Overview: The ecumenical dialogues within Christianity mostly concentrate on the issues of justification, the Church, and the Holy Spirit. An ecumenical theological anthropology can rarely be found. The book presents the clasical topics in theological anthropology from the Reformed, Lutheran, Roman Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox perspectives.
Outline: The treatises, prayers, hymns, letters, and sermons collected in this book (many if which are presented in English for the very first time) represent the best of Reformation and Post-Reformation "plague wirtings," Written by pastors and teachers who lived and ministered through epidemics, this book is a helpful aid for anyone wrestling with the question of a Christian's responsibilit…
Outline: Tafsiran Kidung Agung ini diberi judul "The Rose of Sharon". Judul ini diambil dari Kidung Agung 2: 1. Ayat ini merupakan ayat kunci untuk memahami kitab Kidung Agung secara keseluruhan, karena ayat ini mengandung pokok teologi utama dari kitab Kidung Agung. Kitab ini berisi nyanyian-nyanyian cinta yang memiliki fungsi utama bukan kepada masalah seksualitas, juga bukan kepada masal…
Outline: Pancaindra rohani perlu dilatih sampai mengalami tingkat kedewasaan. Hal itu hanya dimungkinkan oleh adanya makanan rohani yang solid sekaligus pelita bagi kehidupan, yaitu firman Tuhan. Firman Tuhan perlu diterima tanpa banyak keluhan. Sungguh diperlukan kemauan dan kemampuan untuk melatih pancaindra rohani supaya berani mengambil sikap di tengah segala pilihan dalam dunia ini. M…
Outline: Pelayanan konseling adalah salah satu jawaban paling nyata untuk manusia yang hidup dalam keputusasaan, kerapuhan, tekanan, dan ketidakberdayaan. Sayangnya, pelayanan ini kadang-kadang tidak efektif karena klien harus membuat janji dan menunggu berhari-hari sebelum menceritakan pergumulannya padahal ia ingin segera membagi beban penderitaannya.. Di samping itu, kendala budaya mulai …
Outline: Buku ini mengungkapkan kepada kita apakah sesungguhnya iman Kristen dan bagaimana kehidupan dan penghayatan iman dapat menghasilkan perubahan dan pembaharuan dalam kehidupan individu yang bersangkutan. Secara khusus, buku ini membahas iman Kristen dalam hubungannya dengan pengenalan pribadi dan pergaulan dengan Allah yang hidup. Melalui buku ini, pembaca dihantar untuk memaasuki pro…
Outline: Menjadi konselor Kristen yang profesional adalah beban yang tak terhindarkan bagi mereka yang sudah menerima anugerah talenta dan spiritual gift dari Tuhan. Di tengah serius, banyak bermunculan konselor amatir yang menyediakan berbagai pelatihan yang sulit dipertanggungjawabkan. Munculnya upaya-upaya kemudahan untuk meraih gelar dalam bidang konseling telah mengaburkan keunikan talen…
Outline: Membina sebuah keluarga memang bukan hal mudah. Ada saja halangannya. Apalgi sebagai orang Kristen kita tidak hanya dituntut untuk sekedar "berkeluarga" tapi "menjadi peta dan teladan Allah" lewat keluarga kita. Kemerosotan nilai-nilai kehidupan pernikahan dalam keluarga merupakan salah satu tantangan gereja yang terbesar di zaman ini. Dan itu bukan tanggung jawab hamba-hamba Tuha…
Outline: Buku pegangan untuk konseling pranikah ini dirancang khusus untuk melengkapi pemimpin-pemimpin Kristen dan sekaligus pasangan-pasangan yang akan mengikuti konseling pranikah. Buku ini disusun sedemikian rupa untuk menempatkan pasangan-pasangan dalam kondisi yang tak terhindarkan untuk terlibat langsung dengan setiap isi pelajaran yang akan diberikan.
Overview: Is it okay to call God mother? The author's book explores this intriguing question, offering an evenhanded critique of inclusive languag of God. The author closely examines how the Scriptures address God and points out the critical differences between the Bible's gendered language for God and inclusive language. In addition, the author encourages the church to follow the Bible's m…
Outline: "Kita cenderung lupa betapa sering Allah melakukan perbuatan-Nya yang heba di dalam Alkitab sehingga manusia dapat 'mengenal' bahwa Dia adalah Tuhan," tulis penulis di dalam tulisannya yang tajam ini. "Kita cenderung lupa betapa sering Alkitab menekankan bahwa meskipun dalam satu arti semua orang mengenal Allah (bandingkan Roma 1:21), dalam arti lain pengetahuan yang demikian merupak…
Outline: This book was one of Thomas Merton's favorites among his own books -- surely because he had hoped to spend his last years as a hermit. The personal tone of the translations, the blend of reverence and humor so characteristic of him, show how deeply the author identified with the legendary authors of these sayings and parables, the fourth-century Christian Fathers who sought solitude a…
Outline: Are postmodern philosophy and Christian thought so diametrically opposed that "never the twain shall meet"? Or are various postmodern philosophies, in spite of their secular provenance, open to religious appropriation? From the Christian side, it is all too easy to see postmodern philosophy as nothing but an implacable enemy; while those with postmodern sympathies view Christianity …
Outline: The relationship betwen Israel and the churh is a long-standing debate in Christian theology, and Romans 9 - 11 are th most important chapters for understanding it. These chapters are a linchpin for determining how one understands biblical theology, how the New Testament uses the Old Testament, and how the old and new covenants are related. To help readers draw their own conclusion,…
Outline: The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Zealot explores humanity's quest to make sense of the divine and sounds a call to embrace a deeper, more expansive understanding of God. In Zealot, the author replaced the staid, well-worn potrayal of Jesus of Nazareth with a startling new image of the man in all his contradictions. In his new book, the author takes on a subject even more …
Outline: The Preacher in Ecclesiastes reminds us that life under the sun does not play out according to neat and tidy rules. He asks us to see the world around us in all its messiness and explores what that messiness reveals about us, our world. and God. The Preacher is plainspoken, because people line in the midst of this mess and we have to talk about it. The author gives us a meditation t…
Overview: In this book, the author - master teacher, deft exegete, committed churchman, and fully attuned contemporary intellectual - takes up this challenge with extraordinary energy and intelligence. The result is a capstone volume that puts all the pieces together both for students who read it straight through it at their own pace. For all who read it, the book will become a standard refe…
Overview: A long-awaited major statement by perminent analytic philosopher Alvin Plantinga, this book illuminates one of our society's biggest debates-the conflict between science and religion. Plantinga examines where this conflict is said to exist-looking at areas such as evolution, divine action in the world, and the scientific study of religion-and he considers claim by Daniel Dennett, Ric…
Outline: Each volume in the Understanding the Bible Commentary Series breaks down the barriers between the ancient and modern worlds so that the power and meaning of the biblical texts become transparent to contemporary readers. They present a careful section-by-section exposition of the biblical books with key terms and phrases highlighted and all Greek transliterated. Notes at the close of…
Overview: Anda ingin memahami Perjanjian Baru? Mulailah dengan inkarnasi -- kebenaran yang jauh melampaui Natal. Keajaiban inkarnasi Yesus menyentuh kebenaran-kebenaran yang mendalam, berbicara tentang natur Tuhan dan kemanusiaan itu sendiri. Penulis menunjukkan bagaimana Alkitab secara konsisten menyokong inkarnasi sebagai fakta yang aktual. Ia juga mendeskripsikan upaya gereja mula-mula …
Overview: Akankah Allah yang pengasih benar-benar mengirim orang-orang yang baik ke neraka? Apakah yang sebenarnya Alkitab ajarkan tentang neraka? Bagaimanakah seharusnya kepercayaan akan neraka memengaruhi kita? Dalam buklet ini, penulis memaparkan secara jelas theologi biblikal tentang neraka. Mereka membahas pertanyaan-pertanyaan utama yang orang-orang milik tentang subjek ini dan mener…
Outline: The modern church is suffering from crises in identity, belief and involvement with the State. As you read this collection of the works of William Barker you will find that they are all connected. The reason why the church has problems interacting with government is because it doesn't understand its mission, history and authority. The author, an internationally respected Professor o…
Outline : Esther often seems like an anomaly - a book of the Bible that never mentions God or his direct intervention. Yet the book feels closest to many Christians' own experience; few of us have experienced divine intervention, and our world seems just as secular as Esther's. We are tempted to ask, of her world and ours - where is God in all this? If he is real, why doesn't he show himself…
Outline: What can we believe about - and how can we believe in - Jesus Christ in light of the Holocaust and other atrocities of the twentieth century and the drift from religion that followed? In his urgent and provocative new book, the author traces centuries of religious history and theology to face this core challenge to modern faith, and to rescue it for the secular age. The author's sea…
Outline: In a groudbreaking historical work that addresses religious conversion in the West from an uncompromisingly secular perspective, the author challenges the conventional narrative of conversion as a purely spiritual journey. From the transformation on the road to Damascus of the Jew Saul into the Christian evangelist Paul to a twenty-first-century "religious marketplace" in which half …
Outline: "Menurut katamu siapakah Aku ini?" tanya Yesus kepada murid-muridNya. Bagi penulis, pertanyaan ini merupakan sebuah pertanyaan etis. Dalam buku ini, penulis memperkenalkan Yesus Kristus sebagai "manusia baru" yang bebas, adil, dan rendah hati. Sikap, tindakan, dan kepribadian Yesus merupakan gugatan terhadap moralitas yang melanggengkan penindasan, diskriminasi, ketimpangan sosial,…
Outline: Seminar yang telah diselenggarakan oleh Indonesian Calvin Society pada tahun 2000 mendiskusikan bagaimana pemikiran Calvin dan tradisi Calvinis tersebut dapat memberi sumbangsih dalam perikehidupan gereja-gereja di Indonesia. Demikianlah, dua belas tulisan dalam buku ini merangkum pembahasan dalam diskusi-diskusi tersebut, yang mencakup lima pokok pikiran: 1. kebebasan dan demokras…
Outline: Following this book and Lord and Servant, this third volume of four-part series examines Christian salvation fom the perspective of covenant theology. In this book, the author surveys law and gospel, union with Christ, and justification and theosis, conversing with both classical and contemporary viewpoints.
Outline: Buku ini oleh penulis terbit dalam bahasa Inggris pada tahun 1981 dan dijadikan buku pegangan tentang teologi Perjanjian Baru yang dipergunakan dalam sekolah-sekolah teologi dan pendidikan guru agama Kristen di seluruh dunia. Sekarang buku terkenal itu dipersembahkan kepada pembaca dalam terjemahan bahasa Indonesia, dengan harapan akan memberi pemahaman baru tentang makna Alkitab Perj…
Outline: Contours of Christian Theology is a series of concise introductory textbooks focused on the main themes of Christian theology. The authors introduce the perennial questions and their time-tested solutions while moving forward to explore contemporary issues and rework evangelical formulations of the faith. The word providence seems to have dropped out of our everyday Christian vocabu…
Outline: One of the most thorough and convincing statements on predestination to have appeared in any language, this book has been regarded as the authoritative work in this field