Outline: Responding to the spiritual and theological crisis created by the disaster of 586 BC, Obadiah sought to rekindle the hope of his countrymen with two principal points. First, divine justice will prevail with respect to the Israel's kinsmen the Edomites, who had gloated over Judah's fall. YHWH has not been blind to this filial betrayal; as they have treated the people of Judah, so they w…
Outline : More than any other Old Testament prophet, Hosea speaks YHWH's covenant with his people as a family affair rather than a legal proceeding. The prophet's life mirrors the agony of his God who takes the initiative for reconciliation with an estranged household. Hosea's personal experiences become living proof of YHWH's commitment to his people as well as the rest of creation. In the pro…
Outline : The Persian Period proved particularly challenging to the small community living in Yehud. Expectations of a glorious restoration had waned as had their hope in the justice and faithfulness of God. The prophet Malachi speaks into such a moment, calling for a renewed sense of fidelity to their God, a fidelity grounded in right worship and exhibited through faithful living. With careful…
Outline : How should we read the book of Revelation? Interpreting Scripture faithfully is a challenge with regard to any text and for any reader of the Bible. But perhaps no text confronts and confuses readers as much as the book of Revelation. With its vivid imagery and rich prophetic language, John's Apocalypse provokes and stirs our imaginations. Some have viewed it primarily as a first-cent…
Outline : What does the epistle to the Hebrews mean when it calls Jesus "Son"? Is "Son" a title that denotes his eternal existence as one person of the Trinity? Or is it a title Jesus receives upon his installation on heaven's throne after his resurrection and ascension? In this volume in IVP Academic's Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture (SCDS) volume, which promotes fresh understandin…
Outline: Understand the Bible through the lens of God's Covenants. This volume helps students of the Bible understand the big picture of God's covenant s with humanity as they play out in both the First and the New Testaments.
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 book of Joel bears witness to the power of prophetic literature. With vivid imagery - locusts, droughts, invasions, apocalyptic signs - the book guides readers through visions of devastation and terror to promises of restoration and hope. In his commentary, Joel Barker explores the meaning of this prophetic book and how Joel's understanding of God, his people, and his creation fin…
Outline : To many modern readers the prophecies of Ezekiel are a mystery. This commentary by Daniel Block - which completes his two-volume study of the whole book of Ezekiel - seeks to answer the questions that contemporary readers bring to the text by examining the language, the message, and the methods of this obscure and often misunderstood Hebrew prophet. The result of twelve years of study…
Outline : In this commentary on the book of Amos, Daniel Carroll combines a detailed reading of the Hebrew text with attention to its historical background and current relevance. What makes this volume unique is its special attention to Amos's literary features and what they reveal about the book's theology and composition. Instead of reconstructing a hypothetical redactional history, this comm…
Outline : Stephen Charnock (1628-1680) wrote what is considered to be the fullest treatment of the attributes of God, even though he did not live to complete the treatise. It is truly a biblical portrait of God drawn with a Puritan pen, rightly deserving its place among the best of Puritan productions and of English literature altogether. However, today's reader may find the 1146 pages a bit da…
Outline: Stephen Tong Evangelistic Ministries International (STEMI) telah mengadakan Seminar Pembinaan Iman Kristen (SPIK) bertemakan Kristologi selama 3 tahun berselang secara serial dan merupakan seminar theologi Kristen yang paling penting dan banyak dihadiri oleh masyarakat Kristen di Indonesia. Buku ini berupaya untuk menghadirkan tema-tema Kristologi dalam seminar tersebut dalam bentuk t…
Outline: Ucapan apakah yang keluar dari mulut Yesus Kristus ketika Dia terpaku di atas kayu salib? Bukan caci maki, balas dendam, kutukan, tangisan, ataupun jeritan kesakitan yang menyayat. Sejarah mencatat Tujuh Perkataan Salib yang keluar dari mulut Juruselamat adalah: Ya Bapa, ampunilah mereka. Hari ini juga engkau akan bersama Aku di Firdaus. Ibu. lihatlah anakmu! ... Lihatlah ibumu. Al…
Outline: Hannibal, Alexander the Great, Chalemagne adalah pemimpin-pemimpin dengan kekuatan militer yang sangat besar, tetapi kebesarannya tidak terlepas dari senjata dan akhirnya pudar dalam geseran perputaran roda sejarah. Tetapi Yesus Kristus itu, yang dalam hidup-Nya tak pernah membawa pedang dan pisau telah menggerakkan ribuan, bahkan jutaan manusia di seluruh bumi untuk membela kebenaran …
Outline: Banten adalah negeri yang sangat kaya sumber sejarah dan memiliki kekhasan karena berada di antara dua tradisi utama Nusantara, yaitu tradisi kerajaan Jawa dan tradisi tempat perdagangan Melayu. Kerajaan ini tidak hanya menulis sejarahnya sendiri, tetapi juga merangsang banyak tulisan dari pengunjung-pengunjung asing. Alhasil, rekonstruksi atas masyarakat, kebudayaan dan mentalitas di …
Outline: Setiap kali kita merenungkan istilah-istilah "Kerajaan Allah", "Gereja", dan "Pelayanan", kita perlu menyadari betapa serius dan pentingnya makna yang terkandung di balik istilah-istilah tersebut. Kita harus menghadapi dan memikirkannya dengan gentar. "Bertobatlah, Kerajaan Allah sudah dekat!" adalah berita pertama Kristus ketika Ia memulai pelayananNya di dunia yang mengawali adanya G…
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: Kehadiran Roh Kudus seringkali lebih dikaitkan dengan berbagai-bagai karunia Roh Kudus. Namun, dampak terpenting kehadiran Roh Kudus di tengah kehidupan orang percaya justru bukanlah berkaitan dengan karunia, tetapi bagaimana Roh Kudus memimpin setiap orang Kristen, sehingga mereka bisa hidup secara dinamis. Oleh karena itu, kehadiran Roh Kudus memiliki peranan yang sangat penting di d…
Outline : This book initiates a dialogue where one does not exist, and continues a dialogue where one has been tentatively initiated, regarding the concept of God in the neoclassical philosophy of Charles Hartshorne and that found in analytic philosophers who adhere to classical theism. Two distinctive features of the book are a careful examination of Hartshorne's use of position martices in th…
Outline: Salah satu keunikan Kekristenan adalah kepercayaan kepada Allah Tritunggal, yang tidak terdapat pada agama-agama lain. Doktrin Alkitab ini selalu menjadi kesulitan besar bagi orang Kristen maupun orang bukan Kristen untuk memahaminya. Memang secara terminologi istilah ini tidak muncul dalam Alkitab, namun seluruh Alkitab mengandung ajaran yang penting ini. Dalam sejaran gereja selalu m…
Outline: Apakah penginjilan itu? Penginjilan adalah proklamasi dinamis tentang Injil penebusan sebagai titik pusat iman kita kepada umat manusia. Bolehkah orang Kristen menginjili tanpa mengetahui apa yang ia beritakan? Bolehkah orang Kristen yang sudah mengenal Allah tidak membagikan pengalamannya dan pengenalannya kepada orang lain? Orang yang mengetahui theologi tidak boleh tidak pergi mengi…
Outline: For seminary students, the goal of studying Greek grammar is the accurate exegesis of biblical texts. Sound exegesis requires that the exegete consider grammar within a larger framework that includes context, lexeme, and other linguistic features. While the trend of some grammarians has been to take a purely grammatical approach to the language, Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics intergra…
Outline: Read the Old Testament from a Biblical-Theological Perspective. Featuring contributions from thirteen respected evangelical scholars, this gospel-centered introduction to the Old Testament will help anyone who teaches or studies Scripture to better see the initial outworking of God's plan to redeem the world through Jesus Christ.
Synopsis: A Companion to the Ancient Near East offers students and general readers a comprehensive overview of Near Eastern civilization from the Bronze Age to the conquests of Alexander the Great. Covers the civilizations of the Sumerians, Hittites, Babylonians, Assyrians, Israelites and Persians. Places particular emphasis on social and cultural history. Covers the legacy of the Ancient Near …
Explores the various forms of religious communication worldwide, with a special emphasis on oral and written forms of communication. This work analyzes how and why the world's religions have used different means of communications. It is intended for scholars, students, as well as the general reader interested in religion, media, or communications.
Latin American liberationists insist that theological reflection carefully attend to the contours of contemporary reality. Accordingly, I begin this account of Christianity as a font of resistance to capitalism with an analysis of contemporary capitalism.
The Basics of New Testament Syntax provides concise, up-to-date guidance for intermediate Greek students to do accurate exegesis of biblical texts. Abridged from Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics: An Exegetical Syntax of the New Testament, the popular exegetical Greek grammar for studies in Greek by Daniel B. Wallace, The Basics of New Testament Syntax offers a practical grammar for second-year s…
In the last few decades philosophers have rediscovered friendship as a distinct topic of interest. Aristotle’s thought has been, justifiably, the starting point for most philosophical work on friendship, and often its focus. This renewal of philosophical interest has seldom, however, translated into interest in what Aquinas and other medieval philosophers had to say about friendship. Interest…
This introductory-level text offers students and instructors a powerful pedagogical tool for increasing students ability to understand, analyze, evaluate, and construct arguments. THE POWER OF LOGIC provides balanced coverage of informal logic, traditional categorical logic, and modern symbolic logic. the authors direct and accessible writing style, along with a wealth of examples and imaginati…
Luke's Acts of the Apostles is the only documentation available on the birth of Christianity, despite the author's vigorously disputed reliability as a historian. Daniel Marguerat avoids this true/false quagmire by establishing his evaluation of Luke's talent as an historian within the framework of ancient historiography (the rules of ancient historians and narrative criticism). His study portr…
The plot outline of The Da Vinci Code is that a murder inside the Louvre leads to the discovery of clues found in the Da Vinci paintings, such as the Mona Lisa, which uncover information that has been protected by a secret society for 2,000 years. This information is so powerful that if brought out into the open, it could have major repercussions on Christianity. What this movie is really attem…
Outline: "Bolehkah orang Kristen menginjili tanpa mengetahui apa yang ia beritakan? Bolehkah orang Kristen yang sudah mengenal Allah tidak membagikan pengalamannya dan pengenalannya kepada orang lain? Orang yang mengetahui teologi tidak boleh tidak pergi menginjili, dan orang yang menginjili tidak boleh memiliki dasar teologi." Dengan dasar pemikiran inilah Pdt. Dr. Stephen Tong menguraikan ser…
Outline: In this volume, Daniel L. Migliore plumbs the depth of Paul's letters to the Philippians and to Philemon. With splendid theological reflection, Migliore explores central themes of these remarkable letters - themes that include the practice of prayer, righteousness from God, and the work of reconciliation and transformation through Jesus Christ. With great pastoral sensitivity, sparklin…
Outline: In Discovering Church Planting, J. D. Payne explores the biblical, historical, and missiological principles of global church planting as well as unfolding practical strategies for confronting contemporary challenges to our vital task in reaching a lost world. This comprehensive introduction to church planting shows the reader how to apply effective, international church planting practi…
Outline: Salah satu pekerjaan Roh Kudus yang terpenting, selain mencerahkan kita, memperanakkan kita, dan bersaksi dalam hati kita bahwa kita anak-anak Allah, adalah memimpin dan menguduskan kita dalam seluruh perjalanan hidup kita mengikut Tuhan. Pengudusan ini mencakup ketiga unsur dasa pembentukan pribadi kita yang paling hakiki, yaitu pikiran, emosi, dan kemauan. "Jikalau pikiran kita dipen…