Outline : Pelayanan dalam lingkup gereja sering kali dibedakan menjadi dua; pelayanan oleh hamba Tuhan dan oleh orang-orang awam, atau pelayanan purnawaktu dan pelayanan paruh waktu. Sementara, beberapa orang tidak menyadari bahaya dari dikotomi ini, sejarah membuktikan bahwa gereja sering kali kehilangan kuasa dan otoritasnya ketika hanya memberi kesempatan pelayanan kepada mereka yang diangga…
Outline : Each volume of the Doctrines of Grace series illuminates one of the five points of Calvinism, presenting the context, content, and various implications of the doctrine. Featuring essays from several respected theologians, these works help readers understand key aspects of Reformed orthodoxy in all their historical, biblical, theological, and pastoral richness.
Outline : Composed under different circumstances by giants of the Reformed tradition - Theodore Beza (1519 - 1605), Amandus Polanus (1561 - 1610), and Francis Turretin (1623 - 1687) - these texts represent three classical treatments of the same doctrine, each in its own genre. Beza's Defense of Justification by Faith Alone is polemical and in response to ecclesiastical controversy. Polanus's Fr…
Outline : Francis Robers, like other Puritans, believed Christians can and should have a deep assurance of their salvation. He was also convinced that 1 John contains more marks of being a true believer than any other book in the Bible, making it "a rich treasury for Christian assurance," In Believer's Evidences for Eternal Life, Robers curates this precious repository of comfort and exhibits i…
Outline: It happened so subtly that few people noticed at first. Little by little, morality and freedom started to crumble. It came first in government, in education, in the media and finally it began to shake our families and our own lives. Something fundamental has changed. Law and government no longer provide a foundation of justice and morality but have become the means of licensing moral p…
Outline : Knowing Creation is an essential resource for helping scholars from the fields of theology, biblical studies, philosophy, and science appreciate one another's concerns and perspectives. This constructive and informed account of a Christian theology of creation sets forth a convincing case for a positive relationship and mutually enriching dialogue between a theology of creation and co…
Outline : That there are four canonical versions of the one gospel story is often seen as a problem for Christian faith: where gospels multiply, so too do apparent tensions and contradictions that may seem to undermine their truth claims. In Gospel Writing Francis Watson argues that differences and tensions between canonical gospels represent opportunities for theological reflection, not proble…
Outline: The historical movement known as Pietism emphasized the response of faith and inward transformation as crucial aspects of conversion to Christ. Unfortunately, Pietism today is often equated with a "holier-than-thou" spiritual attitude, religious legalism, or withdrawal from involvement in society. In this book, Roger Olson and Christian Collins Winn argue that classical, historical Pie…
Outline : The Landmark Book That Changed Us All. "The founder of L'Abri... shows how evangelism of modern man must begin with the reality of God." Leighton Ford. If you want to understand your world, The God Who Is There is the place to begin. We are constantly bombarded with conflicting ideas about God, religion and what our future holds. Where did these views come from? Where are they going? …
Outline: Genesis is a book of origins - the origin of the universe, the origin of life and the origin of man. It places man in his cosmic settling, shows his particular uniqueness, explains his wonder and his flaw, and begins to trace the flow of human history through space and time. Many today, however, view this book as a collection of myths, useful for understanding the Hebrew mind, perhaps,…
Algorithms have become near mystical beings. Here on earth they make their users happy and their creators very rich. Every minute a few algorithms manipulate millions of Uber drivers and their customers. It turned Garrett Camp, the Canadian inventor of the Uber algorithm and co-founder of the company, into the transcendental choirmaster of the ride-sharing world and a billionaire to boot. Curre…
Christian Counseling: A Comprehensive Guide was prepared to assist Christian leaders in their day-to-day counseling ministry. The first four chapters of Christian Counseling are designed to give an overview of counseling and may be read consecutively. The remaining twenty-seven chapters deal with specific problems, and since each chapter stands alone, they can be read in any order. Each chapter…
Much of what we know we cannot say. And much of what we do we cannot describe. For example, how do we know how to ride a bike when we can't explain how we do it? These abilities, which we are unable to articulate, were labeled "tacit knowledge" by chemist and philosopher Michael Polanyi. This book analyzes the term, and the behavior, in detail.
After first publishing this book in 1995, in subsequent reprintings I was able to correct a few errata, add a biblical index, and update the bibliography. For the present task of thoroughly revising the whole text, I need to take account of the numerous biblical, historical, and systematic studies of Jesus that have appeared in recent years. Many valuable, as well as some questionable, books an…
Issues of gender and sexuality have recently come to the fore in all humanities disciplines, and this book reflects this broad interdisciplinary situation, although its own standpoint is a theological one. In contrast to many contemporary feminist theologies, gender and sexuality (eros) are here understood within a distinctively Christian context characterized by the reality of agape - the New …
While probing the depths of the Black Sea last year, a team of scientists made a surprising discovery, one that they weren’t even looking for.
Outline: Has historic Christianity - the Christianity of the New Testament, of the apostles and the early church - anything to say to the modern world? In the age of existentialism, anti philosophy and musique concrete, the Happenings and the new theology, many people have assumed that a religion based on revealed truth is totally irrelevant. But in this book Dr. Francis Schaeffer contends that…
Outline: Man is dead. God is dead. Life has become meaningless existence, man a cog in a machine. The only way of escape lies in a non-rational fantasy world of experience, drugs, absurdity, pornography, an elusive 'final experience', madness ... If this is the twentieth-century mentality, how did it come about? And how can the Christian faith be made meaningful today? In this highly original b…
Outline: Author Francis A. Schaeffer says this about his latest book: "He Is There and He Is Not Silent deals with one of the most fundamental of all questions - that of epistemology, or, how we know and how we know we know. Unless our epistemology is right, everything is going to be wrong. Epistemology, the theory of the method or grounds of knowledge, is the central problem of our generation;…
Outline: In this new, completely rewritten edition of his major 1986 book, Francis Watson extends, updates, and clarifies his response to E. P. Sanders's view of Paul, in order to point the way beyond the polarization of "new" and "old" perspectives on the apostle. The Paul who comes to light in these pages is both agent and thinker, apostle and theologian. He is a highly contextual figure, yet…
Outline: Evangelicals are no strangers to the creation versus evolution debate. Now the argument has spread beyond the contents of the creation account in Genesis 1 and into Genesis 2-3, with speculation about the historicity of Adam and Eve and the Fall. But does it matter which position one holds? Is anything really at stake? The faculty of The Master's College have come together to show that…
Outline: JIKA KEINGINAN ALLAH YANG JADI, GEREJA KITA HARUSNYA SEPERTI APA? Dalam bukunya yang sangat berpengaruh ini, Francis Chan menggali kebenaran Alkitab, merenungkan berbagai kegagalan dan mimpinya, serta berbagai cerita tentang Allah menggunakan orang-orang biasa untuk mengubah dunia ini. Seperti katanya, "Kita telah melenceng jauh dari apa yang Allah inginkan terhadap gerejanya. Kita tah…
Outline: Francis Schaeffer's thought is exerting a significant influence. Students and professors, pastors and laymen, believers and seekers and skeptics are reading his books, listening to tapes from L'Abr Fellowship and attending his lectures. Many come into contact with his ideas in a piecemeal fashion, not realizing that three books lie at the heart of his thought. If these three books are …
Outline: James Livingston's widely acclaimed history of Christian thought - recently substantially revised and expanded - provides full, scholarly accounts of the major movements and thinkers, theologians and philosophers in the Christian tradition since the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, together with solid historical background and critical assessments. Distinctive in format and focus, the…
Outline: An important ongoling debate focuses on the present health and well-being of familites in American society. Much of the debate, however, is either ill-informed or consists of rhetoric that attempts to further particular political and social causes. The Family, Religion, and Culture series offers informed and responsible analyses of the state of the American family from a religious p…
Outline: In this addition to the projected eighteen-volume Paideia commentary series, respected New Testament scholar Raymond Collins examines cultural context and theological meaning in Second Corinthians.
Outline: Beberapa tahun belakangan ini, kalangan gereja da jemaat Kristen makin menyadari akan pentingnya konseling Kristen yang efektif. Sebenarnya orang-orang Kristen punya kesempatan yang istimewa untuk menolong orang lain, karena setiap anggota jemaat apalagi pendeta, sering kali terlibat dalam percakapan konseling, baik dengan anggota keluarga sendiri atau saudara-saudara seiman yang lai…
Outline: Christians affirm that everything exists because of God - from subatomic quarks to black holes. Science often claims to explain nature without including God in the picture at all. In this book, the authors show how it is possible to embrace both views, explaining how God cares for and interacts with his creation, while science offers a reliable way to understand the world he made. T…
Journal of Biblical Literature Vol. 113, 1994 consists of: 1. Volume 113, No. 1, Spring 1994; 2. Volume 113, No. 2, Summer 1994; 3. Volume 113, No. 3, Fall 1994; 4. Volume 114, No. 4, Winter 1994.
Journal of Biblical Literature Vol. 112, 1993 consists of: 1. Volume 112, No. 1, Spring 1993; 2. Volume 112, No. 2, Summer 1993; 3. Volume 112, No. 3, Fall 1993; 4. Volume 112, No. 4, Winter 1993.
Journal of Biblical Literature Vol. 111, 1992 consists of: 1. Volume 111, No. 1, Spring 1992; 2. Volume 111, No. 2, Summer 1992; 3. Volume 111, No. 3, Fall 1992; 4. Volume 111, No. 4, Winter 1992.
Journal of Biblical Literature Vol. 110, 1991 consists of: 1. Volume 110, No. 1, Spring 1991; 2. Volume 110, No. 2, Summer 1991; 3. Volume 110, No. 3, Fall 1991; 4. Volume 110, No. 4, Winter 1991.
Journal of Biblical Literature Vol. 109, 1990 consists of: 1. Volume 109, No. 1, Spring 1990; 2. Volume 109, No. 2, Summer 1990; 3. Volume 109, No. 3, Fall 1990; 4. Volume 109, No. 4, Winter 1990.
Journal of Biblical Literature Vol. 108, 1989 consists of: 1. Volume 108, No. 1, Spring 1989; 2. Volume 108, No. 2, Summer 1989; 3. Volume 108, No. 3, Fall 1989; 4. Volume 108, No. 4, Winter 1989.
Overview: Dalam karya klasik modern ini, Francis Schaeffer menelusuri tren-tren di dalam pemikiran abad ke-20 dan membongkarkan bagaimana ide-ide kunci telah membentuk masyarakat kita. Dengan analisis yang bercakupan luas, Schaeffer mengkaji filsafat, sains, seni, dan budaya populer untuk mengidentifikasi dualisme, fragmentasi, dan kemerosotan rasio. Karya Schaeffer sangat relevan untuk saat …
Overview: Di dalam buku ini, penulis membahas sejumlah pertanyaan yang paling membingungkan bagi orang percaya maupun orang yang tidak percaya. Apakah Allah eksis? Apakah masuk akal untuk percaya kepada Allah? Bisakah kita mengenal Allah?
Overview: Sejak pertama diterbitkan, buku ini telah menjadi buku penting yang mengubah cara gereja memandang dunia. Dari buku ini kita belajar dari mana timbulnya benturan ide-ide mengenai Allah, sains, sejarah, dan seni dan ke mana benturan ini akan menuju. Buku ini menunjukkan bagaimana Kekristenan historis bisa dengan teguh mengonfrontasi berbagai filsafat dunia karena Allah yang ada di sa…