Outline: The three volumes present the current state of international research on Martin Luther's life and work and the Reformation's manifold influences on history, churches, politics, culture, philosophy, arts and society up to the 21st century. The work is initiated by the Fondazione per le scienze religiose Giovanni XXIII (Bologna) in cooperation with the European network Refo500.
Outline: The three volumes present the current state of international research on Martin Luther's life and work and the Reformation's manifold influences on history, churches, politics, culture, philosophy, arts and society up to the 21st century. The work is initiated by the Fondazione per le scienze religiose Giovanni XXIII (Bologna) in cooperation with the European network Refo500.
Overview: In this book the author conduct an archaeological investigation and critique of four modern worldviews. In grand vision charged with profound insight, they engage us in an honest, interdisciplinary, and global dialogue, always pointing the way forward, beyond the modern age.
Overview: In this book the author has given us a systematic introduction and indispensable guide to one of the most significant schools of Christian thought in the modern age. And this book provides an ideal launching pad for explorations into Kuyper's wide range of thinking.
Outline: This commentary by the author provides an excellent exposition of John's letters for teachers and pastors working at all levels of Christian ministry, at the same time it offers students and general readers clear insight into the meaning of these Scriptures for the contemporary Christian life. In the author treatment of introductory matters related to 1, 2, and 3 John, the author discu…
Outline: Penulis berkata orang muda sudah menjadi pemimpin. Ini serius. Entah seorang pemalu atau ketua OSIS, orang muda sudah mempengaruhi banyak orang sepanjang hidupnya. Satu-satunya hal yang harus dijawab mereka adalah: bagaimana mereka mempengaruhi orang lain dan pemimpin macam apakah mereka itu? Di dalam buku ini, orang muda akan menemukan metode dan berbagai latihan sederhana serta prakt…
Outline: Buku ini membicarakan tiga hal penting dalam sahadat atau pengakuan iman Kristen, yaitu tentang Allah dan karya penciptaan-Nya, Allah dan karya penyelamatan-Nya serta tentang Allah dan karya pembebasan-Nya.
Overview: Manajemen gereja adalah alat/tool yang dapat dipergunakan oleh gereja untuk mencapai tujuan gereja. Sebagai alat/tool mestinya ia mengabdi pada penggunanya dan bukan sebaliknya. Pemahaman ini penting mengingat adanya kecenderungan untuk menjadikan segala sesuatu yang ada di dalam gereja bersifat permanen, termasuk alat/toll yang dipergunakan untuk me-manage gereja. Manajemen sebagai i…
Outlne: Tujuan ditulisnya buku ini adalah membimbing pembaca untuk dapat memahami bahasa Yunani Koine, yang merupakan bahasa asli Alkitab Perjanjian Baru (PB), sehingga dapat menafsirkan teks-teks PB dengan lebih bertanggung jawab. Dengan mempelajari buku ini, pembaca diharapkan dapat menganalisa teks-teks PB, baik secara morfologis maupun sintaksis. Oleh karena itu, dari mulai awal pelajaran m…
Overview: Pikiran dan praktik PAK Yesus Kristus ditelusuri dalam buku ini. Tokoh-tokoh besar PAK yang lain pun diulas. Kehidupan, pikiran, dan praktik PAK Yohanes Amos Comenius, Rousseau, Pestalozzi, Froebel, dan Buchnell disingkapkan dengan jelas dalam buku ini. Selain itu, tokoh-tokoh PAK dalam gereja purba dan gereja pertengahan yang luar biasa hebatnya muncul juga. Tokoh-tokoh PAK zaman ref…
Overview: Definisi Theologi Praktis Kristen dan ketiga jenis pendidikan, yakni definisi Pendidikan Kristen, definisi Pendidika Keagamaan Kristen, dan definisi Pendidikan Agama Kristen telah didefinisikan menurut Kerabian Yesus khususnya berdasarkan Matius 28:19 bagi Pendidikan Kristen dan ayat 20 bagi Pendidika Keagamaan Kristen dan Pendidikan Agama Kristen. Definisi berdasarkan kedua nats ters…
Overview: Karya yang dimuat dalam buku ini adalah suatu upaya untuk mempelajari secara sistematis mengenai isi ajaran dua aliran kerohanian penting yang hidup berdampingan dengan gereja. Yang satu hidup pada Abad 2-4 M di seputar Laut Tengah, yang lain hidup pada Abad 20-21 di Indonesia. Mengenai keyakinan aliran-aliran kerohanian tersebut, mendorong upaya pengenalan keyakinan diri gereja, mel…
Overview: Buku ini dimaksudka untuk membantu para pembaca Alkitab dalam memahami panggilan dan tugas para nabi Israel. Di dalam buku ini kita menyadari bahwa pemberian para nabi sangat aktual dan relevan bagi kehidupan gereja maupun umat Kristen saat ini.
Overview: Adalah satu hak istimewa dan tanggung jawab yang luar biasa untuk menjadi pendidik dalam tugas PAK (tugas pendidikan gereja), karena kita mendidik manusia untuk bertumbuh dan menjalani hidupnya secara bermakna yakni dengan mempraktikkan kasih, keadilan, perdamaian, dan memperjuangkan keutuhan ciptaan, di tengah dunia yang tercabik oleh konflik, dilanda oleh krisis moral, lingkungan hi…
Overview: Buku ini mengajak kita secara terbuka dan sungguh-sungguh menyimak yang dikemukakan oleh tulisan-tulisan Perjanjian Baru tentang perceraian.
Overview: Dalam buku ini, penulis mencoba mengingatkan gereja untuk memahami kembali cara pandang gereja dalam berdiakonia dan berteologi dari perspektif Kerajaan Allah. Ia meyakini bahwa mewujudkan manusia yang bebas dari kemiskinan dan dunia yang berkeadilan merupakan panggilan gereja. Studi kasus dari pengalaman lapangan penulis serta berbagai topik menarik tentang masalah dosa sosial, etika…
Overview: This book is the first in a series of integrated Hebrew language resources (see below) produced by Zondervan in collaboration with the authors. These products have been designed specificaly for use by the beginning student. There is no other collection of resources like it. Feature of this book text: - Combines both inductive and deductive approaches - Uses actual examples from th…
Outline: The author's apply this ancient prayer to the whole of the Christian experience so that we come to see our life in Christian community as a reflection of these very words. Persons who want to have a better understanding of their Christian faith will benefit from this book, as will those who say this prayer regularly and by heart but who have never reflected closely on what it means to …
Outline: The author here opens up new interpretive questions for historical theology with striking implications for ecumenism, ethics, and spirituality. He writes, "the idea of the divine life in Christ which is present in faith lies at the very center of the theology of the Reformer." He argues that later Lutheran interpretation of this teaching has portrayed justification as more mechanical a…
Outline: The Theology in Community series assembles teams of scholars to explore key theological themes and apply them to contemporary concerns. Each volume approaches a topic from the vantage points of the Old and New Testaments, and historical, systematic, and practical theology. The books draw upon a variety of contributors to craft a unified ad accessible message. They aim to help pastors, …
Outline: This substantial volume comprises twenty-five extended essays, each providing both a survey and analysis of key issues, figures and concepts as well as making new and original contributions to ongoing debate. Consisting of three sections of Meaning and Theories of Meaning; Language, Truth and Reality; and Reference, Identity and Neccessity, and including an extensive glossary of techni…
Outline: In this stimulating study, the author examines Jeremiah's use of word language; the prophet's formation as an embodiment of the Word of God; his covenant preaching ad the crisis it precipitates concerning the recognition of true prophecy; and, in the 'oracles of hope', how the power of the Word of God is finally made manifest. The author, then brings this reading of Jeremiah to bear on…
Outline: The more prominent highlights of this history have acquired familiar names for the household of faith: Christus Victor, penal substitutionary, subjective, governmental. Recently the penal substitutionary view, and particularly its misappropriations, has been critiqued, and a lively debate has taken hold within and evangelicalism. This book offers a panel discussions of four views of at…
Outline: From the patristic period until today, John's Gospel has served as a major source for the church's knowledge, doctrine, and woship of the triune God. Among all New Testament documents the Fourth Gospel provides not only the most raw material for the doctrined of the Trinity, but also the most highly developed patterns of reflection on this material - particularly patterns that seek to …
Overview: An all-new-series of harmony textbooks, with a simple, concise approach for teachers and students. Perfect for a systematic study of harmony for the general musician, as well as for requirements of the ABRSM, AMEB and other examining bodies. Melodic decorations, suspensions, dominant seventh chord, and modulation. Analysis questions are included.
Outline: This book is the story of men and women who made and remade this quarrelsome faith. Fired by life-changing encounters with their God, they set out for every corner of the world, demanding alarming freedoms and experimented in novel systems of government. Inspired by their newly accessible Bibles, they transformed their inner lives, a change that spilled over into social upheavals and p…
Outline: In this volume renowned scholars in the field of Luther studies and reformed theology document the current state of international research on the reception of Marthin Luther in Calvinism. They comprehensively examine the image of Luther in Calvinistic contexts. As experts they demonstrate the crucial corelations between Lutheran and Calvinistic thinking. By their insistent reference to…
Outline: As are all the books in the Reformed Expository Commentary series, this exposition of 1 Samuel is accessible to both pastors and lay readers. Each volume in the series provides exposition that gives careful attention to the biblican text, is doctrinally Reformed, focuses on Christ through the lens of redemptive history, and applies the Bible to our contemporary setting.
Outline: From worship and prayer to family and the use of money, the book of 1 Timothy is full of implications for life in the local church. But beyond these practical truths for all believers, the author writes, "Paul's purpose in 1 Timothy is to help his spiritual son remain true." Thus the book has special application to those in gospel ministry. These truths that helped Timothy in his day a…
Outline: These contributors address an array of themes for the ministry-minded, such as interpretive principles and practices, biblical and historical paradigms, expository preaching's contemporary aims and challenges, and the priority of training - all in the expectation that this one man's passion to preach the Word faithfully will enhance the understanding and practice of expository preachin…
Outline: The author's believe there is a lot that evangelicals can agree on if only we employ the right categories and build our theology of mission from the same biblical building blocks. Explaining key concepts like kingdom, gospel, and social justice, the author's help us to get on the same page - united by a common cause - and launch us forward into the true misson of the church.