Outline : Each volume of the Doctrines of Grace series illuminates one of the five points of Calvinism, presenting the context, content, and various implications of the doctrine. Featuring essays from several respected theologians, these works help readers understand key aspects of Reformed orthodoxy in all their historical, biblical, theological, and pastoral richness.
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: How to Read and Teach Literary Genres from Scripture. To properly preach God's word, pastors must discern its specific literary nature. Many preachers, however, treat the Bible as a single genre and fail to do justice to each text. As a result, congregations over the years have lost this critical component to understanding Scripture. Douglas Sean O'Donnell and Leland Ryken distill more…
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 …
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…
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: 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: Ecclesiastes raises questions that haunt everyone to some degrees. We live in a busy world, but does our busyness have a purpose? Or will the tyranny of time render all our labor pointless? If our efforts are doomed by death, how are we supposed to live in the meantime? Douglas O'Donnell turns to Ecclesiastes to show us that lives of seeming futility "under the sun" become filled with …
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: John the apostle left a rich legacy in his three letters. Seeking to lead his readers to a deeper assurance of fath, John argued that we can know with confidence that we possess eternal life if we examine our theological, moral, and social beliefs and behaviors. Pastor-scholar Douglas Sean O'Donnell illustrates and applies three essential questions from John that we must ask ourselves …
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.
Outline: Interest in political theology has surged in recent years, and this accessible volume provides a focused overview of the field. Many are asking serious questions about religious faith in secular societies, the origin and function of democratic polities, worldwide economic challenges, the shift of Christianity's center of gravity to the global south, and anxieties related to bold and …
Weak ontology: genealogy and critical issues / Stephen K. White --
White noise / William E. Connolly --
The 'weak ontology" thesis / Charles Taylor --
The ideas of individual infinitude / George Kateb --
The politics of avoidance: the limits of weak ontology / Jodi Dean --
Respect for persons / Charles Larmore --
Ontology and narrative / Leslie Paul Thiele --
Ontology: a useful category …