Outline: Dealing with a time when followers of Jesus were moving toward separation from the movement's Jewish origins, this inaugural volume of A People's History of Christianity tells "the people's story" by gathering together evidence from the New Testament texts, archaeology, and other contemporary sources. Of particular interest to the distinguished group of scholar-contributors are the oft…
Outline : Composed under different circumstances by giants of the Reformed tradition - Theodore Beza (1519 - 1605), Amandus Polanus (1561 - 1610), and Francis Turretin (1623 - 1687) - these texts represent three classical treatments of the same doctrine, each in its own genre. Beza's Defense of Justification by Faith Alone is polemical and in response to ecclesiastical controversy. Polanus's Fr…
Outline : As an international Synod, Dort had a significant impact on the definition of Reformed orthodoxy for decades and centuries to come. Despite its tremendous influence, the decisions of Dort remain a mystery to many today and are subject to false stereotypes about disturbing Calvin's pure theology. This volume seeks to shed light on various aspects of the Synod of Dort in order to inform…
Outline: How Christ attunes our hearts and minds to the Reality of God? This book demonstrates that theology is integrally related to formation in Jesus Christ and shapes our understanding of the world.
Outline : In The Biggest Story Bible Storybook, bestselling author and dad Kevin DeYoung takes kids on a Genesis-to-Revelation journey that demonstrates how all the parts of Scripture fit together. Using clear, kid-friendly language, he introduces big sections of the Bible, like the Gospels, and then provides engaging retellings of individual stories, ending each one with a short prayer. With p…
Outline: In The Biggest Story Bible Storybook, bestselling author and dad Kevin DeYoung takes kids on a Genesis-to-Revelation journey that demonstrates how all the parts of Scripture fit together. Using clear, kid-friendly language, he introduces big sections of the Bible, like the Gospels, and then provides engaging retellings of individual stories, ending each one with a short prayer. With po…
Outline : The Library of New Testament Studies (LNTS) is a premier book series that offers cutting-edge for a readership of scholars, teachers in the field of New Testament studies, postgraduate students and advanced undergraduates. All the many and diverse aspects of New Testament study are represented and promoted, including innovative work from historical perspectives, studies using social-s…
Outline: "Lord, in my luggage I have Scripture that I want to take to Your children across this border. When You were on earth, You made blind eyes see. Now, I pray, make seeing eyes blind. Do not let the guards see those things You do not want them to see." Brother Andrew prayed, and the guards passed his car bulging with Bibles across the Yugoslav border in 1957. He began his mission to bring…
Outline : This volume is the result of the 2021 session of the Linguistics and the Biblical Text research group of the Institute for Biblical Research, which addresses the history, relevance, and prospects of broad theoretical linguistic frameworks in the field of biblical studies. Cognitive Linguistics, Functional Grammar, generative linguistics, historical linguistics, complexity theory, and …
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…
Outline: Here is a new, comprehensive look the broad range of topics related to the field of childhood education. Written by a wide variety of experts in Christian education, this volume has been designed for use in teacher training classes and in professional training in Bible colleges and seminaries. This will be a constant reference tool for the professional educator. The latest developments…
We have only two substantial eyewitness accounts of the life of Martin Luther. Best known is a 9,000-word Latin memoir by Philip Melanchthon published in Latin at Heidelberg in 1548, two years after the Reformer’s death.1 In 1561, ‘Henry Bennet, Callesian’ translated this pamphlet into English; the martyrologist John Foxe adopted Bennet’s text into his Memorials verbatim, including a nu…
The publication of this monograph marks the culmination of an interest panning a quarter of a century. In 1967,1 was a mature-aged student in a first-year Hebrew class at the University of Melbourne, and my attention was arrested by the lecturer's comment when we first encountered the word loj. I acknowledge my gratitude to Revd Dudley Hallam who described it as 'a rich, old, covenant word'. H…
A multiple-view book on apologetic methods, this material deals with a very relevant topic in the midst of a changing culture. Its primary contributors are: William Lane Craig, Gary R. Habermas, Paul D. Feinberg, John M. Frame, and Kelly James Clark.
If you are puzzled by other people or want to improve the impression you give, knowing about body language could be the key. In this book you'll discover how the body reveals what people really mean and how you can use your body and your expressions to improve your self-image to others. It explores why we give the signals we do, how to read the most common expressions and goes on to show how yo…
Outline; Elizabeth O'Donnell Gandolfo constructs a theological anthropology that begins with the condition of human vulnerability as a site to answer why human beings experience and inflict terrible suffering. This volume argues that vulnerability is a dimension of human existence that causes us great anxiety, which forms the basis for violence but also affords the possibility of human openness…
Outline : The problem of evil is one we're all familiar with ... but what about the problem of good? If Christianity is true, why do many people seem to live moral, fulfilling lives outside the gospel? Do such moral non-Christians really need the gospel, or will their good deeds save them? Is the traditional view of hell really justified? And if it is, how do we evangelize people who seem more …
Outline: Ten American scholars sketch the contemporary relevance of evangelical Christianity in this sweeping survey of the present century of theological debate. Reaching into major spheres of life and thought - theology, philosophy, ethics, science, history, education, biblical studies, apologetics, evangelism and preaching - they discuss familiar fields with an eye on the theological turmoil…
Outline: Agama dan Sains Asal-Usul secara kritis mendiskusikan isu-isu dalam agama dan sains-sains asal-usul baik dalam konteks historis maupun kontemporer. Setelah mengembangkan pilihan-pilihan untuk hubungan antara sains dan kepercayaan—konflik, separasi, dan integrasi—buku ini mendiskusikan tiga peristiwa historis: revolusi saintifik, peristiwa Galileo, dan penerimaan tulisan Darwin Asal…
Outline: Bukan sekadar budak. Menguak relasi tersembunyi antara Filemon dan Onesimus. Surat Filemon merupakan salah satu surat Paulus kepada Filemon yang "membicarakan" tentang seseorang bernama Onesimus. Banyak orang, bahkan Calvin, sang Reformator, sekalipun menafsirkan relasi antara Filemon dan Onesimus adalah relasi 'tuan-budak' semata. Benarkah demikian? Buku ini akan mengungkapkan hal bar…
Outline: Saat masih kecil. Brother Andrew bermimpin menjadi mata-mata rahasia yang bekerja dengan cara menyusup di tengah-tengah musuh. Setelah dewasa ternyata ia mendapati dirinya bekerja sebagai agen rahasia bagi Allah. Misi yang ia emban dipenuhi dengan bahaya, dibiayai dengan iman, dan disokong dengan mukzijat demi mukzijat. Meski diberi tahu bahwa mustahil untuk melayani di balik Tirai Bes…
Outline: Written by two philosophers and a theologian, 101 Key Terms provides easy access to key terms in philosophy and how they are understood and used in theology. The focused entries discuss what the terms have meant in classical and contemporary philosophy and then shift to what these philosophical understandings have meant in the history of Christian theology to the present day. The resul…
Outline: Subjects discussed include: - The unique nature of the Christian sacramental experience in prayer and devotion. - What is 'sacrament'? - The traditional seven sacraments in the life of the Church and the individual.
Outline: Kitab Ester menampilkan kisah perjuangan Ratu Ester. Ia adalah tokoh yang mengupayakan keselamatan umat Yahudi di bawah penindasan Haman dan menampilkan nilai perjuangan kaum perempuan dalam memperjuangkan hak kesetaraan gender. Namun, Kitab Ester bukan hanya menampilkan hal itu saja. Penulis Pertolongan dari Balik Layar : Tafsiran Kitab Ester berupaya untuk mengungkapkan hal-hal kontr…
Outline: A Theological Anthropology of divine love and compassion. Elizabeth O'Donnell Gandolfo constructs a theological anthropology that begins with the condition of human vulnerability as a site to answer why human beings experience and inflict terrible suffering. This volume argues that vulnerability is a dimension of human existence that causes us great anxiety, which forms the basis for v…
Outline: Journal Church History consists of: 1. Journal Church History, Volume 73, No. 1, March 2004; 2. Journal Church History, Volume 73, No. 2, June 2004; 3. Journal Church History, Volume 73, No. 3, September 2004.
Outline: Journal Church History consists of: 1. Journal Church History, volume 72, no. 3, September 2003; 2. Journal Church History, volume 72, no. 4, December 2003; 3. Journal Church History, volume 73, no. 4, December 2004.