Outline: Beyond DNA and its delicate spiral structure, beyond the genome and its vast stores of information, scientists now explore the mysterious epigenome that orchestrates it all. The cell, which once seemed so simple, now proves more complex with each successive discovery. Evolutionary theorists still claim that life's master codes were cobbled together by purely natural forces, but these n…
Outline: Sebagai nama bidang ilmu pengetahuan, filsafat semiotika adalah bidang pengetahuan yang ingin mengetahui segala sesuatu yang mendalam, berobjek tanda-tanda (signs). Sebagai sebuah proses, filsafat semiotika dapat dimaknai sebagai nama bagi proses berpikir yang radikal dan menyeluruh, cara berpikir yang mengupas sesuatu sedalam-dalamnya tentang tanda, baik pada proses penandaan (signifi…
Outline: Buku ini menyajikan gambaran secara komprehensif mengenai tradisi semiotika dan penggunaannya dalam ranah riset. Dengan mengedepankan analisis terhadap film Hollywood, Bollywood, dan film produksi tanah air, buku ini juga menyampaikan tentang pentingnya memahami konsep simbol yang bertebaran dalam film-film tersebut. Selain itu, konsep karakterisasi menjadi salah satu poin penting dal…
Outline: Penulis mengungkapkan rencana Tuhan untuk membesarkan hati mereka yang ada di dalam cengkeraman ketakutan. Di dalam terbitan buku ini, penulis menyelidiki akar-akar ketakutan dalam jiwa manusia dan efek-efek dari hidup di dalam cengkeraman kecemasan, kekhawatiran, dan ketakutan. Penulis menyemangati pembaca untuk menemukan sendiri bagaimana Alkitab penuh dengan kata-kata penghiburan…
Outline: The Book of Daniel. Isn't ultimately about Daniel - it's about the Gospel of Jesus. Often we read the book of Daniel in one of two ways - either as a book about a heroic man whose righteousness should inspire us to keep the faith, or as a roadmap to the end times that can, through careful study, tell us the day and hour (or nearly so) of Christ's return. Both, says Bryan Chapell, are s…
Outline: Taking his theme from 2 Corinthians 11: 2, Edward Pearse discusses the blessed marriage that exists between believers and Christ. He shows what makes Christ the perfect Bridegroom and how it is that God accomplishes this grand espousal. This is a work of great spiritual value, charged with experiential vitality and liberally sprinkled with gospel exhortations. Read and see that there i…
Outline: Profesor Denys Lombard mengajar sejarah Asia Tenggara di Paris. Ia meneliti sejarah kebudayaan Indonesia selama lebih dari tiga puluh tahun. Karyanya meliputi sejumlah besar buku dan artikel dalam berbagai bidang, antara lain Sejarah Aceh, Sejarah Jawa, Masyarakat Cina Peranakan, serta Bahasa dan Sastra Indonesia. Buku Nusa Jawa: Silang Budaya merangkul keseluruhan sejarah Pulau Jawa m…
Outline: 'Every believer in Jesus Christ deserves the opportunity of personal nurture and development. All new believers are expected to achieve his or her full potential for God. And most of them would if they had the opportunity." But all too often the opportunity isn't there. The art of making disciples can be lost amid programs, busy-ness, and uncertainty about what is to happen and how. To…
Outline : The Lord's commitment to make himself known throughout the nations is the overarching missionary theme of the Bible and the central theological concern of Exodus. Countering scholarly tendencies to fragment the text over theological difficulties, Ross Blackburn contends that Exodus should be read as a unified whole, and that an appreciation of its missionary theme in its canonical con…
Outline : If Christians are supposedly all about love, why do we seem to fight so much? With a personal touch and the trained eye of sociologist, Cleveland brings to bear the latest studies and research on the unseen dynamics at work that tend to separate us. Here are the tools we need to understand how to overcome the hidden forces that divide us. In this eye-opened book, you'll find the hidde…
Outline: Buku ini terinspirasi dari Mother Teresa yang sangat dikenal dengan gerakannya di Calcutta. Gerakan yang mencerminkan bahwa kebutuhan utama manusia adalah menikmati hidup yang bermakna dan bahagia dengan cara mencinta sesamanya. Dan, salah satu kekuatan cinta adalah memaafkan. Jika Anda bisa mengampuni, Anda akan menikmati hidup yang berlimpah, relasi dan karir pembaca akan bertumbuh.…
Outline: Mungkin banyak orang mengenal Tuhan Yesus, tetapi yang mengalami Dia tidak begitu banyak. Di antara orang-orang yang mengalami Dia itu, lebih sedikit lagi orang yang menuangkan pengalamannya dalam bentuk nyanyian. Tidak heran, karena nyanyian adalah kristalisasi, intisari, bagian yang paling berkesan, menyentuh dari pengalaman seseorang. Buku ini menyajikan nyanyian dari orang yang di…
Outline: Pasa tahun 8 Juli 1741 penulis menyampaikan khotbah paling terkenal yang pernah disampaikan di sepanjang sejaran Amerika. Tanggapan jemaat begitu menakjubkan. Sebelum penulis mengakhiri khotbahnya, orang-orang yang hadir telah menangisi keberadaan mereka dan berseru, " Apakah yang harus kami perbuat?" "Fokus dari khotbah ini," tulis E.H. Cady, "adalah keberadaan orang berdosa, baga…
Outline: George Campbell Morgan was one of the truly great Bible scholars of his time. In How to Live, one of sixty books by the author, he outlines God's formula of life. Included are discourses on Paul's estimate of life, as evidenced in Philippians, the life of power of Christ from John's Gospel, the new life as portrayed in the cleansing of Naaman, and the controlled life in the Potter's ha…
Outline: In the midst of a troubled world, Christians believe in a good God who, as the Creator, has never lost interest in his broken creation. The key evidence for, and the chief symbol of, this divine commitment is the cross of Christ. This God, revealed in Scripture, has a project : and central to the divine strategy is Christ, his coming and his cross. The troubles and calamities will end.…
Outline: The deity of Christ. The purpose of the church. The accuracy of the Bible. Christine doctrine need not be intimidating or dull. Knowing the essentials of your faith - from the Trinity and the Atonement to Satan and the end times - will not only reinforce personal convictions but inspire boldness in witnessing. Whether you're a new believer or merely in need of a refresher course, this …
Outline: Theological conversations about violence typically frame the conversation in terms of victim and perpetrator. Comprehensive theological responses to violence must also address the role of collective passivity of the bystanders of violence. Beyond Apathy examines the theological significance of bystander participation in patterns of violence and violation within contemporary Western cu…
Outline: This book, one of the first full-length studies of the modalities to emerge from the debate to which Saul Kripke, David Lewis, Ruth Marcus and others have contributed, is an exploration and defence of the notion of modality de re, the idea that objects have both essential and accidental properties. The argument is developed by means of the notion of possible worlds and ranges over key …
Outline: A new commentary for today's world, The Story of God Bible Commentary explains and illuminates each passage of Scripture in light of the Bible's grand story. The first commentary series to do so, SGBC offers a clear and compelling exposition of biblical texts, guiding everyday readers in how to creatively and faithfully live out the Bible in their own contexts. In story-centric approac…
Outline: When the book of Acts is mentioned, a cluster of issues inevitably springs to mind including speaking in tongues and baptism with the Holy Spirit, church government and practice, and missionary methods and strategies. At the popular level at least, Acts is still often used more for answers to debates that were not necessarily Luke's concern than listened to for his own emphases. Alan T…
Outline : What are the roles of canon and community in the understanding and articulation of Christian doctrine? Should the church be the doctrinal arbiter in the twenty-first century? In Canonical Theology John Peckham tackles this complex, ongoing discussion by shedding light on issues surrounding the biblical canon and the role of the community for theology and practice. Peckham examines the…
Outline : The primary theme of Paul's letter to the Colossians is the lordship of Christ. Writing from prison, Paul urges the Colossian believers to remain focused on Jesus even as false teachers have infiltrated the church. In his letter to Philemon, a prominent co-worker in the Colossian church, Paul spells out some of the practical implications of Christ's lordship when it comes to relations…
Outline: While the age of the Holy Spirit began with Pentecost, the twentieth century has seen as explosion in the Spirit's work through the remarkable growth of Pentecostalism and the changing face of global Christianity. The essays gathered in Spirit of God: Christian Renewal in the Community of Faith provide an ecumenical exploration of the Holy Spirit's person and work in biblical, historic…
Outline : Menurut tradisi, filsafat telah bertindak sebagai ancilla theologiae (pembantu teologi) dengan mengambil peran ministerial (pelayanan) atau menolong. Namun, menganggap bahwa teologi memiliki "peran magisterial" - yakni, otoritatif - bukan dilakukan dengan merendahkan filsafat, melainkan dengan menyanjungnya karena filsafat telah memberikan bantuan yang besar agar kita dapat memahami d…
Outline: A thorough guide to recent scholarship on the Pastoral Epistles. After a lengthy period when little attention was paid to the Pastoral Epistles, an outpouring of studies on the subject has suddenly appeared in print. However, critical scholars have largely neglected evangelical scholarship on these letters. To fill this gap, Entrusted with the Gospel offers a deep collection of importa…
Outline: In 1938 the Reverend Henry H. Riggs wrote "Shall We Try Unbeaten Paths in Working for Moslems?" He encouraged the church to help Muslim converts remain inside Islam so that they might not lose their cultural identity. These ideas were soundly donounced by leading missionary scholars of the time: Samuel Zwemer, J. Christy Wilson, and Hendrik Kraemer. In the 1980s Riggs suggestions bubbl…
Outline: Mengapa Iman Begitu Penting? Mengapa Pengharapan Begitu Berharga? Mengapa yang Terbesar Adalah Kasih? Di dalam Surat 1 Korintus, setelah Paulus membahas berbagai rupa-rupa karunia, sang rasul menyebutkan bahwa ada tiga hal yang paling penting dan akan bertahan terus: "Demikianlah tinggal ketiga hal ini, yaitu (1) iman, (2) pengharapan, dan (3) kasih ..." (1 Korintus 13: 13). Apa maksud…
Outline: This paper is one in a series called "Research Notes and Discussions", published at regular intervals by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Each number represents either the summary of discussions or the tentative results of ongoing research, circulated for the purpose of stimulating further thought on the issues concerned. Because of the nature and objective of this series, eve…
Outline : Just as the Old Testament book of Genesis begins with creation, where humans live in the presence of their Lord, so the New Testament book of Revelation ends with an even more glorious new creation where all of the redeemed dwell with the Lord and his Christ. The historical development between the beginning and the end is crucial, for the journey from Eden to the new Jerusalem proceed…
Outline : When Christians reflect on the gospel, their attention is rightly drawn to the cross and empty tomb. But is this it? Or is there much more to the story? In a ground–breaking work, J. V. Fesko reminds us that the great news of this gospel message is rooted in eternity, whereby a covenant was made between the persons of the Trinity in order to redeem sinners like you and me. J. V. Fes…
Outline : Dalam The Story of Reality, Gregory Koukl membukakan kisah dunia kita melalui sudut pandang yang luas, menjelaskan bagaimana dunia ini bermula, mengapa dunia ini menjadi seperti sekarang, peran manusia dalam kisah ini, dan bagaimana seluruh alur kisah ini terselesaikan. Ini adalah kisah Alkitab yang lebih dari sekadar pandangan keagaamaan pribadi, relasi dengan Allah, ataupun sumber p…
Outline : How does the voice of God come to us in the text of scripture? Scholars from biblical studies and theology have recently been engaged in various ways in the project of theological interpretation of Scripture. Their work has raised issues about the theological content of the biblical material. authorial intention, the reception and formation of the Bible as Christian Scripture, the imp…
Outline : Dietrich Bonhoeffer is best known for his role in a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler and his subsequent execution at the hands of the Nazis. However, most of us are less familiar with his tireless work educating seminary students for a life of pastoral ministry―a role that occupied him for most of his adult life. Anchored in a variety of influential lectures, personal letters, and m…
Outline : How can God be three and one? How can God take on a human nature? If God planned everything, how can I be responsible? Do my prayers make any difference in God's plan? Will we finally knows everything when we get to heaven? These are questions that recognize some of the mysterious tensions that Scripture presents to us. They are good questions, but wrong answers to good questions can …
Outline: It is appropriate that the first volume in this new series of interreligious documents is on relations between Christians and Muslims. Together they comprise the world's most populous religious traditions. The many occasions of their good relations have often been eclipsed by memories of rivalry, war and confrontation; and today in Africa, Asia, Europe, and America Christians and Musli…
Outline: Islam is now an American phenomenon. Once considered primarily an Arab lifestyle and an alien faith, it has moved into a position of such size and strength that, according to one estimate, it will be the second largest religious community in the United States by the twenty-first century. This groundbreaking sociological study presents the experiences and problems of today's immigrant M…
Outline : Kemerosotan Agama-Agama di Dunia Modern Terbukti Hanyalah Mitos. Kekristenan adalah sistem kepercayaan global yang paling menyebar luas dan diyakini akan terus begitu di masa depan. Namun, bagi banyak orang terpelajar, agama yang bersandar pada Alkitab ini adalah sebuah gagasan yang berbahaya. Maka mereka berusaha menantang beberapa keyakinan mendasar orang Kristen. Dengan mengguna…
Outline : The doctrine of the Trinity is taught and believed by all evangelicals, but rarely is it fully understood or celebrated. In The Deep Things of God, systematic theologian Fred Sanders shows why we ought to embrace the doctrine of the Trinity wholeheartedly as a central concern of evangelical theology. Sanders demonstrates, engagingly and accessibly, that the doctrine of the Trinity is …