Outline: Understand the Bible through the lens of God's Covenants. This volume helps students of the Bible understand the big picture of God's covenant s with humanity as they play out in both the First and the New Testaments.
Outline: "A quest for truth in its deepest sense, which draws in every element of human longing and aspiration" The Augustine Way retrieves Augustine's scriptural and ecclesial approach for a healing and hopeful apologetic witness for today.
Outline: This accessible introduction surveys Christian thinking on an array of topics related to security and peace from a just war perspective.
Outline : Christianity is a religion of persuasion. How can we defend the faith persuasively without reducing apologetics to a simplistic formula? As Christians, we're called to give an answer for the hope we have in Christ. But too often, this task can feel like we're doing PR work for God, limiting out apologetic efforts to a series of strategies and tactics. In The Faithful Apologist, Scott …
Outline: If You're Saved and You Know it ... Do you ever struggle with the insecure feeling of not knowing for sure if you will go to heaven? Is there any way to overcome that doubt? With pastoral love and concern, John MacArthur answers the second question with an authoritative yes! He carefully examines the classic biblical texts affirming the forever quality of salvation, but does not ignore…
Outline: We are working harder, playing longer, buying more and yet we are enjoying life less. Why is there so much dissatisfaction with our lives? Restoring Your Spiritual Passion gives us the reasons and the answers to our dilemma. Our inner unhappiness and disillusionment reveal themselves in a variety of ways: physical tiredness and burn-out, inner disquiet and depression. In fact, often we…
Outline : Setiap kehidupan yang mempunyai tujuan. Kita perlu menyusun rencana yang mantap untuk mencapai tujuan itu. Rencana kerja adalah suatu prinsip yang mengatur terwujudnya tujuan hidup seseorang. Tujuan yang jelas memungkinkan kita mengetahui cara kerja yang tepat untuk melaksanakan rencana Allah yang sempurna dalam kehidupan kita. Inilah yang harus kita perhatikan dalam menyusun rencana …
Outline: Dua jilid buku berjudul Early Christian Mission karya Eckhard Schnabel dikenal luas sebagai kajian terlengkap dan kontemporer mengenai pergerakan misionaris Kristen abad 21. Kini, dalam buku ini, Schnabel menguraikan penelitiannya dan menyediakan kajian sistematis bagi pembaca, pelajar, dan praktisi misi Kristen pada masa kini. Di buku ini, Schnabel berfokus pada pekerjaan misi Paulus …
Outline: Tak ada sesuatu pun yang lebih penting daripada penyembahan. Dan penyembahan bukanlah sekedar suatu aktivitas gereja yang formal; penyembahan lebih bersifat pribadi sebelum dinyatakan di depan umum. Ini bukanlah sebuah buku tentang penyembahan di gereja. John MacArthur menyelidiki pengajaran Alkitab tentang penyembahan dan berargumentasi untuk suatu pengertian baru tentang konsep penye…
Outline: Ibu saya seorang wanita yang sangat teratur. Ia bisa putus asa menghadapi putranya yang tidak tertib. Berkali-kali ia berkata, "Dahulukan yang paling utama!" Masalahnya, bagaimana saya dapat memutuskan sebuah "perkara" sebagai "hal yang paling utama"? Padahal pendapat Ibu mengenai "hal yang utama" itu tidak selalu sama dengan pendapat saya. Kita memang sering bingung saat dipaksa menat…
Outline: Mematahkan mitos. Ketika mendengar tentang pelipatgandaan jemaat, orang mungkin berbisik, "Pelipatgandaan jemaat, orang mungkin berbisik, "Pelipatgandaan jemaat mungkin kedengarannya sesuatu yang baik, namun pasti diperlukan banyak dana, terutama untuk pendidikan khusus, organisasi yang rumit, dan kepemimpinan eksekutif tingkat tinggi, dan bangunan yang mahal. Itulah mito yang beredar,…
Outline: The apostle Paul writes of an individual in conflict - with self, others, and God.. The loser on this battlefield is truly a winner. A careful integration of social science and New Testament study interprets Paul's insights into the self. New Testament scholar J. Knox Chamblin presents what is essentially a systematic theology of the self. "In my struggle toward maturity and authentici…
Outline: Here is a concise, inviting introduction to the greatest of the early Christian missionaries, the Apostle Paul - his life, his letters, his thinking - and the life-transforming gospel he proclaimed. Readers will find this book academically stimulating, theologically rich, and personally challenging. It highlights the ways Paul's life and thinking differ from - and challenge - the lie a…
Outline: The fact that this book should be so controversial is a telling indictment of the church of the '90's. Scrambling for acceptability in the world, the church is embellishing the gospel with anything and everything but the truth. Instead of preaching the Word, "the church is foundering in a sump of worldliness and self-indulgence," says John MacArthur. With its growing infatuation with p…
Outline : Buku ini akan mengupas tentang hubungan Islam dengan Jawa, yang membentuk sebuah akulturasi budaya bernama Islam Kejawen. Islam Kejawen menjadi salah satu fenomena keagamaan di dunia yang sangat menarik. Dalam buku ini, tercatat dua peristiwa penting yang sangat berpengaruh bagi sejarah dan bentuk anyaman mistik Islam Kejawen. Pertama, pada 1478 M, Brawijaya V yang diakui sebagai raja…
Outline : Few Reformed theologians have exerted the influence in both the church and the academy that Richard B. Gaffin, Jr. has shaping the theology and spiritual formation of generations of pastors and teachers. Until now, his most significant published works have been inaccessible to most theological readers, published in academic journals, denominational newsletters and out of print festsch…
Outline: After men come down from the mountain top, how will they keep their promises in the valley? Stuart Briscoe looks at the foundation of biblical manhood: What does it mean to be a man of God? He examines the key values that characterize a Christian man: - Faithfulness in following God - Focus on the truly important priorities - Fortitude to stand strong in the face of temptation Appl…
Outline: For those on the firing line in pulpits, classes, study groups, and Bible fellowship clusters, here is a distinctly different kind of commentary. Mastering the Old Testament combines rich resources of the historical setting and textual interpretation with practical application to aid in contemporary Bible study. This commentary provides critical textual exposition, corollary verses of …
Outline: A seeker's road map to the Quest for Meaning. Have you reached a point where you long for "something more"? Have the things you've been striving to achieve turned out to be far less than enough? Do you desire to unriddle life's mystery and pursue a life rich with significance? Long Journey Home is a seeker's road map to the quest for meaning. Rich in stories and profoundly personal as …
Outline: 'Offer yourselves as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God'. Life in Africa was full of surprise and drama for Helen Roseveare. She came to teach others about medicine and the love of God, but found her own faith being profoundly challenged: what did it really mean to love God with all heart, mind, soul and strength? Gradually - sometimes reluctantly - Helen learns how to be a 'l…
Outline: Rate the Following in Your Order of Preference ... - Being Healthy - Being Holy - Being Happy If you think about life in the same way Stuart Briscoe did when he was very young - and most of us, if we are perfectly honest, do - Being Happy will rate first, Being Healthy second, and Being Holy will rate a poor third. So, must you give up any hope of happiness if you decide to give y…
Outline: Let the Nations Be Glad! is an eloquent plea for the church to catch a God-centered vision for engaging in world evangelization. In this sequel to The Supremacy of God in Preaching John Piper draws on key biblical texts to show that worship is the ultimate goal of the church, and that proper worship fuels missions. The author addresses the role of prayer, universalism and annihilationi…
Outline: Hasil kedewasan rohani yang sejati bukanlah perasaan telah mencapai kedewasaan, melainkan kerinduan untuk bertumbuh menuju kedewasaan, melainkan kerinduan untuk bertumbuh menuju kedewasaan rohani. Menurut Perjanjian Baru ada tiga golongan orang Kristen: yang dewasa secara rohani, yant tidak dewasa secara rohani, dan yang rohaninya mundur. Kemungkinan yang tragis bagi seorang percaya ia…
Outline: If you're a Christian who wants to be more Christlike, how do you handle your natural selfish tendencies? It is really possible, in today's "look out for number one" world, to adopt the kind of servant lifestyle Jesus modeled for us? This was the personal conflict which motivated Charles R. Swindoll to do a two-year study on the biblical concept of servanthood. Improving Your Serve: Th…
Outline : Do you wish you knew more about what waits for you after this life? Heaven offers a refreshing and faith-filled picture of the glorious destination the Bible promises is waiting for all believers. And once you've caught a glimpse of heaven, you'll see earth in a whole new light. Joni Eareckson Tada has a heart tuned in to heaven. The wheelchair that seems to bind her closer to the har…
Outline: "The Wind Blows Wherever It Pleases." The Lord used a familiar image to help the seeker, Nicodemus, understand a mystery - the mystery of God's Holy Spirit dwelling in His people (John 3). In Grace to Go On, Jill Briscoe examines the various symbols that the Bible uses to describe the wondrous third person of the Trinity. Water, fire, oil, and wind - all beautiful pictures that can hel…
Outline : Here is the story of a man who dared to believe that God both could and would supply all of his needs. And not only his own personal needs, but also the needs of thousands of orphans on the streets of England. George Muller had no religious background as a child. Although he was confirmed in the Lutheran Church at the age of fourteen, he had no concept of God, nor any concern about it…
Outline: How many "genuine people" do you know? Once we look beyond the roles that family, church, and culture place on us, what do we find? Only as we understand God's intensions for us will we discover the meaning that transcends superficial definitions. Whether you are a man of woman, spouse or unmarried, parent or teenager, friend, or employee, God's Word gives guidelines for the kind of li…
Outline : THE BIGGEST STUMBLING BLOCK IN CROSS-CULTURAL MISSION IS USUALLY MONEY Nothing derails global partnerships more quickly than cultural misunderstandings about finances. North Americans don't understand cultural expectations of patronage, and Western money often comes with subtle strings attached. So local mission work is hampered by perceived paternalism, and donors are frustrated wit…
Outline : How much culture lurks in common conversation? According to Craig Storti, so much that many of our most common, seemingly innocent exchanges in social settings, on the job, in the world of business-are cultural minefields waiting to explode. These explosions-cultural misunderstandings can cause confusion, irritation, even alienation. At the workplace and in the world of business these…
Outline: What happens when a nineteen-year-old boy leaves home against his parents' wishes and heads into the jungle to work with a murderous tribe of South American Indians? Capture, disease, terror, loneliness, torture... are these the results of a boy's dream of serving God? Bruce Olson discovers by trial and error how to bring the message of Christ to a savage nation without destroying the …
Outline: BEYOND SEDUCTION A sudden and unexpected revolution has begun. Some have hailed this revolution as a much-needed purification of the Church, while others are saying that it will lead to a major schism in Christianity. Since the release of the bestselling THE SEDUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY, Christians everywhere have come face-to-face with this undeniable truth: We must be certain that what…
Outline : This outstanding selection of excerpts from the most popular books of A.W. Tozer includes favorites from The Knowledge of the Holy and The Divine Conquest. Each chapter in this collection of favorites reflects the genius of a pastor whose words continue to reach the hearts of Christians everywhere. "Tozer," says Warren W. Wiersbe, "walked with God and knew Him intimately." Therein lie…
Outline: Perjuangan bangsa Indonesia belumlah berakhir. Meskipun kemerdekaan dari penjajahan bangsa asing sudah tidak lagi kita rasakan, namun harus kita sadari masih adanya penjajahan berupa kecemburuan, iri hati dan ketidakpuasan. Gereja Tuhan dan juga beberapa sekolah kristiani yang merupakan aset bangsa Indonesia menjadi sasaran pelampiasan kemarahan karena kecemburuan, iri hati dan ketidak…