Outline: Demons, witches, and ghosts: drugs, divination, and the occult; shamans, priests, and prophets ... All these await you in Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion - an anthropological study of religious beliefs and practices both strange and familiar. This fascinating anthology of readings, now in its second edition, contains 16 new articles and provides a rich blend of modern and traditional t…
Outline : Can there be major dimensions of a poem, a painting, a musical composition created in the absence of God? Or, is God always a real presence in the arts? In Real Presences, George Steiner, one of this century's most original thinkers, passionately argues that a transcendent reality grounds all genuine art and human communication.
Outline : A compelling and passionate theology that calls us to a practice that is the virtue by which the church stands or falls. Arthur Sutherland places before us our fear of meeting the "other" and the "stranger" in an increasingly global, and frequently dangerous, village. Various social, political, and historical factors have conspired to leave us in a veritable crisis: the decline of ho…
Outline : Recovering a forgotten theologian. Klaas Schilder was a prominent Dutch Reformed theologian, pastor, and professor in the early twentieth century. While his fame spread to North America in the 1940s, he is mostly forgotten today. In The Klaas Schilder Reader: The Essential Theological Writings, readers will rediscover this important Dutch theologian. Working in the tradition of Abra…
Outline : This volume is based on the 1959 MARTIN LUTHER LECTURES, sponsored by Luther College, Decorah, Iowa. These lectures were inaugurated in 1956; they will continue in future years, as Luther College observes its Centennial in 1961. Luther College is proud to present outstanding historians and theologians as this annual lectureship continues through the years. Creative studies in the sign…
Outline: In Philippians, Paul addresses his dear friends in the church at Philippi in hopes of healing a people plagued by a lack of unity. Celebrating their partnership in his mission, the apostle points the Philippians to their heavenly citizenship, their need for self-sacrifical love toward one another, and their need for self-sacrificial love toward one another, and their need to stand toge…
Outline: In a glowing, yet precise manner. Dr. Arthur W. Pink illustrates clearly the lessons that emerge out of the seven utterances of Christ on the cross. These pages will fill the reader with the glory of the redemptive message. Chapters include The Word ... ... of Forgiveness ... of Salvation ... of Affection ... of Anguish ... of Suffering ... of Victory ... of Contentment Thes…
Outline: A spiritual and saving knowledge of God is the greatest need of every human creature, "writes the author, adding that "the foundation of all true knowledge of God must be a clear mental apprehension of His perfections as revealed in Holy Scripture." In this book the author explains God's solitariness, decrees, knowledge, foreknowledge, supremacy, sovereignty, immutability, holiness, po…
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 : This new Handbook edited by Herman Selderhuis and written by renowned catholic and protestant church historians presents the latest results in research. Full attention is given to the coherence of social, political, cultural and ecclesiastical developments in the history of Christianity in the Netherlands. The Handbook is written for use as an academic textbook but is also accessible …
Outline: An inspiring collection of sermons on perhaps the most significant event the world ever experienced - the Cross of Christ. Through masterful sermons by great pulpit masters, the reader will gain a greater understanding of the theological, devotional, and practical importance of the Cross of Christ.
Outline: The central theme of the Bible is expanded and expounded in this collection of sermons, compiled by one of today's great preachers. The reader will be encouraged by messages from such great pulpit masters. These Classic Sermons on the Birth of Christ will be a welcome addition to both preachers and teachers and will provide inspiration, ideas, and insights into this important event.
Outline: Prayer is the lifeline of the Christian. Only through an active prayer life can there be real spiritual growth. Fourteen pulpit giants present the need, the how-to, and the results of a life that is permeated with prayer. These classic sermons on prayer will energize your prayer life, show you how to expect great things from God, and help you experience the strengthening power of God i…
Outline : This book initiates a dialogue where one does not exist, and continues a dialogue where one has been tentatively initiated, regarding the concept of God in the neoclassical philosophy of Charles Hartshorne and that found in analytic philosophers who adhere to classical theism. Two distinctive features of the book are a careful examination of Hartshorne's use of position martices in th…
Outline : Ricoeur's theory of productive imagination in previously unpublished lectures. The eminent philosopher Paul Ricoeur was devoted to the imagination. These previously unpublished lectures offer Ricoeur's most significant and sustained reflections on creativity as he builds a new theory of imagination through close examination, moving from Aristotle, Pascal, Spinoza, Hume, and Kant to Ry…
Outline: Demons, witches, and ghosts: drugs, divination, and the occult; shamans, priests, and prophets ... All these await you in Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion - an anthropological study of religious beliefs and practices both strange and familiar. This fascinating anthology of readings, now in its second edition, contains 16 new articles and provides a rich blend of modern and traditional t…
Outline: No greater contrast can be found in all of the Bible than that between the future prospects of the redeemed and the unrepentant. On one hand, the awe-inspiring promise of eternal comfort in the presence of Jesus Christ; on the other hand, the terror and dread of eternal comfort in the presence of Jesus Christ; on the other hand, the terror and dread of eternal separation in that place …
Outline: No one name can capture all the depth and richness of God's character or attributes, and the Scriptures are filled with descriptive titles for the Lord. Any study of the names of God in Scripture will be enhanced by these classic sermons selected by Dr. Warren Wiersbe from the pulpit ministries of preachers such as C. H. Spurgeon, G. Campbell Morgan, Alexander Maclaren, George Whitfiel…
Outline : THE STORY OF ISRAEL IN THE FIVE CENTURIES LEADING UP TO THE BIRTH OF JESUS Bridging the Testaments surveys the history and theological developments of four significant eras in Israel's postexilic history: the Persian Era (539-331 BC), the Hellenistic Era (331-167 BC), the Hasmonean Era (167-63 BC), and the Roman Era (63-4 BC). In doing so, it does away with the notion that there were…
Outline: This book is a collection of scholarly essays that place Dietrich Bonhoeffer in conversation with Dietrich Bonhoeffer in conversation with the Dutch Neo-Calvinist tradition of Abraham Kuyper and Herman Bavinck. The essays engage in theological ethics and historical theology in an effort to frame ongoing dialogue in relation to issue of public theology. While Bonhoeffer and Neo-Calvinis…
Outline : In their theological and historical interactions, neo-Calvinism and Roman Catholicism have often met in moments of conflict and co-operation. The neo Calvinist statesman Abraham Kuyper polemicized against the Roman Catholic Church and its theology, whilst building bridges between those traditions by forging novel political coalitions across ecclesiastical boundaries. In theology, Gerr…
DARK AS THE SEVEN CENTURIES SPANNED BY THE selections in this volume are commonly supposed to have been, those who investigate them more than superficially will discover that in this period the church of Christ was ever endeavoring to lift aloft a light which the darkness did not overcome.
Koleksi Kasus Sherlock Holmes 2 ini dimulai dengan Kembalinya Sherlock Holmes yang mempertemukan kembali Dr. John Watson dengan Holmes. Memasuki masa senja, Sherlock Holmes yang ingin pensiun menjadi detektif terpaksa kembali menghadapi ingar-bingar kriminal internasional dalam Salam Terakhir Sherlock Holmes. Lembah Ketakutan menyajikan kasus yang begitu pelik dan memaksa Holmes berhadapan lagi…
The Christian Church possesses in its literature an abundant and incomparable treasure. But it is an inheritance that must be reclaimed by each generation. THE LIBRARY OF CHRISTIAN CLASSICS is designed to present in the English language, and in twenty-six volumes of convenient size, a selection of the most indispensable Christian treatises written prior to the end of the sixteenth century.
On August 16, 2012, the South African police intervened in a labor conflict between workers at the Marikana platinum mine near Johannesburg and the mine’s owners: the stockholders of Lonmin, Inc., based in London. Police fired on the strikers with live ammunition. Thirty- four miners were killed.
What happens in a recession? How does money work? Why do we pay taxes? Economics affects every aspect of our lives, from how we get to work to where we spend our money-and big economic ideas continue to shape the world. Written in plain English, The Economics Book is packed with short, pity explanations that cut through the jargon, step-by-step diagrams that untangle knotty theories, classic…
Outline: Recent studies in the Holy Land have produced an evergrowing body of facts about the people, land, and customs, of the Old and New Testament world. Young's Bible Dictionary cuts through the layers of time to present those facts in light of the timeless truths of a timeless book, the Bible.
Presents the fundamental concepts and traditions of Shinto and provides information on its history, worship of "Kami"--"way of the gods," its rituals and festivals that preach harmony and tolerance with nature and people, and its concern with achieving happiness in this life.
Outline: Filosof Arthur Halmes mempertahankan proposisi bahwa semua kebenaran, dari manapun asal-usulnya, adalah kebenaran Allah. Terlalu banyak orang, baik umat kristiani maupun bukan, mau memisahkan yang "sakral" dan yang "sekuler", mengerti kebenaran sebagai relatif, dan menyangkal gagasan kesatuan kebenaran. Namun cara berpikir ini, kata Holmes, jelas menyimpang dari pandangan-dunia Alkitab…
Outline: Memahami Alkitab secara lebih baik - dan semakin menikmatinya. - Mengapa orang pada masa Alkitab saling membasuh kaki? - Apakah ada yang salah dengan mata Lea yang "tidak berseri"? - Mengapa orang Israel tidak boleh memasak anak kambing dalam susu induknya? - Apakah yang dimaksud Yesus tentang "beban-Ku pun ringan"? - Dimanakah Yesus sebenarnya disalibkan? - Apakah "cium kudus" …
Outline: This is a thorough, full-scale English commentary on the Greek text of 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus. While author George W. Knight gives careful attention to the comments of previous interpreters of the text, both ancient and modern, his emphasis is on exegesis of the Greek text itself and on the flow of the argument in each of these three epistles. Besides providing a detailed look at th…