Outline: Three Middle Eastern village characters sit on a bench outside the wise man's house and discuss theology. Elder Yusef is the wise man. His friend, Abdu, asks the right questions. Abdu's sidekick, Baseat, is the "straight man" who never gets the point. After the manner of Job, these three characters, with the occasional help of some friends, discuss God ... The earlier edition of God Is…
Outline: When was the last time you thought about being pious? The word tends to make us think of having a "holier-than-thou" attitude. But this negative views strays far from piety's beginnings. Joel Beeke reclaims the Reformers' vision for an attractive piety rooted in the knowledge of God and our union with Christ. Focusing on both mind and soul, he offers practical ways to cultivate a vibra…
Outline: The changes in the Evangelical movement in the last five years have exceeded all the cumulated changes in its previous history. Most of thses changes have taken place in the life-span of Christianity and New Evangelical Philosophies and are recorded and documented in its pages. The updates in this third edition fill 48 pages and it contains a new concluding section showing the impact …
Outline: This is the definitive English-language edition of one of the monumental works of the Christian church. Under Dr. McNeill's personal supervision labored a whole corps of expert Latinists and Calvin scholar. All previous editions - in Latin, French, German, and English - have been collated; references and notes have been verified, corrected, and expanded; and new bibliographies have bee…
Outline: This is the new and definitive English-language edition of one of the monumental works of the Christian church. Under Dr. McNeill's personal supervision labored a whole corps of experts Latinists and Calvin scholars. All previous editions - in Latin, French, German, and English - have been collected; references and notes have been verified, corrected, and expanded; and new bibliographi…
Outline: Perspectives menghadirkan sebuah kumpulan bacaan bersifat multi facetted yang mencakup dimensi Alkitab, sejarah, budaya, dan strategi dalam penjangkauan dunia. Tulisan-tulisan dari 150 lebih akademisi dan praktisi misi (60 lebih diantaranya baru ditambahkan dalam edisi ini) memberikan gambaran tentang apa yang terjadi dalam sejarah dan memberikan persiapan dalam menghadapi potensi kege…
Outline: Indonesia adalah negara dengan orientasi agama yang kuat. Pengamalan hidup beragama di tengah masyarakat telah mengakar jauh sejak sebelum republik ini berdiri. Agama menjadi pedoman nilai yang penting dalam konteks bermasyarakat. Namun, dalam konteks berbangsa dan bernegara, yang dekat dengan aspek politik, agama masih memiliki peran yang kurang signifikan. Gerakan privatisasi agama m…
Outline: The Christian's Only Comfort is the sermonic exposition of the Heidelberg Catechism by Theodore VanderGroe (1705 - 1784), a prominent divine of the Dutch Further Reformation. VanderGroe's exposition of the Heidelberg Catechism could be considered his magnum opus, and in some ways it was esteemed as highly by the godly in the Netherlands as The Christian's Reasonable Service of Wilhelmu…
Outline: In All Roads Lead to the Text Dean Deppe offers a user-friendly guide to biblical exegesis and interpretation. Far from a dry, theoretical handbook, this book's example-based approach enlivens the exegetical task and offers immediate payoff by constantly applying concepts to specific texts. Deppe focuses on eight different methods that biblical scholars use, from analyzing literary, gr…
Outline: The Christian Church is faced with new responsibilities and challenges in our postmodern culture. This ecumenical series, sponsored by the Christian Theological Research Fellowship, reaps the wisdom of Christian tradition and Scripture to propose fresh insights for today's church. Grounded in sound scholarship, it will appeal to thoughtful pastors, educated laypeople, theological stude…
Outline: The Abortion Debat in the United States is confused. Ratings-driven media coverage highlights extreme views and creates the illusion that we are stuck in a hopeless stalemate. In this book Charles Camosy argues that our polarized public discourse hides the fact that most Americans actually agree on the major issues at stake in abortion morality and law. Unpacking the complexity of the …
Outline: Using Charles Taylor's magisterial Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity as a springboard, this interdisciplinary book explores lived Christian identity through the ages. Beginning with such Old Testament figures as Abraham, Moses, and David and moving through the New Testament, the early church, the Middle Ages, and onward, the forty-two biographical chapters in Sourc…
Outline: This magisterial and much-needed study by John Kilner thoroughly explains what the Bible teaches about humanity being in the image of God. Arguing against the common idea that sin damages the image of God in human beings, Kilner probes how our creation in God's image gives us dignity, and he points to humanity's renewal according to God's image in Christ as our destiny.
Outline: Your design for living the Christian life. When it comes to obeying Jesus Christ's command to disciple all nations, are you a but uncertain how to begin? In The Great Commission Lifestyle, Dr. Robert Coleman shows how discipleship was designed to be a way of life for all Christians. In these pages Dr. Coleman offers a practical and personal application of the principles found in The Ma…
Outline: The Christian's Only Comfort is the sermonic exposition of the Heidelberg Catechism by Theodore VanderGroe (1705 - 1784), a prominent divine of the Dutch Further Reformation. VanderGroe's exposition of the Heidelberg Catechism could be considered his magnum opus, and in some ways it was esteemed as highly by the godly in the Netherlands as The Christian's Reasonable Service of Wilhelmu…
Outline: Nurture and strength from fifty-two Christian devotional classics for individual study and group use - from RENOVARE, a movement committed to spiritual renewal. These fifty-two selections have been organized to introduce readers through the course of one year to the great devotional writers. The readings have been edited by James Smith, and each is accompanied by an introduction and me…
Outline: The overarching research question which is answered in this study by means of several different angels is: "What kind of perspectives could an investigation of the Hebrews sermon offer to the homiletical praxis of people living in arduous times?". This study want to indicate and illustrate that the Hebrews sermon offers piercing perspectives for the discipline of homiletics and, moreov…
Outline: The Puritans were a people of deep and passionate prayer. They sought to live all of life in God's presence, with his help. The written prayers they left behind include treasures to comfort, teach and uplift us in every season of life. Sensitively edited and arranged by Tim Chester, these powerful expressions of faith will enrich your spiritual life and draw you closer to the throne of…
Outline: Robert Wainwright demonstrates the importance of covenant theology in the early years of the Reformation when Huldrych Zwingli, Heinrich Bullinger, and John Calvin recast late medieval conceptions of the divine pact within radical new parameters of "grace alone" and "Scripture alone." Their ideas spread surprisingly quickly into English discourse, explaining the early emergence of Refo…
Outline: This history of Christian theology tells a story that begins a biblical times and continues until today. Written in a straightforward narrative style, it provides an insightful explanation of major issues in religious history and the positions of some of the greatest theologians concerning them. William C. Placher presents the history of theology as an aspect of intellectual history, a…
Outline: This accessible introduction to Christian worldview explores how Christians can live faithfully at the crossroads of Scripture and postmodern culture. Living at the Crossroads first lays out a brief summary of the biblical story and the most fundamental beliefs of Scripture. The book then tells the story of Western culture from the classical period to postmodernity. Authors Michael Goh…
Outline: This book draws together a collection of thirteen published and unpublished articles which together constitute a new reading of the character and development of Latin Trinitarian theology in the fourth and fifth centuries. The focus of the essays is on Augustine of Hippo (354-430 CE), but Augustine is treated here as an inheritor of earlier Latin tradition. Many of the figures of that …
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. Its story-centric approa…
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. Its story-centric approa…
Outline: Proverbial words of wisdom and inspiration - now more accessible than ever! Conveniently arranged by topic from Abraham, Action, and Advice to Youth, Zeal, and Zion, this practical and authoritative reference supplies nearly 3,000 quotations from the Old and New Testaments and the Apocrypha. Comprehensive and easy to use, it features: - More than 400 topics, among them Business, Law,…
Outline: Are you facing an unexpected financial crisis or anticipating the possibility of difficult times ahead? Financial problems happen for so many reasons, but right now the uncertainty of the future, coupled with unstable economic conditions, means that money worries are high on our list of concerns. How are we to prepare for financial difficulty? What do we do if we're already in the midd…
Outline: This comprehensive course provides intermediate students (TOEFL test scores 380 - 480) with the skills, strategies, practice, and confidence they need to improve their scores on all sections of the paper TOEFL test, including the Test of Written English (TWE). The Introductory Paper Test Book features: - Language skills sections that cover the intermediate-level language skills regul…
Outline: The Human Predicament and its solution. Deep within the human psyche lies a sense that we were made for something more than this broken world. We all share an experience of exile - of longing for our true home. In Rebels and Exiles, Matthew S. Harmon explores how the theme of sin and exile is developed throughout Scripture. He traces a common pattern of human rebellion, God's judgment,…
Outline: Did God the Father kill His Son? What happened to the Trinity on the cross? "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" At this moment did God utterly forsake Jesus? Did the Father turn his back on the Son in rage? Was the Trinity ruptured or broken on that day? Theologian Thomas McCall tackles this profound, difficult and sometimes troubling passage in the life of Christ - the moment …
Outline: Science, technology and economic growth motivate our society. Each is carried on with little regard for Christian concerns. Brian Walsh and Richard Middleton yearn for change. They long to see Christianity penetrate the structures of society, reforming and remolding our culture. From scholarship in the universities to politics, business and family life, the Christian vision can transfo…
Outline: These commentaries are designed to help the reader of the Bible understand what the text says and what it means. The Introduction to each book gives a concise but thorough treatment of its authorship, date, original setting and purpose. Following a structural Analysis, the Commentary takes the book section by section, drawing out its main themes, and also comments on individual verses …
Outline: We've lost ourselves. Disconnected from the past and uncertain about the future, we are anxious about what our lives will be and troubled by a nagging sense of meaninglessness. Adrift in the world, many Christians have their identity completely wrapped up in work, and their definition of the "good life" is financial success. Fewer are staying committed to the Christian faith, finding i…
Outline: The name of John Calvin (1509 - 1564) is justly renowned in a number of contexts. The Reformation's greatest systematic theologian, he was also a Christian strategist and transformer of society, as his enormous correspondence and his influence in Geneva bear witness. A prolific scholar, well-versed in the Latin of the academics, he also worked hard at communicating to ordinary men and …
Outline: How people behave and think is largely determined by the social structure in which they live. Evangelism and church planting strategies, if they are to succeed, must take that group action into account. Incarnational Ministry describes the social-cultural settings of bands, tribes, peasantry, and urbanites. While urging planners not to use these general categories as simplistic pigeonh…