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 : Evangelical Christianity underwent extraordinary expansion―geographically, culturally and theologically―in the second half of the twentieth century. How and why did it spread and change so much? How did its strategic responses to a rapidly changing world affect its diffusion, for better or for worse? This volume in the History of Evangelicalism series offers an authoritative surve…
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 : Stanley Porter offers a comprehensive commentary on the Pastoral Epistles that features rigorous biblical scholarship and emphasizes Greek language and linguistics.
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 : The authors of the New Testament regularly quote and allude to Old Testament passages that point to the presence, person, and work of Jesus. Jesus himself claimed that Moses wrote about him (John 5:46). And on the road to Emmaus, Jesus instructed the disciples from "Moses and all the prophets" regarding himself (Luke 24:27). Though Christians affirm that the Old Testament bears witnes…
Outline : "An accessible introduction to the portrayal of Jesus - and Jesus's divinity - in the New Testament canon"
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 : "This book will stimulate and sharpen the thinking of any pastor or teacher" This accessible introduction to hermeneutics helps students and pastors better interpret and understand God's Word.
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 : Setiap kehidupan yang mempunyai tujuan. Kita perlu menyusun rencana yang mantap untuk mencapai tujuan itu. Rencana kerja adalah suatu prinsip yang mengatur terwujudnya tujuan hidup seseorang. Tujuan yang jelas memungkinkan kita mengetahui cara kerja yang tepat untuk melaksanakan rencana Allah yang sempurna dalam kehidupan kita. Inilah yang harus kita perhatikan dalam menyusun rencana …
Outline: This series is designed to address particular themes in the New Testament that are of concern to Christians today. Written in a style easily accessible to ministers, students, and laypeople by contributors who are proven experts in their fields of study, these volumes reflect the best of current biblical scholarship while also speaking directly to the pastoral needs of people in toda…
Outline: Ziarah ke tempat-tempat yang disebut Alkitab sangat menarik, karena walaupun sudah terpaut ribuan tahun dengan peristiwa itu - dan banyak perubahan terjadi selama itu - masih ada yang lama. Iklim, adat istiadat, kebiasaan yang seakan berhenti melewati waktu. Seperti 3 seri sebelumnya, tema dalam buku JJS 4 ini terbagi menjadi 4: tempat, peristiwa, tokoh, dan benda Alkitab dalam gambar.…
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: 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: Stanley E. Porter focuses upon the depiction of Paul in the book of Acts from literary-critical, rhetorical, and theological perspectives, among several others. The essays within this volume examine various topics related to the Paul of Acts such as the "we" passages of Acts as a source regarding Paul, and the theology and perspective of these passages in terms of their portrait of him…
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…
In a time when our knowledge of the ancient Mediterranean world has grown by leaps and bounds, this volume sets out for readers the wealth of Jewish and Greco-Roman background that should inform our reading and understanding of the New Testament and early Christianity.
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…
In Christian Origins and Greco-Roman Culture, Stanley Porter and Andrew Pitts assemble an international team of scholars whose work has focused on reconstructing the social matrix for earliest Christianity through the use of Greco-Roman materials and literary forms.
"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 …
When the ancients talked about "messiah", what did they picture? Did that term refer to a stately figure who would rule, to a militant who would rescue, or to a variety of roles held by many? While Christians have traditionally equated the word "messiah" with Jesus, the discussion is far more complex. This volume contributes significantly to that discussion. Ten expert scholars here address …
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…
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.
This book explores five major approaches to this important biblical topic as they've developed in Protestant circles: Non-Theonomic Reformed View – the law is the perfection of righteousness in Jesus Christ. Theonomic Reformed View – the goodness of the law is dependent on how it's used and does not offer a way to salvation. Heavily focused on Paul's discussion of the Law. Law as "Gr…
If we are honest, we have to admit that there are many things we don't understand about God, especially in the face of terrible suffering and evil. Chris Wright offers reflections and encouragement from the Scriptures, so that those who are troubled by these tough questions can still sustain their faith.
Nothing confuses Christian ethics quite like the Old Testament. Some faithful readers struggle through its pages and conclude that they must obey its moral laws but may disregard its ceremonial and civil laws. Others abandon its teaching altogether in favor of a strictly New Testament ethic. Neither option, argues Chris Wright, gives the Old Testament its due. In this innovative approach to …
Outline : How should one approach the task of theology? The question of methodology is increasingly one of interest among theologians, who recognize that the very manner in which we approach theology informs both the questions we ask and the conclusions we reach. This volume in IVP's Spectrum Multiview series brings together five evangelical theologians with distinctly different approaches to t…