances persist, there will be no shortage of willing Musli…
Outline: Beneath the terms of official Islam lies a whole pattern of related yet different beliefs. The mysterious, colourful world of jinn and the evil eye, saints and festivals, is unfamiliar to more Westerners: a universe of flux, full of 'beings' and 'powers'. This book is about weary and burdened human beings, writes Dr Musk. 'The masses of Muslims live today at two levels. Beneath a venee…
Outline: In recent decades, a "certainty trap" has sprung up within both Islam and Christianity, resulting in a world struggling with the fallout from extremist and violent interpretations of what "the word of God" might mean. The Certainty Trap asks whether Christians and Muslims - equally - can any longer afford the luxury of fundamentalism. Musk looks at the phenomenon of fundamentalism in C…
Outline: This book explores the many areas in which the worldview of Muslims differs from that of Westerners. It is only as we begin to understand how our Muslim neighbour thinks that we can present the Gospel in a way that will allow him or her to react to our message - and not just the messenger. Dr Musk investigates a number of key themes, such as male and female, family and individual, hono…
Outline : Sebuah pohon, baik jenis, kualitas, penyebaran, serta kecocokannya terhadap kondisi alam yang menyeputarinya, dapat menjadi lebih dari sekedar jenis dan menarik, bila kita mengetahui hal ihwalnya secara mendalam. Di situ kita bicara soal sejarah, pengalaman-pengalaman, kekuatan dan kelebihan, pendalaman dan pemekaran yang terjadi dsb. Imaji tadi perlu kita miliki bila membaca buku ini…
Outline: "The present book is an attempt to describe, not the personal religion of the author, but the glimpse of the Universe that his fellow-historians and he are able to catch from the point of view at which they arrive through following the historian's professional path.' Thus Arnold Toynbee defines his purpose in the opening chapter of this long-awaited book. With scholarly humanity he pre…
Outline : Designed for the pastor and Bible teacher, the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament brings together commentary features rarely gathered together in one volume. Written by notable evangelical scholars, each volume treats the literary context and structure of the passage in the original Greek, and each author provides an original translation based on the literary structu…
Outline : In his epistle to the Colossians, Paul responds to challenges posted by various religious currents in first-century Asia Minor by pointing the church to the sufficiency of Christ's work and his lordship over believers' lives. Through this christological lens, Paul critiques the religious practices that fail to conform to the true gospel, and he presents an alternative way of living th…
Outline: This volume contains the collection of papers presented at the 11th International Congress on Calvin Research that took place in Zurich in 2014. The first paper of the book consists of the plenary papers. In the second part, the seminars held at the Congress are published, and the third part consists of a selection of short papers. The articles demonstrate that Calvin research is e…
Overview: At the occasion of the 450th anniversary of the Heidelberg Catechism, an international conference on the spirituality of the Heidelberg Catechism was held at the Theological University Apeldoorn in June 2013. While the contributors center on the Catechism's spirituality, they offer a broad range of scholarly perspectives on the Catechism. Its spirituality is famous for the first quest…
Overview: The author analyses and assesses John Calvin's idea of divine accomodation. The roots of this idea are traced back to Erasmus' terminology and partristic theology. The idea is analyzed from two perspectives: pedagofy and revelation. At the hand of I.A. Dorner's, K. Barth's, and H.M. Kuitert's respective theologies and critique of the accommodation idea, the author indicates weaker po…
Overview: Tujuan tulisan ini adalah menempatkan St. Montfort dalam konteks kultural dimana ia pernah hidup, yaitu akhir abad ke-17 dan awal abad ke-18 di Perancis, sehingga pemahaman tentang seluruh hidup, karya dan ajarannya menjadi lebih baik dan proporsional. Pada saat yang sama, ia juga menampilkan bahwa hidup, karya dan ajarannya masih tetap aktual dan relevan untuk Gereja di millenium k…