Outline : John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion is a defining book of the Reformation and a pillar of Protestant theology. First published in Latin in 1536 and in Calvin's native French in 1541, the Institutes argues for the majesty of God and for justification by faith alone. The book decisively shaped Calvinism as a major religious and intellectual force in Europe and throughout …
Outline : Mental ill-health is far more common than many of us think. Statics suggest that one is six people will have experienced a mental-health struggle in the past week. That means there are many in our church families battling with thoughts, feelings, and even voices that distract, drag down, and nudge them towards despair. But when it comes to helping, we often find ourselves unsure of wh…
Outline: What happens when a nineteen-year-old boy leaves home against his parents' wishes and heads into the jungle to work with a murderous tribe of South American Indians? Capture, disease, terror, loneliness, torture... are these the results of a boy's dream of serving God? Bruce Olson discovers by trial and error how to bring the message of Christ to a savage nation without destroying the …
Outline: The Bible and ethics in a critical time. The planet is changing rapidly, and these disruptions are throwing the globe further into crisis. The future of Christianity depends on whether it is able to face these challenges with a hopeful but urgent moral and social vision. Christianity continues to break away from its Western center as churches in Asia, Africa, and Latin America experien…
Outline: Libatkan, berdayakan, dan jadi berlipat ganda! Yesus mengatakan kepada para pengikutNya bahwa Dia akan membangun jemaatNya dan kemuliaan Dia memerintahkan mereka untuk pergi dan memuridkan. Sesederhana itu. Kita memuridkan dan Dia yang membangun jemaatNya. Namun, saat ini kita sering melakukan hal yang sebaliknya. Kita bekerja keras untuk membangun jemaat dengan berbagai program dan pr…
Outline: Resonant Witness gathers together a wide, harmonious chorus of voices from across the musical and theological spectrum to show that music and theology can each learn much from the other - and that the majesty and power of both are profoundly amplified when they do. With essays touching on J. S. Bach, Hildegard of Bingen, Martin Luther, Karl Barth, Oliver Messiaen, jazz improvisation, S…
edited by Bruce W. Longenecker, Baylor University, Texas.
Outline: St. Paul was a pivotal and controversial figure in the fledgling Jesus-movement of the first century. The New Cambridge Companion to St. Paul provides an invaluable entryway into the study of Paul and his letters. Composed of sixteen chapters by an international team of scholars, it explores some of the key issues in the current study of his dynamic and demanding theological discourse.…
Outline: The apostle Paul has been justifiably described as the first and greatest Christian theologian. His letters were among the earliest documents to be included in the New Testament and, as such, they shaped Christian thinking from the beginning. As a missionary, theologian and pastor Paul's own wrestling with theological and ethical questions of his day is paradigmatic for Christian theol…
Outline: Arab and Indian traders brought Islam to the coastal trading ports of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Java between the 11th and 15th centuries, assimilating Hinduism and various animist sects that practices the supernatural. Over the centuries Southeast Asian Muslims became known for their tolerance of religious beliefs, including those of European colonists and laborers brought from…
Outline: The Cross as symbol of the faith. Upbending a longstanding consensus, Bruce W. Longenecker presents a wide variety of material artifacts to illustrate that Christians made use of the cross as a visual symbol of their faith long before Constantine appropriated it to consolidate his power in the fourth century. Constantine did not invent the cross as a symbol of Christian faith; for an i…
Outline: This volume deals with with the crucial subject in today's theological debate, the authority of Scripture. Editor Henry in the Preface speaks of this subject as "the watershed of theological conviction." Twenty-four international scholars, under the editorship of Dr. Carl F. H. Henry, Editor of Chritianity Today, give evangelical view on such phases of the subject a ..., inspiration, t…
Professional Visual Studio 2017 is the industry-favorite guide to getting the most out of Microsoft's primary programming technology. From touring the new UI to exploiting advanced functionality, this book is designed to help professional developers become more productive. A unique IDE-centric approach provides a clear path through the typical workflow while exploring the nooks and crannies tha…
It is common knowledge that the Bible has been translated into more languages than any other piece of literature. What is not generally appreciated, however, is the great increase in the number of different translations that have been produced relatively recently, that is, during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Before this period, the church, it must be confessed, had been rather slow i…
Before we can define “Judaism” for the purpose of our study of the New Testament, we had best say what we mean by any religion, the genus of which Judaism forms a species (and, we shall argue, with earliest Christianity as a subspecies of that same species of religion). Defining religion comes before defining a particular religion, just as defining a particular religion takes priority over …
Does God play games with his kids? Of course, He does! I totally believe this and that is why the volume switch is on His end and not yours! Up and down the volume level goes. Real time experience goes something like this: real loud to deafening soft. And seemingly not much between! Zooming in and out with His telescopic lens, the Holy Spirit creates close encounters and yes, far away ones. He …
The task of collecting, arranging, and editing essays into the coherent sequence necessary for an effective book-long presentation brings with it many challenges. In this particular case the arrangement of Professor Masons papers into three parts is his own and will be subsequently explained in the author's introduction. The decision, however, to include a cumulative bibliography along with anc…
Despite the challenging theological language of Alfred North Whitehead and some of his followers, process theology can be accessible to students, laypeople, and pastors as well as academics; but, more importantly, process theology can be life-transforming. I am a process theologian, who has integrated writing, teaching, preaching, administration, pastoral care, and spiritual direction, for over…
Science is an ongoing search for truth—a perpetual struggle to discover how the universe works that goes back to the earliest civilizations...
How many times have you felt God is trying to speak to you and yet you feel like you're hearing nothing? Who hasn't asked, "God, can't you talk louder? I just want to know what to do!" The reality is that all of God's sheep, in every denomination, already hear God's voice--every day! Steve Shultz uncovers the many Scriptures "hidden in plain sight," as he likes to say. These clear, yet often fo…
In this multi-faceted volume, Christian and other religiously committed theorists find themselves at an uneasy point in history--between premodernity, modernity, and postmodernity--where disciplines and methods, cultural and linguistic traditions, and religious commitments tangle and cross. Here, leading theorists explore the state of the art of the contemporary hermeneutical terrain. As they a…
"A survey of moral theology from its biblical origins to the eve of the Reformation, demonstrating that Reformed moral sensibilities were received and developed from the greater church tradition"-- Provided by publisher
"Church is not a meeting you attend or a place you enter," write pastors Tim Chester and Steve Timmis. "It's an identity that is ours in Christ. An identity that shapes the whole of life so that life and mission become 'total church.'" With that as their premise, they emphasize two overarching principles to govern the practice of church and being gospel-centered and being community-centered. Wh…
This thoroughly revised edition of Bruce M. Metzger's classic work is the most up-to-date manual available for the textual criticism of the New Testament. The Text of the New Testament, Fourth Edition, has been invigorated by the addition of Bart D. Ehrman--author of numerous best-selling books on the New Testament--as a coauthor. This revision brings the discussion of such important matters as…
This book is about the problem of truth: what truth is, and how we can tell whether what we have said is true. Bruce Marshall approaches this problem from the standpoint of Christian theology, and especially that of the doctrine of the Trinity. The book offers a full-scale theological account of what truth is and whether Christians have adequate grounds for regarding their beliefs as true. Unli…
The book explores with particular insight Calvin's self-conscious view of himself as prophet and apostle for his age and his struggle to tame a sense of his own superiority, perceived by others as arrogance. Gordon looks at Calvin's character, his maturing vision of God and humanity, his personal tragedies and failures, his extensive relationships with others, and the context within which he wr…
Outline: "Aku berkata kepadamu, sesungguhnya jikalau kamu tidak makan daging Anak Manusia dan minum darah-Nya, kamu tidak mempunyai hidup di dalam dirimu." "... setiap orang yang menceraikan isterinya kecuali karena zinah, ia menjadikan isterinya berzinah." "Berikanlah kepada Kaisar apa yang wajib kamu berikan, dan kepada Allah apa yang wajib kamu berikan kepada Allah." Sama seperti orang-or…
Outline: With the lack of competent, up-to-date commentaries on the book of Acts, and the great amount of fresh archaeological material come to light in recent years, students of the New Testament, and all those interested in the origins of the Church, will heartily welcome this admirable addition to the New London Commentary series by the distinguished English scholar, F. F. Bruce, Professor o…
Outline: Apabila kita ingin memasuki dunia studi Perjanjian Baru, apakah yang ingin kita harapkan akan kita peroleh? Apakah gunanya? Apakah relevansinya? Penulis buku ideal ini mengantar pembaca untuk mengenali dunia Perjanjian Baru yang sangat berbeda dari dunia kita. Juga diberikan pengantar dan sarana-sarana bantu untuk memahaminya. Buku penuntun ini membahas delapan pokok penting: - Membac…
Overview: This book is more than just a comprehensive collection of information on Christian education. It is a working tool written by a group of Christian educators to provide both a clear understanding of basic principles of Christian education and a practical guide for day-to-day administration of church education programs. This book explores a full range of critical issues in Christian e…
Outline: Christ-Centered Biblical Counseling is comprehensive resource that will help you understand how to minister from God's truth to change lives. With the cumulative wisdom of 40 contributors with exceptional credentials, you'll discover a valuable model for counseling that explains ... The Why of Biblical Counseling - Why the Bible is sufficient and relevant for addressing every issue …
Outline: Bruce Malina provides the foundation for in-depth biblical interpretation using the tools of cultural analysis. As one of the pioneers in this field of biblical studies, Malina has taken the work of sociologist Mary Douglas, interpreted her "Group/Grid" model of cultural analysis, and applied it admirably to biblical studies and interpretation. He refines a new methodology for scholarl…
Outline : "Tolong!" "la tidak mengerti apa yang kukatakan "la tidak bilang apa maunya!" Setiap pernikahan menghadapi masalah komunikasi mengenai seks, panggilan hidup, karier, anak-anak, atau rebutan remote control. Kenapa kaum laki-laki sering merasa bingung, tak peduli seberapa keras usaha mereka? Kenapa kaum perempuan tidak sabaran untuk mau memberi tahu keinginan mereka, sampai-sampai merek…
Outline: In order to build a biblical - theological framework for understanding God's mission, the church's mission, and the church's mission to the nations, one must first understand the unified biblical narrative, including its four major plot movements - creation, fall, redemption, and restoration. It is with this in mind that the contributor to Theology and Practice of Mission address some …
Outline: Losing someone through suicide is deeply painful. It sparks questions, doubts, and confusion. Like ripples in a pond after a rock has been thrown in, the startling news of a suicide swamps the boats of those who are closest, and even rocks the boats of those who are far removed. This sensitively written mini-book comes alongside to offer help to those who are grieving.
Outline: Suicide is not new, but its acceptability and even popularity are quite new. Statistics indicate that more than 101 people take their own lives every day. However, those who work in the field of crisis intervention also testify that a significant number of suicides are preventable provided help is available. This mini-book will help you to recognize the warning signs of suicidal thinki…
Outline: Biblical Hermeneutics is designed for students and ministers who want to grow in their ability to interpret, teach, and preach God's Word. It requires no understanding of biblical languages or of the technical details of hermeneutics, the art and science of interpreting the Bible. You will learn: - A step-by-step approach to interpreting a passage - Hermeneutical principles that app…
Outline: In this new edition, Bruce Joyce and Marsha Weil offer a revised and updated approach to the different theoretical views of teaching and show how these theories are applied in the classroom. The teacher and curriculum director will find a wide range of methods for teaching and a stimulating guide to creating environments for learning. The authors describe ways to analyze, compare, and …
Outline: Modern theologians have focused on the doctrine of divine impossibility, exploring the significance of God's emotional experience and most especially the question of divine suffering. Professor Rob Lister speaks into the issue, outlining the history of the doctrine in the views of influential figures such as Augustine, Aquinas, and Luther, while carefully examining modernity's growing …