Outline: Buku ini berdiri dalam tradisi Reformed Gereja Abad XVI, yang kembali ke Kitab Suci sendiri dengan mengutamakan bahwa hidup manusia hanya terjamin oleh anugerah, iman, dan Kitab Suci - atau singkatnya oleh Yesus Kristus sebagai Juru Selamat dunia - tetapi juga memerhatikan situasi Indonesia masa kini. Berteologi secara reformatoris dan tetis bertujuan untuk langsung menghubungkan firma…
Outline: "Gospel" initially referred to oral proclamation concerning Jesus Christ, but was later used to refer to four written accounts of the life of Jesus. How did this happen? Here, distinguished scholar the author uses new evidence and fresh perspectives to tackle this controversial question. He insists that in the early post-Easter period, the Gospel of Jesus Christ was heard against the …
Outline: Melalui buku ini, penulis mencermati pentingnya arti Perjanjian Lama dalam kehidupan kristiani. Penulis juga menjabarkan bahwa Alkitab memiliki satu garis cerita; satu Penulis; satu Tokoh Utama; dan satu tujuan. Secara singkat dapat dikatakan bahwa garis tersebut menggambarkan penciptaan - kejatuhan manusia dalam dosa - hingga penciptaan kembali. Dan garis itu akan terlihat sangat jela…
Outline: Buku ini memaparkan garis cerita dari peristiwa Yesus Kristus (Injil Matius) - Allah yang menjadi manusia - sampai pada langit dan bumi baru (Kitab Wahyu). Seluruh pesan di dalamnya bermula dan berpusat kepada Yesus Kristus. Sebab, di dalam Dia semua nubuat di zaman Perjanjian Baru digenapi, janji ditepati, dan relasi antara manusia dan Allah yang dahulu rusak kembali pulih. Melalui bu…
Outline: This book makes a plea for us to recover the original gospel as "good news", which is still news and still fresh. This book succinctly an without pretense demonstrates that the gospel is defined by the apostles in 1 Corinthians 15 as the completion of the story of Israel in the saving story of Jesus. The author shows us that the gospel was preached by Jesus, and that the sermons in the…
Outline: Originally published in twelve volumes between 1912 and 1954, this book is universally recognized at the standard English version. It is a valuable contribution to studies of Aristotle and is regularly referred to by scholars of all nationalities. Now Princeton University Press makes available the complete works in two volumes. The volume contain the substance of the original Translati…
Outline: Originally published in twelve volumes between 1912 and 1954, this book is universally recognized at the standard English version. It is a valuable contribution to studies of Aristotle and is regularly referred to by scholars of all nationalities. Now Princeton University Press makes available the complete works in two volumes. The volume contain the substance of the original Translati…
Outline: Philosophy in the English-speaking world is dominated by analytic approaches to its problems and projects; but theology has been dominated by alternative approaches. Many would say that the current state in theology is not mere historical accident, but is, rather, how things ought to be. On the other hand, many others would say precisely the opposite: that theology as a discipline has …
Outline: In this introduction, the author notes that while the goal of analytic theology is not the removal of all mystery, mystery must not be confused with logical incoherence. The author explains analytic theology's connections to Scripture, Christian tradition and culture, using case studies to illuminate his discussion. Going beyond mere description, the author calls the discipline to a de…
Outline: Philosophical theology is aimed primarily at theoretical understanding of the nature and attributes of God and God's relationship to the world and its inhabitants. During the twentieth century, much of the philosophical community (both in the Anglo-American analytic tradition and in Continental circles) had grave doubts about our ability to attain any such understanding. In recent year…
Outline: In this book, the author offers us fresh insights into the Reformer's personal piety and practical theology by allowing Calvin to speak in his own words. Drawing not only from his Institutes and biblical e commentaries, but also from lesser-known tracts, treaties, and letters, this book will deepen your understanding on Calvin's theology and ministry by exploring the heart of his spiri…
Outline: From the language of Shakespeare to the US presidential campaign trail, the Bible's influence is all around us. It is the most-printed book of all time, yet, upon reading it, we are met not by one work but by many; a complex mix of history and parable, law and prophecy. In this authoritative and impartial introduction, the author ably guides the reader in how to approach this multiface…
Overview: The Puritans have gotten bad press for their supposed lack of teaching on the doctrine of spiritual adoption. In this book, the auhor dispels thris caricature and shows that the Puritan era did more to advance the idea that every true Christia is God's adopted child than any other age of church history. This little book lets the Puritans speak for themselves, showing how they recogniz…
Outline: Since its first publication this book has established itself as the leading introductory textbook world-wide. Now, the author provides a full new edition which maintains the strengths, structure and features of the first edition in its comprehensive but user-friendly style and coverage. At the same time, it has been revised and updated in light of feedback from students and lecturers i…
Outline: In this book, the author - editor of the English edition of Bavinck's four-volume masterpiece, Reformed Dogmatics - brings the great Dutch theologian's life and work to bear on following Jesus in the twenty-first century, helping us see the direct connection between robust theology, practical holiness, and personal joy.
Outline: Safeguarding the distinction between God and world has always been a basic interest of negative theology. But sometimes it has overemphasized divine transcendence in a way that made it difficult to account for the sense of God's present activity and experienced actuality. Deconstuctivist criticisms of the Western metaphysics of presence have made this even more difficult to conceive. O…
Outline: The author engages in this discussion by the examining the development, scope, and metaphysics of Calvin's theology of 'participation in Christ'. He argues that Calvin's theology of 'participation of Christ'. The author argues that Calvin's theology of 'participation' emerges from a soteriology which affirms a differentiated union of God and humanity in creation and redemption. Through…
Outline: This book written by the author, is the most thorough commentary in English on the Canons of Dordrecht (Dordt), formulated in 1619, which became a crucial creedal document for Reformed churches in the Netherlands and elsewhere. The author provides a valuable historical introduction to the "Great Synod," which convened from November 1618 through May 1619 in the Dutch city of Dordrecht t…
Outline: By 'practical religion' the author does not mean a 'religion of works', but one in which those who are saved can put their faith into practice. Lightly edited and updated, this modern edition remains faithful to the author's original work, and conveys its timeless truths of what every believer out to be, to do, and to expect.
Overview: In this third and las t volume of this book, the author writes the history of Outremer and the Holy Wars from the revival of the Frankish kingdom at the time of the Third Crusade till its collapse a century later. The author includes a chapter on architecture and the arts, and an epilogue on the last Crusades.
Overview: This book, based on seven Waynflete Lectures delivered at Magdalen College, Oxford, in the spring of 1954, is an attempt to tell the story of the final breach between the Church of Rome and the Eastern Orthodox Churches in its proper historical perspective. It used to be supposed that the breach took place in A.D. 1054 and was mainly caused by differences in doctrine and liturgical pr…
Overview: The author's book is justly acclaimed as the most complete and fascinating account of the historic journey to save the Holy Land from the infidel. In this abridged edition of this book, he has retained much of his original narrative which is contemplated by many superb contemporary illustrations and colour photographs. It is a splendid volume which will be welcomed by all admirers of …
Overview: Klass Schilder (1890 - 1952), the author of the triology about the suffering of Christ, is remembered both for his courageous stand in opposition to Nazism, which led to his imprisonment three months after the Nazis overran the Netherlands in 1940, and for his role in the church struggle in the Netherlands, which culminated in 1944 with the suspension of scores of office-bearers and t…
Overview: In this book, Christian philosophy is described in ters of its relation to such themes and notions as metaphysics, worldview, the limits of knowledge, common grace, Biblical revelation, hermeneutics, and criticism. In the process, the philosopher's relation to society - both the secular world and the Christian community - is discussed. A special effort is made to outline and distingui…
Overview: John Calvin was a man of manysided greatness and it is not surprising that when stress is laid on his work as a theologian and architect of Christian polity tht his homelier qualities as pastor and preacher are overlooked. The author has done good service, in recovering for the English reader, the picture of Calvin at work on sermon preparation and sermon delivery. Here, as in other a…
Outline: Calvin write in an age when traditional Christian thinking was being faced by a challene from lively and attractive alternatives. For many Renaissance thinkers wisdom no longer meant handed-down truth but an ultimate goal which might be reached by many paths, old and new. The way in which Calvin engaged in this struggle is the special interest of this new edition of a book first publis…
Outline: In this book, the author has provided a masterly account of this transition and what it signified for the meaning of Christian theology itself. In the decades preceding the outbreak of the Civil War, American theologians mastered the conceptual languages of republican political thought and commonsense moral reasoning. Because religious thinkers learned to speak these languages so well,…
Overview: One of the most interesting and intriguing aspects of Melanchthon is that as young Reformer he dismissed expositions about the doctrines of the Trinity, the nature of Christ, the incarnation and the creation as speculative, whilst later on he was a strong defender of these Patrisctic doctrines. First Melanchthon's views on the difference between futile speculation and useful knowledge…
Overview: The sermons contained in this volume show how masterfully Luther employed the cardinal principles of effective preaching. The Reformer expounds Scripture wih homespun directness, clarity, and forcefulness. He applies the words of Holy Writ to himself and to his hearers. His sermons abound in vivid and arresting illustrations. Luther gives instruction, reproof, comfort, encouragement, …
Overview: All of the manuscripts available are student notebook versions, and some of them apparently are even conflactions of several such student records. For our limited space we have decided to translate only one of the sources in its entirety, the so-called Altenburg manuscript, and to supply what this lacks from a Zwickau manuscript (Hosea) and from a Wittenberg manuscript (Malachi) in or…
Overview: This Companion brings together new contributions from internationally renowned scholars in order to examine the past, present, and future of Protestantism. The volume opens with an investigation into the formation of Protestant identity, looking at its historical development across Europe, North America, Asia, Australasia, and Afrika. This section includes coverage of leading Protesta…