Outline: The world recently learned as a result of the Persian Gulf War and other far-reaching developments in the Middle East that Islam is a force of tremendous importance. The West admittedly knows very little about the religion of Muhammed. It is the purpose of Dr. Ira Zepp's book to provide a popular, readable and comprehensive background for a better understanding of this wide-spread reli…
Outline: How we read the Bible has a profound impact on how we understand what mission is. This book encourages us to explore the Bible's grand narrative and to bring the whole counsel of God in Scripture to our understanding of who we are and what we must do as God's people.
Outline: Technology shapes us, But how do we shape a digital world? As an electrical engineer, Derek Schuurman wondered, what do bits and bytes have to do with Christian beliefs? Sitting in a cubicle farm in the high technology industry, he had difficulty understanding what his work had to do with the kingdom of God. In a concise and accessible style, Schuurman explores a wide range of topics f…
Outline: Dalam dunia yang penuh dengan pembicaraan santun, taplak linen dan jadwal padat, bagaimana seseorang dapat menunjukkan hospitalitas? Dalam dunia yang penuh dengan penembakan misterius dan lingkungan yang tidak bersahabat, bagaimana seseorang dapat mengasihi orang asing? Buku ini mengajak pembaca untuk memandang orang asing sebagai seseorang yang dapat membawa berkat bagi hospitalitas.
Outline: Apa yang Anda pikirkan ketika mendapat tugas untuk membuat naskah khotbah atau renungan dari kitab Pengkhotbah? Apakah Kitab Pengkhotbah hanya berisikan nasihat hikmat belaka? Jawaban itu tentu tidak salah. Kitab Pengkhotbah berisi tentang pengajaran, nasihat, dan hikmat bagi manusia menjalani kehidupan dalam penyertaan Tuhan. Namun, Kitab Pengkhotbah sebenarnya menyimpan kekayaan makn…
Outline: A key refrain in Reformed theology is that God's Spirit trumpets the message of salvation through Jesus Christ into every book and cranny of the universe - but now? And in what way does this cosmic truth touch and shape the mundane reality of our lives and our world? In this distillation of his Warfield Lectures, delivered at Princeton Theological Seminary in spring 2014, leading Refor…
Outline: John Calvin's Institutes has established itself as "one of the most important theological works even written," writes Tony Lane. This abridged edition of the Institutes provides a readable and inexpensive sampler of Calvin's greatest work. Lane has condensed the 1559 edition, retaining the heart of Calvin's teaching on all his major themes. Hilary Osborne has put Henry Beveridge's tran…
Outline: Peacemaker Ministries President Ken Sande gives practical Biblical guidance for conflict resolution that takes you beyond resolving conflicts to true, life-changing reconciliation with family, cowokers, and fellow believers.
Outline: Suara apakah yang keluar dari mulut Yesus di atas kayu salib? Bukan caci maki, balas dendam, kutukan, tangisan atau pun jeritan kesakitan yang menyayat. Sejarah mencatat Tujuh Perkataan Salib yang keluar dari mulut Juruselamat adalah: Bapa, ampunilah mereka Engkau bersama Aku di Firdaus Lihatlah ibumu Mengapa meninggalkan Aku? Aku haus! Sudah genap! Kuserahkan nyawa-Ku! Hanya…
Outline: Are we facing a clash of civilisations? Tensions between the West and the Muslim world run high. Some Western media equate Muslims with fundamentalist - a serious error. Nevertheless, in Muslim countries, anger with the West is widely seen as justified, particularly for the West's tolerance of injustices in Palestine. While grievances persist, there will be no shortage of willing Musli…
Outline: John Calvin was born almost 500 years ago on 10 July 1509. Many Christians around the world will celebrate the occasion in various ways. But perhaps the best way to commemorate the birth of the Reformer is to remember the gospel he preached. According to J. H. Merle d'Aubigne, the great historian of the Reformation period, Calvin's teaching centred on Christ - his Word, Person, Grace, …
Outline: Few Christians can agree on how believers should interact with the culture at large. Should they embrace it wholeheartedly? Reject it altogether? Form a subculture? Or pursue a more excellent way? These are but a few positions or approaches that believers have taken toward the world. In fact, T. M. Moore catalogs a total of six responses to culture and advocates for Christian unity in …
Outline: The history of interaction between science and religion is fraught with tension, although, as philosopher Phil Dowe demonstrates, many thoughtful and religious people have also found harmony between these two crucial fields. This fascinating book insightfully surveys the relationship of science, reason, and religion, giving special attention to the most contentious topics - cosmology, …
Outline: Devotions on the journey to the first Easter - Journey to the Empty Tomb, from the best-selling author Paula Gooder, open up the best of biblical scholarship. It focuses on the events leading up to the first Easter - the Gospel accounts of the death and resurrection of Jesus that are at the very heart of the Christian faith. Beginning with the triumphal entry into Jerusalem and ending …
Outline: Pada abad-abad pertama pertama Masehi telah tercatat ratusan ribu martir Kristen, akibat penganiayaan kaisar-kaisar Romawi. Namun seberat apapun penganiayaan itu, tidak mungkin mampu menghapuskan kekristenan dari dunia ini. Sejauh sejarah merekam peristiwa dunia, khususnya setelah Reformasi, iman Kristen sejati telah menjadi motor pembaharuan dan kemajuan di segala bidang. Sekarang set…
Outline: Understanding the Bible isn't for the few, the gifted, the scholarly. The Bible is accessible. It's meant to be read and comprehended by everyone from armchair readers to seminary students. A few essential insights into the Bible can clear up a lof of misconceptions and help you grasp the meaning of Scripture and its application to your twenty-first-century like. More than half a milli…
Outline: Bisakah merenungkan nama kemudian memahami pribadinya? Nama orang bisa tersohor, dan orang yang disebut namanya. Nama menjadi tidak begitu diperhatikan, karena pribadi yang bernama itu sudah dekat di hati. Buku ini, langkah demi langkah memberikan pengalaman yang mengasyikkan. Begitulah Yesus Kristus mempunyai macam-macam gelar sebagai nama-Nya. Merenungkan gelar-gelar itu, membawa kit…
Outline: Dibaca bersama-sama, kumpulan kitab DUA BELAS NABI menawarkan suatu panorama agama Israel sepanjang masa-masa kritis dalam sejarah umat; rasa percaya diri palsu di era monarki hingga keterpurukan pada masa Pembuangan, dan akhirnya periode pengharapan dan cita-cita baru setelah Pembuangan. Kitab-kitab ini memaparkan transisi bentuk agama lama nasional kepada nyeri bersalin lahirnya umat…
Outline: Kejahatan apakah yang harus anda lawan dan anda atasi seperti diperintahkan oleh Kristus? Dimana saja anda berperang, anda harus mengetahui dan mengerti tentang musuh anda. Kalau tidak, anda akan kalah. Kejahatan yang dibahas dalam buku ini bukanlah kejahatan yang umum, yang biasa terjadi di dunia ini seperti penodongan, pembunuhan, dan sebagainya. Tapi, kejahatan yang langsung dituju…
Outline: The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy. Hailed by Jerome Frank as "the best book that exists on the subject, today and for the foreseeable future," Irvin D. Yalom's The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy has long been the standard text in its field. Indeed, in a survey reported in a recent issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry, it was cited as one of the ten most …
Outline: Grace. It's not just for beginners. Funny how the exceeding riches of God's grace seem to run out the moment we've saved. From them on, we tend to base our relationship with Him on our performance rather than on His grace. (Consider the 16 examples on the inside front flap.) Of course, God still deals with us on the basis of His grace, whether or not we understand it. It's just that, w…
Overview: Ibarat teks, Gus Dur adalah tokoh "yang tak pernah selesai". Ia tetap menjadi misteri bagi siapa pun, termasuk bagi analis politik yang berusaha "menaklukkannya" ke dalam skema analisis politik tertentu dan ke dalam ideologi tertentu, baik ideologi agama maupun ideologi politik. Buku ini adalah salah satu dari ragam pembacaan atas teks Gus Dur tersebut. Namun, berbeda dengan pembacaan…
Outline: Beneath the terms of official Islam lies a whole pattern of related yet different beliefs. The mysterious, colourful world of jinn and the evil eye, saints and festivals, is unfamiliar to more Westerners: a universe of flux, full of 'beings' and 'powers'. This book is about weary and burdened human beings, writes Dr Musk. 'The masses of Muslims live today at two levels. Beneath a venee…
Outline: Arabic thought in the liberal age is the most comprehensive study of the modernizing trend of political and social thought in the Arab Middle East. Albert Hourani studies the way in which ideas about politics and society changed during the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth centuries, in response to the expanding influence of Europe. His main attention is given to the move…
Outline : Banyak orang ingin mengetahui Kehendak Allah. Tetapi kepada siapakah Allah akan menyatakan kehendakNya yang sempurna itu? Dari mana kita tahu bahwa sesuatu kita kehendak Allah atau bukan? Dan yang lebih penting lagi adalah maukah kita bertekad seperti Tuhan Yesus berkata: "... tetapi bukanlah kehendakKu melainkan kehendakMulah yang jadi." Lukas 22: 42b Keindahan hidup adalah kehenda…
Outline: Salah satu keunikan kekristenan adalah kepercayaan terhadap Allah Tritunggal. Doktrin yang begitu jelas diajarkan dalam Alkitab ini selalu menjadi kesulitan yang besar bagi orang Kristen maupun bukan orang Kristen. Memang secara terminologi istilah ini tidak muncul dalam Alkitab. Namun seluruh Alkitab mengandung ajarang yang penting ini. Dalam sejarah gereja selalu timbul pula pemikir-…
Outline: Kesederhanaan hidup dan keteguhan dalam memegang prinsip menjadi barang langka di tengah-tengah para pemimpin kita saat ini. Pragmatisme dan hedonisme merasuki denyut nadi orang-orang yang mengaku berjuang untuk kepentingan rakyat. Rakyat hidup di tengah janji-janji politik, sementara para pemimpinnya hidup bergelimang kemewahan. Partai Masjumi (1945-1960) bisa dibilang sebagai pengec…
Outline: "The purpose of this collection of Brueffemann's essays is to bring to the fore a much more extensive critical engagement on his part with the current discussion about the Old Testament, its character, its authority, its theology, and especially its God. ... Readers of these essays who think they may have grasped what Brueggemann has to say about the theology of the Old Testament from …
Outline: Richard W. Bulliet looks beyond rhetoric to challenge prevailing - and misleading - views of Islamic history and the idea of a "clash of civilizations." Offering a fresh perspective on the shared histories of Islamic and Christian societies. Bulliet provides the intellectual groundwork upon which to build a better understanding between the West and the Muslim world. Throughout their e…
Outline: In recent decades, a "certainty trap" has sprung up within both Islam and Christianity, resulting in a world struggling with the fallout from extremist and violent interpretations of what "the word of God" might mean. The Certainty Trap asks whether Christians and Muslims - equally - can any longer afford the luxury of fundamentalism. Musk looks at the phenomenon of fundamentalism in C…
Outline: Is this book for you? Do you remember that number displayed on the television screen during Billy Graham Crusades? The Billy Graham Christian Worker's Handbook was developed for the people who answer those calls - at various telephone ministry centers around the nation. Either you or someone you know may have volunteered at one of those centers. The Handbook has also been used by numer…
Outline: Api dari Surga berisikan 42 khotbah yang ditulis oleh Pdt. Han, Chung-Suk. Kumpulan khotbah ini berfokus pada pemberitaan tentang Allah, Yesus, dan Roh Kudus serta implikasinya terhadap kehidupan orang Kristen di tengah masyarakat. Tiap khotbah yang ia sampaikan mencakup topik-topik utama Alkitab secara menyeluruh dan tetap menjaga keseimbangan teologis, alkitabiah, maupun evangelikal.…
Outline: The New American Commentary is for those who have been seeking a commentary that honors the Scriptures, represents the finest in contemporary evangelical scholarship, and lends itself to the practical work of preaching and teaching. This series serves as a minister's friend and a student's guide. The New American Commentary assumes the inerrancy of Scripture, focuses on the intrinsic t…
Outline: The Bible is both a divine and a human book. It is the inspired word of God for his people. whether in biblical times or for the church today. It is also a fully human book, written by different people in a variety of cultural settings. Knowledge of biblical language and society is essential if the meaning of the human writer is to be grasped fully. The Apollos Old Testament Commentary…
Outline: This volume contains a selection of forty-three sermons arranged in chronological order. Beginning with what may be Luther's earliest extant sermon and ending with the last he delivered before his death, this collection of sermons can give the reader a glimpse into the Reformer's development as a preacher. As Luther's insight into the meaning of the Gospel grew not only did he set asid…