Outline: Christians feel increasingly useless, argues the author, not because we have nothing to offer a post-Christian society, but because we are trying to serve as "sponsoring chaplains" to a civilization that no longer sees Christianity sas necessary to its existence. In our individualistic, technologically oriented, consumer-based culture, Christianity has become largely irrelevant. The …
Outline: Whether your church is healthy or struggling, the biblical principles in this book point the to way to greater spritual vitality. A pastor, seminary teacher, and conference speaker, the author has long specialized in church revitalization. He deftly alerts us to potential problems in our churches, help us to recognize our weeknesses and opportunities, and guides us in applying biblical…
Outline: This book is a comprehensive resource for understanding modern political issues in light of Scripture. A virtual source - book for anyone who takes the Bible seriously, it provides a thoughtful, carefully reasoned analysis of over fity specific topics, including the following: - Protection of life - Marriage - Family and children - Economic issues & taxation - The Environment - …
Outline: What was it like to be an ordinary Christian in the beginning decades of the Roman Empire? In this absorbing and authoritative book, the author analyzes the earliest extant documents of Christianity - the letters of Paul - to describe the tensions and the texture of life of the first urban Christians.
Overview: This comprehensive treatment of Christian doctrine was first issued in 1909 under the title The Wonderful Works of God. It has served well as a synopsis of Bavinck's larger, four-volume Dogmatics, for it presents in clear perspective all the fundamental doctrines of the Bible. Above all, the author was a thoroughly Scriptural theologian - he was always guided by the Bible as he syste…
Outline: In this unique work the author uses the ancient story of Philemon and Onesimus as a compelling entry into modern theological reflection on the unbelivable reach of the grace and forgiveness of the Father whose Son died without disciples, rose to reconcile and transform them, and then scattered them around the world as men and women who were now also able to love those who loved them no…
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.
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…
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: This is a survey and an analysis of the European Reformation of the sixteenth century. During this period western Christianity underwent the most dramatic changes in its entire history. From Iceland to the Transylavania, from the Baltic to the Pyrenees, the Reformation divided churches and communities into 'catholic' and 'protestant', and created varying regional and national traditio…
Overview: This book examines the thinking of several Reformed theologians on theological issues that are, historically or by content, related to philosophy. Three Dutch autors from succesesive generations are considered in particular: Gisbertus Voetius (1589 - 1676), Petrus van Mastricht (1630 - 1706), and Anthonius Driessen (1684 - 1748). A diversity of issues in Christian doctrine is discusse…
Overview: Bringing the methods of contemporary social and intellectual history to bear on a vast range of archival sources, particularly records of city councils and the clergy, the author has fashioned a comprehensive history of the Reformation in the frontier city of Strasbourg. Most
Outline: The author presents a major study of the key elements of John Owen's writings and his theology. Presenting his theology in its historical context, the author explores the significance of Owen's work in ongoing debates on seventeenth-century theology, and examines the contexts within which Owen's theology was formulated and the shape of his mind in relation to the intellectual culture …
Overview: In honor of esteemed scholar Edward A. Dowey Jr., this book covers important aspects of the teaching of John Calvin and other leaders of the Reformed tradition. It looks at the distinct characteristics of Reformed Christianity and examines its foundation and contribution to Christian history and thought. The book includes thoughtful and provocative articles by twenty-one leading sch…
Overview: Religious communities that possess sacred documents define themselves, at least in part, by how they understand and interpret their sacred texts and how those sacred texs inform the community. The author has brought together thirteen outstanding contributors to this book in order to explore recent understanding of the ways in which the early Jewish and Christian communities of faith…
Overview: Short, pointed essays summarize some of the author's central (and a few peripheral) ideas on theological method, apologetics, and ethics, beginning with the author's shortest and clearest presentation of his signature concept of triperspectivalism - the need to read Scripture from various perspectives, especially threefold perspectives that reflect the nature of the Trinity.
Overview: Short, pointed essays summarize some of the author's central (and a few peripheral) ideas on theological method, apologetics, and ethics, beginning with the author's shortest and clearest presentation of his signature concept of triperspectivalism - the need to read Scripture from various perspectives, especially threefold perspectives that reflect the nature of the Trinity.
Overview: Jonathan Edwards (1703 - 1758) is widely regarded as one of the major thinkers in the Christian tradition and an important and influential figure in American theology. This book is a collection of specially commissioned essays that track his intellectual legacies from the work of his immediate disciples who formed the New Divinity movement in colonial New England, to his impact upon …
Overview : This book (literally "love of the beautiful or good") is, after the Bible, the most influential source of spiritual within the Orthodox Church. First published in Greek in 1782 by St. Nicodemos of the Holy Mountain and St. Maricos of Corinth, this book includes works by thirty-six influential Orthodox authors from the fourth to fifteenth-centuries such as Maximus the Confessor, Pete…
Overview: With its focus on the traditions and communities that form us over the course of a lifetime, virtue ethics has richly expanded our understanding of what the Christian life can look like. Yet its emphasis on human virtues and habits of mind and life seems inconsistent with the Reformed tradition's insistence that sin lies at the heart of the human condition. For this reason, virtue e…
Overview: The Reformed tradition is characterized by a rigorous commitment to theological formulation, yet it is equally known for its commitment for rooting its life and practice in the authority of God's Word. While these two commitments are commonly acknowledged, the path from biblical interpretation to doctrinal formulation is often overlooked. Examining a diverse group of thinkers across…
Overview: This book, the author's readable, entertaining, and immensely informative introduction to the major themes of Reformed Christianity, answers these questions. He examines the most common misunderstandings of what it means to be Reformed - misunderstandings that the author encountered in teaching and pastoral work. He strips away such adjectives as "rationalistic", "exclusive", and "l…
Overview: The Reformation in the Low Countries developed along very different lines from German Lutheranism. The prolonged persecution of heresy - betwheen 1523 and 1566 more than 1300 dissidents were executed - by both Charles V and Philip II postponed the formation of public Protestant churches until after 1572. The decentralized character of political authority in the Low Countries ensured…
Overview: The author shows that there was a deep religious crisis in western Christendom in the twelfth century, just as there was in the sixteenth, although divided Churches were not its outcome. There was a desire to return to the simplicity of the apostolic life of the New Testament and a dissatisfaction with traditional religious practice. Out of this ferment emerged not warring sects, as…
Overview: This book makes two major contributions to our understanding of this time. The first is to the history of divorce. The second is in illustrating the operations of the Consistory of Geneva - an institution designed to control in all its variety the behavior of the entire population - which was established at Calvin's insistence in 1541. This mandate came shortly after the city offic…
Overview: This book skecthes the growth of Christianity during the Portuguese period (1511 - 1605), it presents a fair account of developments under the Dutch colonial administration (1605-1942) and is more elaborate for the period of the Indonesian Republic (since 1945). It emphasize the regional differences in this huge country, because most Christians live outside the main island of Java. …
Overview: In this bold sequel to Paul the Apostle, celebrated New Testament scholar the author reclaimed the apocalyptic center of Paul's proclamation for the life of contemporary church.
Overview: For four decades, from 1951 to 1990, the Reformed Journal set the standard for top-notch, venturesome theological reflection on a broad range of issues. With a lively mix of editorial comment, articles, and reviews, it addressed topics as diverse as the civil rights movement, feminism, the Vietnam War, South African apartheid, the plight of Palestinian Christians, and the rise of the…
Overview: The author has created a book that students and ministers from a variety of traditions can use and apply in their own individual settings. This book focuses on: People skills - how to understand human nature and needs. Roles - for ministers, lay volunteers, and leadership teams. Basics - fundamental components of Christian education, such as Bible study, discipling, missions educat…
Overview: In this volume the authors open a conversation with others in the church concerning a future Catholic biblical scholarship that maintains the freedom of critical inquiry but within a living loyalty to tradition. Looking not to critize but to strengthen, the authors model the type of dialogue that is needed today. Johnson first reviews the current state of Catholic biblical scholarsh…
Overview: Hendrikson Publishers here offers the classic English translation of Institutes of the Christian Religion, newly typeset and freshly designed for the modern reader, with all the citations, indexes, and other helps updated. This translation by scholar Henry Beveridge offers many distinctive features, chief among them the use of Calvin's Latin version as the basis for the main text, wh…
Overview: This book of daily readings - aids memorization by devoting six days per question - explains the catechism in simple language - provides six different meditations on the main points of each question - includes key Scripture readings - takes just a few minute each day, allowing time for discussion and review - is useful in the home, church, or classroom.
Overview: Whatever answer comes to mind, this book will not only convince you that sound doctrine is vital for living a godly life, it will also explain the essential role of theology in the life of a healty church. After all, thinking rightly about God affects everything, from guiding us in practical issues to growing a church's unity and witness. This short, readable book shows how good the…
Overview: The Church of England is a unique institution. It is the only church in the world to have its bishops appointed by the prime minister so they can sit in parliament. And even in an age when only a small minority go to church, it lays claim to jurisdiction over every square inch of the land. Deeply conservative by instinct, the Church of England has nevertheless taken the radical and…
"The Answer to Faustus, a Manichean is the most extensive attack on the Manichean religion that the early Church produced. Since Augustine himself had been associated with Manicheanism for nearly a decade before his conversion, his writing displays an insiders knowledge of Manichean teaching. Written probably at the very end of the fourth century, the Answer responds to a certain Faustus, a M…
Kehadiran buku ini sangat penting bagi gereja-gereja di Indonesia, mengingat buku Azas-azas Hukum Gereja, oleh Bolkestein telah lama tidak diterbitkan. Buku ini disusun dengan lebih dahulu menguraikan kilasan sejarah Hukum Gereja dan dilanjutkan dengan praktik dan perkembangannya di Indonesia.
In "The Voice of Our Congregation," Terry York and David Bolin challenge you to discover and claim the voice that is authentic to your congregation through Bible study, stories from a variety of congregations, and through probing questions. Perfect for individual and group study.
Sembilan puluh delapan riwayat hidup tokoh-tokoh dalam Sejarah Gereja diketengahkan dalam buku ini secara singkat dan disertai dengan uraian-uraian tentang pokok-pokok ajaran dan pengaruh masing-masing, di antaranya adalah Augustinus, Anselmus, Calvin, Luther, William Booth, Karl Barth, Rudolf Bultmann, Nommensen, John Wesley, John Sung dan lain-lain.
“Suatu uraian historis mengenai terbentuknya suatu hari raya gerejawi, makna teologis, serta pesan pastoral yang dikandungnya.”