Outline : Reading and praying the Psalms as Christ did enriches worship and reshapes the longings, affections, and desires of believers. To be transformed by these God-given poems, we need a whole-Bible context that centers us on Christ our Savior. In this introduction to his multivolume commentary, Christopher Ash offers an in-depth, thoughtful handbook for interpreting the Psalms. Drawing on …
Outline: Recognizing that faithful theological study is an integrative task, the Theology for the People of God series uniquely combines biblical and systematic theology in dialogue with historical theology and with application to church and life. This series addresses classic doctrines of systematic theology and other relevant topics, pairing careful scholarship with the practical understandin…
Outline : In Biblical Critical Theory, Christopher Watkin shows how the Bible and its unfolding story help us make sense of modern life and culture. Critical theories exist to critique what we think we know about reality and the social, political, and cultural structures in which we live. In doing so, they make visible the values and beliefs of a culture in order to scrutinize and change them. …
Outline : Many prominent Christians insist that the church must yield to contemporary evolutionary theory and therefore modify traditional biblical ideas about the creation of life. They argue that God used―albeit in an undetectable way―evolutionary mechanisms to produce all forms of life. Featuring two dozen highly credentialed scientists, philosophers, and theologians from Europe and Nort…
Outline : The Concise New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology and Exegesis (CNIDNTTE) by Christopher A. Beetham is a significant resource for those looking for a quick-reference guide to aid in exegesis and interpretation. It retains all the essentials of the monumental and magisterial New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology and Exegesis edited by Moises Silva, bri…
Outline : Reading the New Testament doesn't need to be a difficult journey through strange and bewildering territory. How to Read the New Testament Book by Book walks you through the Scriptures like an experienced tour guide, helping you understand each of its twenty-seven books. For each book of the New Testament, the authors start with a quick snapshot, then expand the view to help you better…
Outline: Recognizing that faithful theological study is an integrative task, uniquely combines biblical and systematic theology in dialogue with historical theology and with application to church and life. The series addresses classic doctrines of systematic theology and other relevant topics, pairing careful scholarship with the practical understanding that theology finds its focus within the …
Outline: Recognizing that faithful theological study is an integrative task, uniquely combines biblical and systematic theology in dialogue with historical theology and with application to church and life. The series addresses classic doctrines of systematic theology and other relevant topics, pairing careful scholarship with the practical understanding that theology finds its focus within the …
Outline : GOD IS SOVEREIGN OVER ALL. This truth has been especially precious to Christians in times past, and for good reason. When it comes to knowing and serving God, the significance of this doctrine is hard to overstate. Yet do we truly understand what God’s sovereignty means and how it ought to impact our lives? In this accessible little book, noted theologians discuss God’s sovereignt…
Outline: How we read the Bible has a profound impact on how we understand what mission is. This book encourages us to explore the Bible's grand narrative and to bring the whole counsel of God in Scripture to our understanding of who we are and what we must do as God's people.
Outline : Recognizing that faithful theological study is an integrative task, the Theology for the People of God series uniquely combines biblical and systematic theology in dialogue with historical theology and with application to church and life. The series addresses classic doctrines of systematic theology and other relevant topics, pairing careful scholarship with the practical understandin…
Outline : How we read the Bible has a profound impact on how we understand what mission is. This book encourages us to explore the Bible's grand narrative and to bring the whole counsel of God in Scripture to our understanding of who we are and what we must do as God's people.
Outline : Reading the Old Testament doesn't need to be a difficult journey through strange and bewildering territory. How to Read the Old Testament Book by Book walks you through the Scriptures like an experienced tour guide, helping you understand each of its thirty-nine books. For each book of the Old Testament, the authors start with a quick snapshot, then expand the view to help you better …
Outline : Penjajahan di Indonesia meninggalkan jejak panjang dan penuh kekerasan. Masa antara kedatangan Marsekal Daendels dan akhir Perang Jawa, yaitu antara 1808 dan 1830, adalah masa yang penuh dengan darah. Peralihan kekuasaan yang singkat dari rezim Prancis-Belanda Daendels (1808-11) ke pemerintahan Inggris di bawah Raffles (1811-16) dan pasca-1816 ketika pemerintahan jajahan Belanda kemba…
Outline: "But seek first His Kingdom and His Righteousness." - Jesus (Matthew 6: 33). It sounds great in theory to seek God's kingdom first, but is it really feasible? So many things rob your precious time that you wonder if you can afford to bump everything else in your life to secondary status. But this is not about prioritizing. This is matter of heart. While you long for harmony in your har…
Outline: Most of us know what the Ten Commandments are, but do we actually understand what they mean? In a world of ever-changing standards, many people have decided that a set of ethics so old must be outdated. In his direct and encouraging style, Stuart Briscoe examines these ten principles one at a time, applying them to current issues of life and faith. What does it mean to avoid idolatry i…
Outline : The Sermon on the Mount. Over two thousand years ago, Jesus Christ delivered a series of simple lessons that introduced a radically different way of living. This fresh approach to relationships, materialism, wisdom, happiness, and God's love provides a life fulfillment and a positive impact on society. Stuart Briscoe, in exploring this famous passage, observes, "Composed and articulat…
Outline: Attention; pinched-for-time pastors (that means you!). Stuart Briscoe, a seasoned sermon craftsman, knows what it's like to run out of time to build sermons the way he would like. In Expository Nuggets from 1 Corinthians, he provides a bounty of time-saving outlines. Not to be confused with ready-to-deliver sermons, these expository outlines serve as a springboard for your own resear…
Outline: Attention; pinched-for-time pastors (that means you!). Stuart Briscoe, a seasoned sermon craftsman, knows what it's like to run out of time to build sermons the way he would like. In Expository Nuggets from the Psalms and Proverbs, he provides a bounty of time-saving outlines. Not to be confused with ready-to-deliver sermons, these expository outlines serve as a springboard for your …
Outline: Attention; pinched-for-time pastors (that means you!). Stuart Briscoe, a seasoned sermon craftsman, knows what it's like to run out of time to build sermons the way he would like. In Expository Nuggets from Genesis & Exodus, he provides a bounty of time-saving outlines. Not to be confused with ready-to-deliver sermons, these expository outlines serve as a springboard for your own res…
Outline: Attention; pinched-for-time pastors (that means you!). Stuart Briscoe, a seasoned sermon craftsman, knows what it's like to run out of time to build sermons the way he would like. In Expository Nuggets from the Epistles, he provides a bounty of time-saving outlines. Not to be confused with ready-to-deliver sermons, these expository outlines serve as a springboard for your own researc…
Outline: Attention; pinched-for-time pastors (that means you!). Stuart Briscoe, a seasoned sermon craftsman, knows what it's like to run out of time to build sermons the way he would like. In Expository Nuggets for Today's Christians, he provides a bounty of time-saving outlines. Not to be confused with ready-to-deliver sermons, these expository outlines serve as a springboard for your own re…
Outline: Ibu saya seorang wanita yang sangat teratur. Ia bisa putus asa menghadapi putranya yang tidak tertib. Berkali-kali ia berkata, "Dahulukan yang paling utama!" Masalahnya, bagaimana saya dapat memutuskan sebuah "perkara" sebagai "hal yang paling utama"? Padahal pendapat Ibu mengenai "hal yang utama" itu tidak selalu sama dengan pendapat saya. Kita memang sering bingung saat dipaksa menat…
Outline: After men come down from the mountain top, how will they keep their promises in the valley? Stuart Briscoe looks at the foundation of biblical manhood: What does it mean to be a man of God? He examines the key values that characterize a Christian man: - Faithfulness in following God - Focus on the truly important priorities - Fortitude to stand strong in the face of temptation Appl…
Outline: Rate the Following in Your Order of Preference ... - Being Healthy - Being Holy - Being Happy If you think about life in the same way Stuart Briscoe did when he was very young - and most of us, if we are perfectly honest, do - Being Happy will rate first, Being Healthy second, and Being Holy will rate a poor third. So, must you give up any hope of happiness if you decide to give y…
Outline: How many "genuine people" do you know? Once we look beyond the roles that family, church, and culture place on us, what do we find? Only as we understand God's intensions for us will we discover the meaning that transcends superficial definitions. Whether you are a man of woman, spouse or unmarried, parent or teenager, friend, or employee, God's Word gives guidelines for the kind of li…
Outline : Reading the Old Testament doesn't need to be a difficult journey through strange and bewildering territory. How to Read the Old Testament Book by Book walks you through the Scriptures like an experienced tour guide, helping you understand each of its thirty-nine books. For each book of the Old Testament, the authors start with a quick snapshot, then expand the view to help you better …
Outline : The Apostles' Creed is it just another old church docu- ment, intended for people who lived "way back when," or is it relevant for us today? According to surveys, over 80 percent of Americans "believe in God." But when you probe more carefully, few really seem to know who this God is. And even fewer seem to let it affect their lives. With his characteristic wit and candor, Stuart Bri…
Outline: Who wouldn't want to be an all-around better preacher? Here are vital tips and ideas that are great for new pastors, seminary students, or any pastor who is feeling overwhelmed!
Outline: Most Christians would agree that the Bible provides a basis for mission. But Christopher Wright boldly maintains that there is a missional basis for the Bible! The entire Bible is generated by and all about God's mission. In order to understand the Bible, we need a missional hermeneutic, an interpretive perspective in tune with this great missional theme. We need to see how the familia…
Outline: The Islamic challenge to the Church, if not Western society, is no longer something in the far distance that can be ignored. It is in all of our cities and neighbourhoods - now. Islam and Christianity ae on a pathway of confrontation. "In the next fifty years, we will capture the Western World for Islam,' stated one key Muslim religious leader. In Mosque and Miracles, Robinson exhorts …
Outline: A History of Biblical Interpretation provides detailed and extensive studies of the interpretation of the Scriptures by Jewish and Christian writers throughout the ages. Written by internationally renowned scholars, this multivolume work comprehensively treats the many different methods of interpretation, the many important interpreters from various eras, and the many key issues that h…
Outline: A Student-friendly workbook for use with basics of Biblical Greek Grammar. This workbook is a companion to Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar : Fourth Edition, the most widely used textbook for learning the Greek of the New Testament. Each chapter of the workbook contains exercises that correspond to the content of the chapter in the main grammar. The exercises for each chapter are divid…
The series in which Christopher Dyer's excellent new work appears already has generated comment, much of it lauding the content of the books but an equal amount criticizing their format. In the case of Dyer's book, perhaps it would be preferable to deal with these latter criticisms before examining the former. Professional historians will immediately be struck by the fact that despite the enorm…
In God is Not Great, Hitchen tweezes through the major religious texts with forensic shrewdness. With chapters entitled Religion Kills', and Is Religion Child Abuse?', he fearlessly argues for a secular life based on science and reason, tarring religion as man-made wish-thinking. He documents the ways in which religion is a cause of dangerous sexual repression and a distortion of our origins in…
John Stuart Mill said in his Autobiography that his father, James Mill, was ‘‘the last of the eighteenth century.’’ He intended a deep homage to the man who had educated him to carry on the work of social amelioration and enlightenment—an homage a little touched by irony, since James Mill did in fact live most of his life in the nineteenth century...
This is a detailed examination of Proverbs 1-9, an early Jewish poetic work and an example of Wisdom literature. The author shows that certain parts of it, profoundly influential on the development of both Judaism and Christianity, belong to a much broader and more intricate set of ideas than older scholarship allowed.
This is a detailed examination of Proverbs 1-9, an early Jewish poetic work and an example of Wisdom literature. The author shows that certain parts of it, profoundly influential on the development of both Judaism and Christianity, belong to a much broader and more intricate set of ideas than older scholarship allowed.
Christian exegesis of the Song of Songs has long interacted creatively with - and, more recently, reacted critically against - the allegorical interpretation developed by Origen of Alexandria (c.185-c.254) in his Commentary and two Homilies on the Song of Songs. Interest in Origen's exegesis of the Song's narrative elements has dominated past scholarship, which has almost entirely ignored how O…
"Postmodernism has been a buzzword in contemporary society for the last decade. But how can it be defined? In this Very Short Introduction Christopher Butler challenges and explores the key ideas of postmodernists, and their engagement with theory, literature, the visual arts, film, architecture, and music. He treats artists, intellectuals, critics, and social scientists as if they were all mem…
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…
If we are honest, we have to admit that there are many things we don’t understand about God. We do not have final answers to the deep problems of life, and those who say they do are probably living in some degree of delusion. There are areas of mystery in our Christian faith that lie beyond the keenest scholarship or even the most profound spiritual exercises. For many people, these problems …
An overview of discussions about the nature of New Testament theology, which examines the development, purpose and scope. * Contributions are written by some of the most distinguished writers in the field of New Testament studies. * Looks at the relationship of New Testament theology with other branches of theology.
In the old crenellated church of Mary of Zion in Aksum, Ethiopia, an object is kept that emperors, patriarchs, and priests have assured the world is the most important religious relic of all the Ark of the Covenant. Are the legends true? Or is this story a monumental deception? In a triumph of historical detective work the acclaimed Ethiopia expert Stuart Munro-Hay traces the extraordinary lege…