Outline: Dalam teologi Kristen dosa dan anugerah saling terkait erat. Dosen dan konselor Mark McMinn, percaya bahwa konseling Kristen harus memperhitungkan dosa manusia dan anugerah Allah. Baik dosa maupun anugerah akan terdistorsi bila yang satu ditekankan sambil yang lain diabaikan. Buku ini bertujuan untuk melengkapi para penyuluh dan pembina mengoperasikan kebenaran Injil ke dalam beragam p…
Outline: To enclaves of young converts tucked away in the mountains of Asia Minor, Paul wrote what is perhaps the oldest document in the New Testament - the letter to the Galatians. What problems were they facing? Among a variety of religious authorities espousing different teachings, how were they to know who was right? How were men and women to be put right with God? How could Christians in t…
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…
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: Develop a deeper understanding of the Bible's Jewish heritage. The Complete Jewish Study Bible pairs the newly updated text of the best-selling Complete Jewish Bible with detailed notes and comprehensive study material to help both Jewish and Christian readers understand and connect with the essence of their faith - God's redemptive plan for his people. Readers will be enriched through…
Outline: Throughout Scripture the form of expression reminds us of God's gracious approach to us in covenant union, of our infidelity to sworn obligation, and of God's purpose to accomplish his promised purpose in spite of our infidelity. Chapter 4. Since Jesus teaches inerrancy, we may not abondon it. Chapter 5. It is not enough for the Church to know and confess that the Bible is inspired; …
Outline : Helping Others Change and Grow Paul David Tripp designed this interactive small group resource using the principles fromahis best-selling book, Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands. Formerly published as Helping Others Change, this updated and reformatted Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands Study Guide offers a comprehensive, hands-on overview of the process of biblical change that wi…
Outline: The central theme of the Bible is expanded and expounded in this collection of sermons, compiled by one of today's great preachers. The reader will be encouraged by messages from such great pulpit masters. These Classic Sermons on the Birth of Christ will be a welcome addition to both preachers and teachers and will provide inspiration, ideas, and insights into this important event.
Outline: Prayer is the lifeline of the Christian. Only through an active prayer life can there be real spiritual growth. Fourteen pulpit giants present the need, the how-to, and the results of a life that is permeated with prayer. These classic sermons on prayer will energize your prayer life, show you how to expect great things from God, and help you experience the strengthening power of God i…
Outline: Nothing is more important than worship. And worship is more than a formal church activity; it is personal before it is public. This is not a book about worshiping in church. John MacArthur surveys the biblical teaching about worship and argues for a new understanding of the concept. The Ultimate Priority is a call to a radically different type of living that seeks to worship God contin…
Outline: Do you know who you are? In this Scripture-saturated devotional, pastor and biblical counselor Paul Tautges provides 90 meditations on your complete identity before God in Christ as saint, sinner, and sufferer. Day by day, center your thoughts and affections on the Savior and stay on God's good path as you live in a broken world.
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: The promise and peril in reading the Minor Prophets. Reading the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets confronts the unique challenges presented by this daunting section of the Old Testament. Authors from a variety of perspectives consider questions about hermeneutics and composition, reception history, theodicy, metaphors and characterization, and theology. These essays provide insights …
Overview: Buku ini merupakan pedoman penafsiran Alkitab bagi siapa saja yang ingin menganalisis metode-metode kritik Alkitab. Setelah menyajikan penjelasan mengapa penafsiran Alkitab menjadi satu disiplin ilmu tersendiri, para penulis juga secara ringkas menyajikan penelusuran penafsiran Alkitab dalam sejarah. Dalam bagian-bagian berikut, kedua penulis menyajikan penjelasan apa yang dimaksud …
Outline : Ricoeur's theory of productive imagination in previously unpublished lectures. The eminent philosopher Paul Ricoeur was devoted to the imagination. These previously unpublished lectures offer Ricoeur's most significant and sustained reflections on creativity as he builds a new theory of imagination through close examination, moving from Aristotle, Pascal, Spinoza, Hume, and Kant to Ry…
Among the many types of sources for the history of Byzantine monasticism, none are more important than the typika, or foundation documents, collected and translated in these volumes, which will make possible for the first time a comprehensive study of religious life and institutions in the Greek East and a comparison between Greek and Latin monasticism.1 Together, the typika throw light on almo…
Overview: In a crystal clear discussion of science and religion and their logical friendship in the search for truth and understanding, Polkinghorne draws on discoveries made in atomic physics to make credible the claims of Christianity, and helps refine Christian perceptions through the knowledge that the new science brings. He discusses belief in God, chaos, evolution, miracles, and prayer, a…
Outline: A Companion Workbook to ... When studying a book as significant as the Bible it is important to grasp the facts accurately. The Stranger on the Road to Emmaus was written to make the Bible straightforward and clear. This companion WorkBook takes it the next step, having been designed with the express purpose of walking one through the Bible's primary message, using The Stranger. The Wo…
Outline: "Covenant theology sets the gospel in the context of God's eternal plan of communion with his people and its historical outworking in the covenants of works and grace." LIGON DUNCAN Just as two bookends hold together a row of books, the covenant of works and the covenant of grace hold together the storyline of Scripture. Join a host of twenty-six scholars, including O. Palmer Robertso…
Outline: As the old jokes goes, if you find a perfect church you should't join it, because if you do it won't be perfect anymore. Whenever sinners work together in close quarters, whether in churches or in families, conflict and disappointment will arise. Regardless of flaws God designed us to need one another and for the church to need us. But how do you find a good church? What are the qualit…
Outline: John Piper pleads with fellow pastors to abandon the secularization of the pastorate and pursue the prophetic call of the Bible for radical ministry. We pastors are being killed by the professionalizing of the pastoral ministry. The mentality of the professional is not the mentality of the prophet. It is not the mentality of the slave of Christ. Professionalism has nothing to do with t…
Outline : Paul Helm breaks fertile ground in this survey of theological anthropology in the Reformed tradition. Acknowledging the rich patristic and medieval heritage available to Reformed theologians, Helm works through a representative range of authors and materials during the period 1550 to 1750 in order to identify certain ways of thinking as well as elements of development and change. Addr…
Outline: This is the definitive English-language edition of one of the monumental works of the Christian church. Under Dr. McNeill's personal supervision labored a whole corps of expert Latinists and Calvin scholar. All previous editions - in Latin, French, German, and English - have been collated; references and notes have been verified, corrected, and expanded; and new bibliographies have bee…
Outline: This is the new and definitive English-language edition of one of the monumental works of the Christian church. Under Dr. McNeill's personal supervision labored a whole corps of experts Latinists and Calvin scholars. All previous editions - in Latin, French, German, and English - have been collected; references and notes have been verified, corrected, and expanded; and new bibliographi…
Outline: This magisterial and much-needed study by John Kilner thoroughly explains what the Bible teaches about humanity being in the image of God. Arguing against the common idea that sin damages the image of God in human beings, Kilner probes how our creation in God's image gives us dignity, and he points to humanity's renewal according to God's image in Christ as our destiny.
Outline: A new commentary for today's world, The Story of God Bible Commentary explains and illuminates each passage of Scripture in light of the Bible's grand story. The first commentary series to do so, SGBC offers a clear and compelling exposition of biblical texts, guiding everyday readers in how to creatively and faithfully live out the Bible in their own contexts. Its story-centric approa…
Outline: The name of John Calvin (1509 - 1564) is justly renowned in a number of contexts. The Reformation's greatest systematic theologian, he was also a Christian strategist and transformer of society, as his enormous correspondence and his influence in Geneva bear witness. A prolific scholar, well-versed in the Latin of the academics, he also worked hard at communicating to ordinary men and …
Outline: How people behave and think is largely determined by the social structure in which they live. Evangelism and church planting strategies, if they are to succeed, must take that group action into account. Incarnational Ministry describes the social-cultural settings of bands, tribes, peasantry, and urbanites. While urging planners not to use these general categories as simplistic pigeonh…
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: A Diverse and dazzling look at the current state of Christian thought. In Christ across the Disciplines distinguished scholars covering the theological spectrum explore the dynamic relationship between the Christian faith and the life of the mind. Although the essays in this volume are rooted in a rich understanding of the past, they focus primarily on how Christian students, teachers,…
Outline: The Roman Catholic papacy has long been a thorny issue dividing the ecumenical church. In this book several outstanding Lutheran and Catholic theologians, known collectively as the Group of Farfa Sabina, present the results of their five-year dialogue, showing how the papal (Petrine) ministry might actually serve to unify the worldwide communion of churches. Offering biblical, historic…
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: How does the New Testament echo the Old? Which versions of the Hebrew Scriptures were authoritative for New Testament writers? The appearance of concepts, images, and passages from the Old Testament in the books of the New raises important questions about textual versions, allusions, and the differences between ancient and modern meaning. Written by ten distinguished scholars, Hearing …
Outline: This insightful book examines nine case studies in the history of exegesis in order to demonstrate the valuable insights into Scripture that we can gain not only from what individual commentators say but from fifteen centuries' cumulative witness to the meaning of Scripture in the life of the church.