Outline : THE PROMISE OF THE FUTURE introduces us to the full range of biblical teaching on eschatology (the study of the last things). It rightly stresses that... as Simon Peter pointed out on the Day of Pentecost, the resurrection of Christ and the gift of the Spirit mean that the future has invaded the present, so that we are already living in 'the last days'. This helps to explain the sense…
Outline: This book argues that sound theological foundations are essential for sound pastoral care - and that pastoral care provides a rich resource for fresh, even profound theological reflection. The chapters present a series of case studies. Each begins with a chaplain's encounter with a patient in crisis, whether from pain, loss, abandonment, trauma, or guilt. The quest for God in these cir…
Outline : Anton Engelbrecht, Theologe und Humanist, war einer der Ersten im deutschsprachigen Raum, der im 16. Jahrhundert ein Plädoyer für Religionsfreiheit hielt, nämlich auf der Straßburger Synode von 1533. Er warnte vor den Folgen des Zwangs für Gläubige, die glauben wollen, wie sie es für richtig halten, aber nicht nach ihren eigenen Überzeugungen glauben und leben dürfen. Und mit…
Outline : Buku ini merupakan terjemahan dari disertasi Nicolaas Johannes Cornelis Geise, yang aslinya ditulis dalam bahasa Belanda. Dalam buku ini, Geise menelaah rincian kebudayaan di sekitar hubungan antara komunitas Baduy dan komunitas Muslim di Banten Selatan. Ia menelaah, misalnya, pemilahan antara wilayah Kajeroan (dalam) dan Panamping (luar) beserta rincian pranatanya, perbedaan keyakina…
Outline: The Explorations in Biblical Theology series addresses the need for quality literature that attacts believing readers to good theology - and builds them up in their faith. Each title in the series combines satisfying content with the accessibility and readibility of a popular book. The result is a valuable addition to the library of any college senior, seminarian, pastor - indeed anyon…
Outline: A key refrain in Reformed theology is that God's Spirit trumpets the message of salvation through Jesus Christ into every book and cranny of the universe - but now? And in what way does this cosmic truth touch and shape the mundane reality of our lives and our world? In this distillation of his Warfield Lectures, delivered at Princeton Theological Seminary in spring 2014, leading Refor…
Outline: The office of deacon is God's gift to His church to ensure that all can share in the liberating joy of redemption, but today it is often undervalued, misunderstood, and perceived to be of little importance. In The Deacon, the author considers the Old Testament background for this calling, the deacon in New Testament times and in church history, and the current function of the office. Y…
Outline: In the biblical drama of the living God's works in creation and redemption, no theme is more lustrous than that of God's gracious intention to enjoy communion with humans who bear his image and whose lives have been broken through sin. Cornelis Venema summarizes and defends a broad consensus view of the doctrine of the covenants in the history of Reformed theology, clarifying areas of …
Overview: A fresh, inviting text on the content of Christian faith in our contemporary context, this one- volume systematic theology offers a splendid, orthodox explication of the Christian faith for students, teachers, pastors, and serious lay readers alike. The autors not only cover all the traditional themes -- God, creation, sin, Jesus Christ, Scripture and so on -- but also relate those cl…
Outline: A hundred years ago, influential Dutch theologian and statesman Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920) delivered his famous "Stone Lectures on Calvinism" at Princeton (New Jersey, USA). To celebrate his occasion, the conference Christianity and Culture: The Heritage of Abraham Kuyper on different Continents, was organized at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. The first section of this volume f…
Outlined: Five hundred years ago, the Reformers were defending doctrines such as justification by faith alone, the authority of Scripture, and God's grace in salvation - some to the point of death. Many of these same essential doctrines are still being challenged today, and there has never been a more crucial time to hold fast to the enduring truth of Scripture. In this book, the author has b…
Overview: The subject of this book is the understanding of the gospel in the theology of the Protestant Reformer John Calvin. Specifically, it deals with what Calvin terms the "twofold grace of God", the justification and sanctification of believers on the basis of the redemptive work of Christ. The author's study also addresses several controversial questions in Calvin studies. These includ…
Overview: This first instalment of the AmSTaR series explores recent developments in Envangelical Christianiaty in the Netherlands. Dutch Evangelicalism can be understood as rooted in the Reformation, Pietism and other renewal movements. This collection of articles by a number of experts in the field reflects on the boundaries and intersections of the Evangelical tradition in the Netherlands,…