When the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America was added, it was agreed that Congress and government in general would not be actively supporting or participating in the establishment of religion, nor would it be in the business of prohibiting the free exercise thereof. Religious life in our newly formed country would never be the same thereafter. The religious mili…
Christian exegesis of the Song of Songs has long interacted creatively with - and, more recently, reacted critically against - the allegorical interpretation developed by Origen of Alexandria (c.185-c.254) in his Commentary and two Homilies on the Song of Songs. Interest in Origen's exegesis of the Song's narrative elements has dominated past scholarship, which has almost entirely ignored how O…
Exact phrases to develop your sense of humor, master witty remarks, make people laugh, and be funnier - even if you're not naturally funny. Laugh Tactics is full of strategies that dissect, break down, and analyze all of the types of humor that you'll encounter in daily conversation - stuff you can really use with people you talk to. We're not all trying to become standup comedians, and this is…
There is widespread agreement that schools should contribute to students’ moral development and character formation. Currently, 80% of states have mandates regarding character education. These state trends refl ect the public expectation that schools be places where children receive support for the formation of values such as honesty (97%), respect for others (94%), democracy (93%), and respe…
The works translated here deal with two major themes in the thinking of St Augustine (354-430): free will and divine grace. On the one hand, free will enables human beings to make their own choices; on the other hand, God's grace is required for these choices to be efficacious. 'On the Free Choice of the Will', 'On Grace and Free Choice', 'On Reprimand and Grace' and 'On the Gift of Perseveranc…
The Philosophy Book explains more than one hundred of the greatest ideas in philosophy through clear, succinct text and easy-to-follow graphics. Using straightforward graphics and artworks, as well as thoroughly accessible text that elucidates more than two thousand years of philosophical thought, The Philosophy Book makes abstract concepts concrete. From moral ethics to the philosoph…
Foxe's Book of Martyrs is a collection of unforgettable accounts of religious persecution. This modernized selection brings together some of the most stirring tales of the interrogation and execution of heretics burnt at the stake in the reign of Mary, with some of the original woodcut illustrations and an illuminating introduction.
Outline: He is our Helper, Comforter, and Counselor, and without Him we cannot live the Christian life. Yet His role in believers' lives is at the heart of one of the church's most difficult and controversial issues. It's significantly easier to recognize that the Day of Pentecost changed the role of the Holy Spirit in the lives of God's people than to clearly identity how that role changed. At…
Outline : Sekaranglah waktunya untuk melakukan pemeriksaan menyeluruh terhadap filosofi dan praksis pelayanan kaum muda. Kita perlu menciptakan suasana yang autentik bagi anak-anak muda, untuk mencari kebenaran dan menemukan jati diri mereka di dalam Yesus. Pelayanan kaum muda harus beralih dari cara-cara perubahan perilaku dan berfokus pada penciptaan lingkungan bagi transformasi rohani yang s…
Outline: In his most significant book since the immensely successful Inside Out, Dr. Larry Crabb expands on his lifelong work in the field of psychotherapy to adopt a groundbreaking, but biblical, approach to healing the deep wounds of the soul - an approach that centers around building intimate, healing mini-communities in our lives and churches. Dr. Crabb envisions a day when communities of G…
Outline: "We have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the writtn code" (Romans 7: 6). That's a promise from God to you - and it can revolutionize your life. It's the promise of a New Way of life. What is this New Way? In The Pressure's Off Larry Crabb reveals ... - what this New Way isn't, explaining the misconceptions and confus…
Outline: Kartunis Larry Gonick dan professor biologi Dave Wessner berkolaborasi membuat kartun lengkap dan lucu mengenai berbagai topik dalam biologi. Apa kamu pingsan waktu disuruh membedah kodok di sekolah? Apa kamu anggap kegunaan DNA hanya menentukan siapa anaknya siapa? Apa kamu masih percaya penggolongan kehidupan cuma "hewan, tumbuhan, manusia"? Jika jawabanmu "ya" untuk pertanyaan-perta…
Outline: Buku Kalkulus bergambar yang enak dibaca dan lengkap. Larry Gonick, kartunis yang lulusan matematika, menyajikan buku pelajaran kalkulus bergambar tingkat kuliah tahun pertama yang menjelaskan dunia fungsi, limit, turunan, dan integral. Menggunakan ilustrasi jelas dan membantu - serta humor untuk membuat ringan bahasan berat - Gonick mengajarkan dasar kalkulus, dengan banyak contoh dan…
Outline: Pernahkan kamu bertanya pada diri sendiri: - Apakah menyambung gen sama seperti menjahit jenas Levis? - Apakah Watson dan Crick kawan Sherlock Holmes? - Hubungan seksual pada tumbuhan? Bisakah mereka melakukannya? - Apakah Mutasi Genetik nama satu kelompok musik rock? Jika ya, maka kamu perlu Kartun Genetika ini untuk menjelaskan konsep-konsep penting dalam ilmu genetika modern d…
Outline: From the dusty back roads of Montgomery, Alabama, to the legendary March on Washington, D.C., Martin Luther King, Jr., brought a stirring message of peace, equality, and justice to a divided people. He aspired only to be a Baptist minister, but by the time he was tragically assassinated in 1968 at the age of thirty-nine, he had led a movement that destroyed segregation in the South, an…
Outline: Kamu tidak perlu menjadi ilmuwan untuk mengerti berbagai soal berikut ini atau pun gagasan lain yang lebih rumit, karena Kartun Fisika telah menjabarkan semua bahasan ini: kecepatan, percepatan, ledakan, listrik dan magnet, rangkaian - bahkan yang sedikit berbau teori relativitas, dan banyak lagi, secara sederhana, jernih, dan tentu saja, dengan ilustrasi yang lucu. Ilmu fisika jadi ta…
Outline: What does it take to get along for a lifetime? Men and women share a deadly problem that kills good relating. The problem is this: we are committed, first of all, to ourselves. Each of us, without blushing, holds fast to an overriding concern for our own well-being. Giving numerous examples from his counseling and speaking ministry, Crabb explores how we can turn away from ourselves an…
Outline: Mengutip Benjamin Disraeli, Mark Twin menyatakan, ada tiga macam kebohongan: lies, damned lies, and statisctics. Karena disebut terakhir, pernyataan itu mengesankan, statistik yang paling parah. Akan tetapi, bukankah memang banyak orang menggunakan statistik untuk menggertak lawan diskusi? Opini kosong disulap menjadi berbobot dengan bumbu angka atau metode statistik? Statistik sebagai…
Outline: Formalin, boraks, arsenik, antioksidan, nuklir : semuanya adalah istilah kimia yang kita temui sehari-hari, tapi tahukah kamu seperti apa barangnya, dari mana asalnya, dan bagaimana mereka mempengaruhi kehidupan kita? Kimia memang misterius. Tak heran manusia bisa lebih dahulu memahami fisika daripada kimia. Tapi kamu tak perlu jadi ilmuwan untuk tahu kimia. Kartun Kimia dengan ilustra…
Outline: Buku Aljabar Bergambar yang enak dibaca dan lengkap. Mari belajar aljabar bersama Larry Gonick! Dari operasi dasar (tambah/kurang/kali/bagi), konsep persamaan dan peubah, sampai grafik dan kuadrat, semua dijelaskan dengan kartun menarik dan humor segar, juga banyak contoh dan latihan soal. Kombinasi sempurna hiburan dan pendidikan - cocok untuk siswa SMA, mahasiswa, guru, dosen, orangt…
Outline: Abu Abdalla ibn Battuta (1304-1354), considered by many to be the greatest pre-modern traveler, twice penetrated deep into black Africa. In 1331 he traversed the east coast and in 1351-52 traveled from Morocco through the Sahara to the Niger. He told of wealthy, multi-cultural trading centers on the east coast, such as Mombasa and Kilwa, and recalled warm hospitality in Mogadishu. Upon…
Outline: Much attention has been paid to the words of the earlies Christian canonical and extracanonical texts, yet Larry Hurtado points out that an even more telling story is being overlooked - the story of the physical texts themselves. Widely recognized for his outstanding scholarship, Hurtado combines his comprehensive knowledge of Christian origins with an archivist's eye to make sense of …
Outline: In these essays honoring ethicist Max L. Stackhouse, leading Christian scholars consider the historical roots and ongoing resources of public theology as a vital element in the church's engagement with global issues. This book explores the concept of public theology and the challenge of relating theological claims to a larger social and political context. The range of essays include…
Outline: Each volume in the Understanding the Bible Commentary Series breaks down the barriers between the ancient and modern worlds so that the power and meaning of the biblical texts become transparent to contemporary readers. They present a careful section-by-section exposition of the biblical books with key terms and phrases highlighted and all Greek transliterated. Notes at the close of …
Outline: In this theological and textual guide to the book of Revelation, leading evangelical educators combine their efforts to examine the issues that most interest and sometimes trouble twenty-first century readers. With verse-by-verse explanations and background analysis, this handbook is a tremendous aid to understanding the scope of Revelation. Topics covered include a comparison of the…