Outline : A compelling and passionate theology that calls us to a practice that is the virtue by which the church stands or falls. Arthur Sutherland places before us our fear of meeting the "other" and the "stranger" in an increasingly global, and frequently dangerous, village. Various social, political, and historical factors have conspired to leave us in a veritable crisis: the decline of ho…
Outline: Amy Carmichael went to South India in 1985 and remained there without a break until she entered into Life in January 1985. Was this only a great woman who did a great work? The impression left by this book is rather that she was the servant of a great God.
Outline: In a glowing, yet precise manner. Dr. Arthur W. Pink illustrates clearly the lessons that emerge out of the seven utterances of Christ on the cross. These pages will fill the reader with the glory of the redemptive message. Chapters include The Word ... ... of Forgiveness ... of Salvation ... of Affection ... of Anguish ... of Suffering ... of Victory ... of Contentment Thes…
Outline: A spiritual and saving knowledge of God is the greatest need of every human creature, "writes the author, adding that "the foundation of all true knowledge of God must be a clear mental apprehension of His perfections as revealed in Holy Scripture." In this book the author explains God's solitariness, decrees, knowledge, foreknowledge, supremacy, sovereignty, immutability, holiness, po…
Outline : This new Handbook edited by Herman Selderhuis and written by renowned catholic and protestant church historians presents the latest results in research. Full attention is given to the coherence of social, political, cultural and ecclesiastical developments in the history of Christianity in the Netherlands. The Handbook is written for use as an academic textbook but is also accessible …
Outline: An inspiring collection of sermons on perhaps the most significant event the world ever experienced - the Cross of Christ. Through masterful sermons by great pulpit masters, the reader will gain a greater understanding of the theological, devotional, and practical importance of the Cross of Christ.
Outline: The Cambridge History of Christianity offers a comprehensive chronological account of the development of Christianity in all its aspects - theological, intellectual, social, political, regional, global - from its beginnings to the present day. Each volume makes a substantial contribution in its own right to the scholarship of its period and the complete History constitutes a major work…
Outline: Demons, witches, and ghosts: drugs, divination, and the occult; shamans, priests, and prophets ... All these await you in Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion - an anthropological study of religious beliefs and practices both strange and familiar. This fascinating anthology of readings, now in its second edition, contains 16 new articles and provides a rich blend of modern and traditional t…
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: Augustinus ist mit seiner Sünden- und Gnadenlehre einer der wichtigsten Referenzpunkte der frühneuzeitlichen Theologie in allen Konfessionen gewesen. Den hier versammelten Beiträgen gelingt es, nicht nur das Wissen um Augustins Rezeptionsgeschichte für kontroverstheologische Absichten zu bereichern, sondern auch die Interferenzen von theo-logischen Methoden und Diskursen - den zwis…
Outline : Der Prozess der Durchsetzung eines konfessionellen Luthertums unter den Siebenbürger Sachsen im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert war alles andere als eindeutig. Dieser „Uneindeutigkeit (Edit Szegedi) geht dieses Werk nach, indem es einen bestim- menden Factor der konfessionellen Uniformierung genauer betrachtet: das geistliche Buch. Die deutsche F römmigkeitsliteratur stammte fast ausschli…
Koleksi Kasus Sherlock Holmes 2 ini dimulai dengan Kembalinya Sherlock Holmes yang mempertemukan kembali Dr. John Watson dengan Holmes. Memasuki masa senja, Sherlock Holmes yang ingin pensiun menjadi detektif terpaksa kembali menghadapi ingar-bingar kriminal internasional dalam Salam Terakhir Sherlock Holmes. Lembah Ketakutan menyajikan kasus yang begitu pelik dan memaksa Holmes berhadapan lagi…
On August 16, 2012, the South African police intervened in a labor conflict between workers at the Marikana platinum mine near Johannesburg and the mine’s owners: the stockholders of Lonmin, Inc., based in London. Police fired on the strikers with live ammunition. Thirty- four miners were killed.
Although Ephesians presents itself unambiguously as a letter from Paul the apostle, the genuineness of this claim has frequently been questioned, beginning in the late eighteenth century (Hoehner 2002: 6). At first this may seem surprising, but the practice of composing fictional letters in the name of some influential person was reasonably common in Greco-Roman antiquity and seems to have been…
What happens in a recession? How does money work? Why do we pay taxes? Economics affects every aspect of our lives, from how we get to work to where we spend our money-and big economic ideas continue to shape the world. Written in plain English, The Economics Book is packed with short, pity explanations that cut through the jargon, step-by-step diagrams that untangle knotty theories, classic…
Finding the box top to the puzzle of life -- Can we handle the truth? -- Why should anyone believe anything at all? -- In the beginning there was a great surge -- Divine design -- The first life, natural law or divine awe? -- New life forms, from the goo to you via the zoo? -- Mother Teresa vs. Hitler -- Miracles, signs of God or gullibility? -- Do we have early testimony about Jesus? -- Do we …
This book explores the intertwining domains of artificial intelligence (AI) and ethics-two highly divergent fields which at first seem to have nothing to do with one another. AI is a collection of computational methods for studying human knowledge, learning, and behavior, including by building agents able to know, learn, and behave. Ethics is a body of human knowledge-far from completely unders…
Outline: Filosof Arthur Halmes mempertahankan proposisi bahwa semua kebenaran, dari manapun asal-usulnya, adalah kebenaran Allah. Terlalu banyak orang, baik umat kristiani maupun bukan, mau memisahkan yang "sakral" dan yang "sekuler", mengerti kebenaran sebagai relatif, dan menyangkal gagasan kesatuan kebenaran. Namun cara berpikir ini, kata Holmes, jelas menyimpang dari pandangan-dunia Alkitab…
Outline: John and Charles Wesley were the leaders of the Methodist revival that swept early eighteenth-century England and resulted in the founding of what was destined to become a major force in in the history of Christianity. In this volume, the works of the two men who shared a spiritual as well as a natural brotherhood are considered. From John's early period are taken his Forms of Prayer, …
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: Bagaimana jika alasan-alasan terbaik Anda yang meragukan Tuhan justru membuktikan bahwa Ia ada? Dengan cara menarik dan mudah diingat, buku ini menunjukkan bagaimana sejumlah besar argumen ateis bukannya melenyapkan Tuhan namun justru menunjukkan bahwa Tuhan itu benar-benar ada.
Outline: Theological Perspectives on Church Growth is grounded in the conviction that the preaching and application of the doctrines of sovereign grace will bear fruit in a growing world church. The seven writers who share these convictions in these pages raise questions focusing on such concepts as winnable people, the place and importance of numerical growth, people movements, the nature of e…
Outline: The strength of Puritan character and life lay in prayer and meditation. In this practice the spirit of prayer was regarded as of first importance and the best form of prayer, for living prayer is the characteristic of genuine spirituality. Yet prayer is also vocal and may therefore on occasions be written. Consequently in the Puritan tradition there are many written prayers and medita…
Outline: What is Indonesia? Indonesia is a far-flung archipelago whose people insist that its more than 3,000 islands are united - not divided - by water! One of the world's newest nations, its population also makes it the world's fifth-largest, next after the United States. Like the other countries of Southeast Asia, it is caught in the worldwide throes of economic, social and cultural change.…
Outline: Events in the Middle East alone make it imperative that those in the West learn more about the Muslim world, but ini addition many Christians in the United States have Muslim neighbors and business associates whom they need to get to know better. As this helpful book comments, "Instead of giving in to prejudice, which inevitably corrupts all human relationships, the time has come for C…
Outline: An unforgettably beautiful picture of our Lord is drawn for God's people in the beloved gospel of John. The promises in this fourth gospel have brought to weary hearts down through the centuries the sudden delight of the traveler who crossing a desert, suddenly comes upon the cool, tranquil comfort of a green-bordered oasis. Thoroughly scholastic and yet vigorously practical, this expo…
Outline: Pasal-pasal Ajaran Dordrecht merupakan dokumen pengajaran reformatoris yang telah teruji waktu. Meski hampir berusia 400 tahun, dokumen ini tetap mampu menginspirasi banyak orang hingga hari ini. Pada awalnya tujuan pembuatan Pasal-pasal Ajaran Dordrecht adalah untuk membela ketiga prinsip Reformasi yaitu sola fide 'hanya oleh iman', sola gratia 'hanya oleh anugerah', dan soli Deo G…
Outline: This book is the first and only Bible of its kind - an entirely fresh approach to the study of God's Word using the New American Standard translation, the most literal word-for-word translation of the Bible available today. Other valuable features include: - Things to do. Specific instructions for every book of the Bible will lead you through the process of inductive study. - Thi…
Outline: Rebelling against a century of Old Testament scholarship, the authors persuasively argue that the first eleven chapters of Genesis are not a literary patchwork by different editors as widely supposed, but are the work of one author of extraordinary subtlety and skill. Comparing Genesis 1-11 with primeval histories from the Ancient Near East, the authors urge their readers to apprecia…
Overview: Der Autor untersucht die Abendmahlslehre von Johannes Calvin aus romisch-katholischer Perspektive. Im Zentrum des Interesses steht die Frage nach der wahren Gegenwart Jesu Christi unter Brot und Wein. Zunachst interpretiert der Autor Calvins Position hinsichtlich dieser Frage im Kontext der innerreformatorischen Kontroverse um das Abendmahl. Bei kritischer Betrachtung wird deutlich, …
Overview: This book is a textbook study of the origin, collection, copying and canonizing of the New Testament documents. Like shrewd detectives reading the suble traces of evidence, biblical scholars have studied the trail of clues and pieced together the story of these books. The author tells the story, answering our many questions: - How were books and documents produced in the first cen…
Overview: With additional contributions from joint author Arthur Chadwick, this book presents Leonard Brand's continuing argument for constructive thinking about origins and earth history in the context of Scripture, showing readers how to analyze scientific data and approach unsolved problems. Faith does not need to fear the data but can contribute to progress in understanding earth history w…
Overview: This concise and comprehensive guide is designed to meet the needs of today's opera-lover. It contains synopses of eighty-three major operas by forty-one composers from Monteverdi, and Purcell, through Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, Debussy and Janacek, to Alban Berg, Tippett and Britten. As the authors remark in the introduction, opera is a strange, complex and fascinating art, and its in…
Telling the dramas of suffering / Arthur W. Frank -- Hoping, willing, and narrative re-envisioning / Cheryl Mattingly -- At the gates of the labyrinth: a meditation on suffering / Paul A. Komesaroff -- Just one critter / Jonathan Shay -- Suffering, pharmaceutical advertising, and the face of mental illness / Joseph E. Davis -- "Meditations on impermanence" / Deborah J. Haynes -- A convers…