Outline : Dramatically converted on the stormy seas, a slave-trader-turned-abolitionist penned the best-loved hymn of the Christian faith. A church father was arrested and martyred for teaching the truth about Christ's incarnation. Captured by pirates and shipped off to Ireland, a priest baptized thousands of pagans, from paupers to princes. Now who ever said church history was boring? The Chur…
Outline : B. B. Warfield is well known as one of America's leading theologians, perhaps second only to Jonathan Edwards. But until now, the character his own Christian experience and his understanding of the Christian life have remained unexplored. Fred Zaspel unpacks these for us here, and what we find is that Warfield's profound theological mind is matched only by his passionate heart for Chr…
Outline : John New Lon is famous for his legendary hymn "Amazing Grace." Many have celebrated his dramatic conversion from a life in the slave trade to his eventual work to end it. But often overlooked are Newton's forty years as a pastor ministering to parishioners and friends unsettled by the trials, doubts, and fears of life. Newton is perhaps the greatest pastoral letter writer in the histo…
Outline : Augustine is widely considered to be the most influential theologian in church history after the apostle Paul. Dramatically converted from a life of licentiousness to one of wholehearted devotion to Christ, the humble North African pastor quickly established himself as a leading figure within the ancient church. In Augustine on the Christian Life, historian Gerald Bray explores the ri…
Outline : J.I. Packer is widely recognized as a pillar of 20th-centuryevangelicalism and has had a profound impact on millions of Christians living today. Now in his late eighties, Packer still exerts an enormous influence on pastors and laypeople around the world through his many books, articles, and recorded lectures-works that overflow with spiritual wisdom related to the Christian life. In …
Outline : Jonathan Edwards is widely hailed as the greatest theologian in American history. In Edwards on the Christian Life, Dane Ortlund invites us to explore the great eighteenth-century pastor's central passion: God's resplendent beauty. Whether the topic was the nature of love, the preeminence of Scripture, or the glory of the natural world, the concept of beauty stood at the heart of Edwa…
Outline: C. S. Lewis excelled at plumbing the depths of the human heart, both the good and the bad, the beautiful and the corrupt. From science fiction and fantasy to essays, letters, and works of apologetics, Lewis has offered a wealth of insight into how to live the Christian life. In this book, Rigney explores the center of Lewis's vision for the Christian life-the personal encounter between…
Outline : Francis Schaeffer was one of the most influential apologists of the twentieth century. Through his speaking, writing, and filmmaking. Schaeffer successfully transformed the way people thought of the Christian faith, from a rather private kind of piety to a worldview that addresses every sphere of life. This volume-written by a man converted from agnosticism within days of meeting Scha…
Outline: Martyn Lloyd-Jones, commonly referred to as "the Doctor," had a successful career in medicine before abandoning it all to become preacher in London. His sermons-displaying the life-changing power of biblical truth-diagnosed the spiritual condition of his congregation and prescribed the gospel remedy. This study of Lloyd-Jones's life will encourage and exhort readers to consider the rol…
Outline : Reformation ABCs is a fun way for kids to learn about the places, things, events,people, books, and ideas that shaped this pivotal time in church history. Throughwhimsical illustrations and engaging storytelling, this book teaches kids that eventhouah the Reformation occurred five hundred years ago, it isn't just about peopleand places in the past. The Reformers' fight to reclaim the …
Outline : The Story of God's Promises from A to Z
For kids to understand the Bible, they need to see it as one story-God's story of keeping his promises throughout history. This book for kids ages 3-6follows the timeline of the Bible from A to Z-beginning with Adam, the first man God created, and ending with Zion, the new creation city. Each letter briefly introduces an important concept from …
Dramatically converted on the stormy seas, a slave-trader-turned-abolitionist penned the best-loved hymn of the Christian faith. A church father was arrested and martyred for teaching the truth about Christ’s incarnation. Captured by pirates and shipped off to Ireland, a priest baptized thousands of pagans, from paupers to princes. Now who ever said church history was boring?
The Church Hi…
Outline: Are you, your church, or your mission agency involved in ministry to Muslims? Do you wrestle with the significant issues of Muslim contextualization? Are you hoping to effectively share the gospel with followers of Islam - but unsure of where to start? Learn from more than thirty experienced academics, missiologists, and practitioners who have been involved in Muslim ministry for anyw…
Outline : Seberapa pentingkah vaksinasi? Benarkah Bumi itu datar? Apakah telur baik untuk dikonsumsi? Pada era informasi seperti sekarang, yang menjawab pertanyaan-pertanyaan semacam itu bukan hanya pakar, melainkan juga para penganut teori konspirasi, orang awam sok tahu, hingga pesohor yang menyesatkan. Kadang, dalam rimba informasi masa kini, penjelasan pakar tidak didengar, sementara jawaba…
Overview : This remarkable book explores Manet's portraiture, a significant yet often neglected aspect of his work, including examples from throughout his career. Leading authorities provide a thorough review of the artist's stylistic evolution, considering the influence of seventeenth-century Dutch painters, parallels with the work of Renoir and links with early photography. Lavishly illustr…
Rethinking secularization : a global comparative perspective / José Casanova --
Is Europe an exceptional case? / Grace Davie --
Secularization and the impotence of individualized religion / Steve Bruce --
Challenging secularization theory : the growth of "New Age" spiritualities of life / Paul Heelas --
In search of certainties : the paradoxes of religiosity in societies of high modernity…