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.
Outline: Why did people choose the Reformation? What was it in the evangelical teaching that excited, moved or persuaded them? The author here tackles these questions directly by re-examining the reasons that moved millions to this decisive and traumatic break with a shared Christian past. He charts the separation from family, friends and workmates that adherence to the new faith often entailed…
Outline: Most of the Bible's pastoral imagery is grounded in two traditions: Israel's 'wilderness drama', in which Moses functioned as God's under-shepherd; and the shepherd-king David and his dynasty, with its messianic promises. Old Testament prophets like Jeremiah made sustained use of pastoral imagery, seeing the Lord revealing himself as the ultimate Shepherd of his flock, and creating exp…
Outline: Attempting to prove the existence of God is an ancient and venerable tradition within the discipline known as the philosophy of religion. But can we truly prove the existense of God using human reason alone? Just how do we prove the existence of God? Why try? Which, if any, of the various theistic proofs are persuasive? This book tackles these fundamental questions head-on. The author …
Outline: This momentous book argues that the four Gospels are closely based on the eyewitness testimony of those who personally knew Jesus. Noted New Testament scholar the author challenges the prevailing assumption that the accounts of Jesus circulated as "anonymous community traditions," asserting instead that they were transmitted in the names of the original eyewitnesses. To drive home this…
Outline: This book offers a concise and highly-readable explanation of the dramatic changes that took place during the Reformation and helps readers understand the deeper impact of the Refomation beyond its own time period. Changes in theology and in worship, in the status of lay people and clergy, and in the relations between church and state reshaped Christians' views of themselves. Early mod…
Outline: This biography by respected Reformation scholar Herman Selderhuis captures Luther in his original context and follows him on his spiritual journey, from childhood through the Reformation to his influential later years. Combining Luther's own words with engaging narrative designed to draw the reader into Luther's world, this spiritual biography brings to life the complex and dynamic per…
Outline: This book is a collection of essays by members of the Society for Old Testament and Modern Study (ed. H. H. Rowley). The volume is not only a record of the progress of research in these areas but also a reflection of changing perspectives in Old Testament Study and an appraisal of important changes in method and approach. All the essays are well documented and provided with short bibl…
Outline: This book formed the capstone of the author's teaching. Handling his subject under three divisions, the author treats first the testimony to the Holy Spirit as it is progressively revealed in Scripture. Secondly, he gives detailed attention to six subjects: the personality and procession of the Holy Spirit; the work of the Spirit in the anointing of Christ; the work of the Spirit in co…
Outline: England in the twentieth century was in the grips of theological liberalism. It was thought that no modern person could accept the claims of the Bible. Preaching was filled with maudlin platitudes and empty moralizing. Into this dark atmosphere stepped the man known as "the Doctor" D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones was a physician by training, and he embarked on a promising career in medicine. But…
Outline: The Author believes that your local church determines what the Christian life looks like for you. Essentially, local churches matter far more than we often know. The church that the author grew up in was a fellowship of sames and likes. Mostly white, same beliefs about everuything, same tastes in music and worship and sermons and lifestyle. But the church God designed, says the author,…
Outline: John Bunyan was the author of the best-selling Christin book of all time. His Bible-saturated works have inspired generations to believers all over the world. And yet, as influential as it is, John Bunyan's theology contains a unifying thread that is sorely neglected oin the modern church: the vital importance of the fear of God. Fearing God is seen by many as psychologically harmful -…
Outline: Throughout Church history, the book of Psalms has enjoyed wider use and acclaim than almost any other book of the Bible. Early Christians extolled it for its fullness of Christia doctrine, monks memorized and recited it daily, lay people have prayed its workds as their own, and churches have sung from it as their premier hymn book. While the past half century has seen as extraordinary…
Outline: Jesus Christ taught his disciples to all God 'Our Father', and to live as members of his family. Although simple enought for every Christian to understand this is also so profound that its implications take a lifetime ad more to explore fully. Yes, despite Christ's words and example, Christians have frequently ignored or forgotten his teaching. In these pages, the author remind us of i…
Outline: To many, the only remaining certainty in our world is uncertainity. Pluralism has convinced us that unchanging truth, if it exists at all, is entirely beyond our grasp. All we are left with is a circular argument in which all the answers come from us. Only the authoritative voice of Scripture can dispel such clouds of doubt and confusion. The author shows us that we can know truth, and…
Outline: In this groundbreaking work, the author examines the function of adoption in Pauline thought: its relationship to the doctrines of Christ, the Holy Spirit,
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…