Outline: Buku ini berisi meditasi-meditasi pendek tentang hal-hal kecil dalam kehidupan yang di dalamnya kita berjumpa dengan Tuhan, Allahnya Elia yang dijumpainya dalam angin sepoi-sepoi dan di dalam lembah kemuraman hidupnya. Meditasi-meditasi ini mendiskusikan bagaimana memikirkan dan menghayati berita Injil tentang kebebasan, ketidakmenentuan masa depan, kesukaan kepada hal-hal yang sensa…
Outline: In this volume, the author examines the character and purpose of Luke and Acts and introduces Luke's social, historical, and literary context. He presents Luke's narrative as a "kingdom story" that both announces the arrival of God's reign in Jesus and describes the ministry of the early church, revealing the character of the kingdom as dramatically at odds with the Kingdom of Rome. …
Outline: A Series of books that examines major problems confronting the church today. Each book deals with a particular problem area in the light of Biblical revelation of God's purpose and human responsibility. The author shows how recent knowledge of the way the Scriptures were formed raises problems in regard to the traditional understanding of inspiration. In response, he presents possi…
Outline: The Pentecostal Manifestor series aims to speak for and to a rising, outward-looking generation of Pentecostal scholarship. Written by both established and newly emerging scholars, the various "manifestos" volumes will be creative staements, marked by rigorous theological scholarship, reflecting a distinctly Pentecostal engagement with wider themes and concerns in Christian thought to…
Outline: Sit in the Courtroom as the Savior Testifies Witness the disturbing display of events as Jesus stands against His detractors and the unbridled might of the Roman Empire. In this unsparing up-close account, you will experience the greatest injustice in history - the trial and punishment of Jesus of Nazareth - and gain a fresh appreciation for the enormity of the stakes. His innocen…
Outline : Penulis menunjukkan pendekatan kepada pelayanan yang menumbuhkan para remaja dan membuat mereka tetap setia bergereja - pendekatan yang berpijak dengan teguh kepada Alkitab dan dipolakan menurut sarana-sarana anugerah : Firman, sakramen, doa, pelayanan, dan komunitas. Pelajarilah bagaimana para remaja bukan hanya membutuhkan pelayanan yang lebih mendalam, tetapi mereka pun mengingin…
Overview: Seri Dasar-Dasar Iman memperkenalkan pembaca kepada doktrin dan praktik Reformed yang mendasar, namun pembahasannya sesuai dengan situasi semua gereja. Penulis menyibakkan ajaran Kitab Suci mengenai doktrin adopsi dan menunjukkan makna yang sebenarnya dari adopsi sorgawi kita. Ia menolong kita untuk merasakan apa yang dirasakan oleh setiap anak adopsi: penerimaan, memiliki keluarga,…
Outline: We know that the earliest Christians sang hymns : Paul encourages believers to sing "psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs." And at the dawn of the second century, the Roman official Pliny names a feature of Christian worship as "singing alternately a hymn to Christ as to God." Are some of these early Christian hymns preserved for us in the New Testament? Scholars have long debated th…
Outline: In these essays honoring ethicist Max L. Stackhouse, leading Christian scholars consider the historical roots and ongoing resources of public theology as a vital element in the church's engagement with global issues. This book explores the concept of public theology and the challenge of relating theological claims to a larger social and political context. The range of essays include…
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…
Outline: In this book we want to get to know Abraham Kuyper in the context of his own time. What was the special character of his time? What was the spirit of the age? There is a definite starting point to be found: Kuyper, like his predecessor, Groen van Prinsterer, always referred to a certain point of departure in characterizing his own time - the formidable events of the French Revoluti…
Outline: Heinrich Bullinger's theology remains relevant for the life of the Church and as a subject of inquiry. The present volume is a thoroughgoing examination of that theology by the premier scholar of the subject. The author's last work before his untimely death has been edited by Joe Mock and Jim West as the wishes of the author and presents the theology of Bullinger following the same p…
Outline: Although faith takes a very significant place in the whole life of a believer, yet it is one of the topics that is widely neglected, or treated superficially, by theologians as well as by lay believers today. The author aims at exploring the nature of the Reformed doctrine of "salvation by faith through grace" by examining the interrelationship by the three most important concepts of…
Outline: Thomas Klockner betrachtet die fruhneuzeitliche Biografie des friesischen Pastorensohnes und reformierten Gelehrten Heinrich Alting. Dem kurfurstlichen Haus der Wittelsbacher in Heidelberg verdankte er den sozialen Aufstieg und die Begegnung mit fuhrenden Personlichkeiten der reformierten-trans-kontinentalen Welt. Klockner beschreibt Altings Blick auf eine res publica litteraria im …
Outline: Public theology has emerged in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries as theologians have increasingly entered the public square to engage complex issues. This book brings a much-needed resource to this relatively new field. The essays contained here being a robust and relevant faith perspective to a wide range of issues as well as foundational biblical and theological perspective…
Outline: This book explores a little appreciated dimension of John Calvin's political thought, his two kingdoms theology, as a model of constructive, Christian participation in liberal society. Widely misunderstood as a proto-political culture warrior, due in part to his often misinterpreted role in controversies over predestination and the heretic Servetus, Calvin articulated a thoughtful ap…
Outline: This book responds to the crisis of American democracy as perceived by such diverse thinkers as Christopher Lasch, Michael Sandel, Mary Ann Glendon, and Robert Putnam. Despite their philosophical differences, these thinkers highlight a common theme: a decline in the institutions of civil society once hold to be the vital center of the American polity. In place of these institutions …
Outline: The author is well known for his incisive views on the intersection of culture and Christianity and for his efforts to make the thought of major Dutch theologian Abraham Kuyper accessible to average Christians. In this volume the author provides the scholarly "backstory" to his popular books as the interprets, applies, expands on - and at times even corrects - Kuyper's remarkable visi…
Outline: In this book, the author shows how Dutch politician and church leader Abraham Kuyper lived a thoroughly Christian life, and explains why Christians need to follow Kuyper by taking their faith into the public sphere. Identifying the characteristic of a true Christian worldview, the author demonstrates the need for a public theology that stresses engagement between the church and the wo…
Outline: Buku ini membahas masalah penting dalam membesarkan anak dengan menggunakan sistem penilaian kepribadian DSIK untuk membantu Anda memahami dengan lebih baik, menerima, dan menghargai temperamen-temperamen anak-anak Anda. - Temukan berbagai motivasi yang membuat setiap anak "hidup". - Perhatikan bagimana motivasi-motivasi ini dapat menolong anda membesarkan anak dengan lebih efekt…
Outline: Bagi mereka yang belum pernah mengalami menjadi orang tua, tugas sebagai orang tua tampaknya sangat sederhana, tetapi mereka yang harus membesarkan anak mengetahui bahwa tugas menjadi orang tua itu jauh lebih sulit daripada kelihatannya. Anak-anak itu mahal, dalam arti kita harus menyediakan waktu, biaya, dan tenaga - tetapi mereka memang layak dibayar mahal. Buku ini menunjukkan kep…
Outline: Throughout history Christian thinkers have attempted to come to terms with the validity of views of scholars committed to non-Christian views of reality. This book gives twelve case studies of how important Christian thinkers in ancient, medieval and modern times have led the way in relating to non-Christian wisdom. The reader is given a sympathetic insight into the personal struggl…
Outline: Buku ini menunjukkan bahwa Perjanjian Baru - dari permulaan hingga akhir - dengan jelas mengungkapkan identitas Ilahi Yesus. Selain itu, terbukti bahwa kepercayaan kepada Yesus sebagai Allah merupakan keyakinan dari para pengikut mula-mula yang berkebangsaan Yahudi, yang berakar pada teologi Perjanjian Lama dan pada perkataan dan perbuatan Yesus sendiri. Buku ini berbobot secara aka…
Outline: - The complete text of the Greek Old Testament as it appears in the Rahlfs-Hanhart revised Septuaginta, laid out in a clear, modern, and highly readable format. - Includes all Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical books, as well as double-texts, which are presented on facing pages for easy comparison - Every word occurring 100 times or fewer in Septuaginta - as well as every word that occurs…
Outline: The Hebrew Book of Job is universally acknowledged as an exquisite piece of literary art that ranks among the most outstanding compositions in world literature. Yet it is also widely recognized as an immensely difficult text to understand. In elucidating that ancient text, this inaugural Illuminations commentary by C. L. Seow pays close attention to the reception history of Job, inc…
Outline: In this book, the author makes a comprehensive effort to counter the secular politics of his day with a Christian alternative. In an era where the church usually either controlled or was controlled by the state, the author showed that it was possible to frame a political program in which church and state engage while remaining separate. Though couched in its particular time and plac…
Outline: Pertanyaan utama yang muncul pada KTT Bumi di Rio, Juni 1992, ialah "apakah masih ada masa depan tempat semua orang ditawari pengharapan akan kehidupan, dan masih ada bumi yang terpelihara demi kemampuannyaa memberi kehidupan tadi?" Dalam bahasa yang jelas dan enak dibaca, buku ini mengemukakan akibat peristiwa besar internasional bagi gereja-gereja dan gerakan oikumenis. Penulis men…
Outline: Buku ini menguraikan masalah-masalah yang mendasar dalam ilmu bela negara, khususnya negara Indonesia, seperti: wawasan nusantara, ketahanan nasional, politik strategi nasional, politik strategi hankamnas, sistem hankamrata. Dalam edisi baru ini disajikan perbaikan dan penyempurnaan isi sehingga membantu mahasiswa dalam proses pemahaman yang lebih mendalam tentang peran setiap warga …
Outline: "Konsep Ketahanan Nasional yang dicanangkan bangsa Indonesia akan terwujud apabila mereka memanfaatkan segala sumber daya manusia dan sumber daya alam yang dikerahkan melalui Pembangunan Nasional secara komprehensif. Dikatakan demikian karena meliputi bidang ideologi, politik, ekonomi, sosial, budaya, serta pertahanan dan keamanan (Ipoleksosbudhankam) nasional demi kesejahteraan dan …
Outline: Interest in political theology has surged in recent years, and this accessible volume provides a focused overview of the field. Many are asking serious questions about religious faith in secular societies, the origin and function of democratic polities, worldwide economic challenges, the shift of Christianity's center of gravity to the global south, and anxieties related to bold and …
Outline: Dalam buku yang berimbang ini, penulis - seorang theolog Injili dan ahli sejarah gereja - akan menolong para pembaca untuk memahami nuansa dari ajaran Katolik Roma. Dengan mengikuti buku resmi Catechism of the Catholic Church (Katekismus Gereja Katolik), penulis meringkas dan menilai doktrin Katolik dari sudut pandang Alkitab dan theologi Injili. Dengan memperhatikan persamaan-persa…
Outline: Pendeta yang populer, guru Alkitab, dan konselor Paul David Tripp memberikan bimbingan praktis mengenai cara menemukan sukacita sejati dan kepuasan kekal sehingga orang Kristen dapat belajar untuk hidup dengan bebas di dunia yang penuh kegilaan.
Outline: In a sweeping reconsideration of the relation between religion and modernity, the author surveys the roles that religions may play in the public sphere of modern societies. During the 1980s, religious traditions around the world, from Islamic fundamentalism to catholic liberation theology, began making their way, often forcefully, out of the private sphere and into public life, causi…
Outline: Filsafat mengajukan pertanyaan dan masalah yang sering dianggap mengacaukan iman Kristen. Orang Kristen tidak perlu menghindar dari diskusi ini. Ada "kabar baik filosofis bagi orang Kristen," kata penulis. Posisi Kristen adalah "bukan sekedar alternatif yang masuk akal," tetapi "posisi yang konsisten, meyakinkan, dan sekaligus masuk akal yang mampu menawarkan solusi untuk masalah yan…
Outline: Buku ini yang berisi 12 tema ini disunting dari materi rekaman Kelas Pembinaan "Pernikahan dan Keluarga" yang disampaikan oleh penulis, di dalam 3 periode pada tahun 2018 - 2019, di GRII Bandung. Pacaran, Pernikahan, dan Keluarga: 1. Relasi dan Komunikasi 2. Kasih, Ordo, dan Kesetaraan 3. Kasih Kristus dan Saling Menerima 4. Pernikahan dan Seksualitas 5. Theologi, Relasi, dan Ke…
Outline: Teks-teks Perjanjian Lama sesungguhnya merupakan firman Allah yang limpah. Dalam terang Perjanjian Baru, mutiara-mutiara kebenaran itu dikhotbahkan lalu kemudian dijadikan buku. Buku ini merupakan kumpulan khotbah itu, yang disampaikan di GRII Kebun Jeruk-Jakarta dan GRII Semarang. Dalam buku ini, penulis menguraikan perjalanan kehidupan Nuh dalam kesendiriannya bersama Tuhan yang…
Outline: Dengan latar belakang mantan Agnostik, melalui buku ini, penulis menguraikan lima prinsip strategis yang dapat digunakan secara menyeluruh di ruang kelas, media, atau diskusi dengan teman dan anggota keluarga untuk membantu Anda menjawab para skeptis dan memajukan agama Kristen. Ini adalah manual pelatihan dunia nyata yang menunjukkan dimana saja wawasan-wawasan dunia mendapatkan ses…
Outline: Kumpulan ceramah-ceramah tentang gereja sebagai mempelai wanita Kristus yang disampaikan di dalam konferensi tahunan Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary mengemas tiga tema utama: memandang kepada keindahan mempelai wanita Kristus, menyusuri jalan bersama mempelai wanita Kristus, serta berbagi kesedihan dan pengharapan bersama mempelai wanita Kristus. Topik-topik spesifik yang dibaha…