Outline : The Lord Jesus Christ provides a fresh and robust guide to understanding Jesus and his work of salvation : Jesus is the divine Son of God, who has taken on human nature in the incarnation to lead his people in a new exodus. Author Brandon D. Crowe writes from a confessionally Reformed perspective in dialogue with the great creeds of the church.
Outline : The Reformer at war In Zwingli the Pastor, Stephen Brett Eccher tells the story of Huldrych Zwingli (1484–1531), embattled pastor and reformer. Zwingli's ministry in Zurich was characterized by conflict―conflict that fueled him. It influenced his theological development, inspired his commitment to bring reform, and compelled his devotion to the congregation he led through the tum…
Outline : "Do not be anxious about anything." When it comes to stress and worry, that's all we really need to say, right? Just repent of your anxiety, and everything will be fine. But emotional life is more complex than this. In The Logic of the Body, Matthew A. LaPine argues that Protestants must retrieve theological psychology in order to properly understand the emotional life of the human pe…
Outline : Petrus van Mastricht’s Theoretical and Practical Theology presents one of the most comprehensive methods of treating Christian doctrine. In it, Mastricht treats every theological topic according to a four-part approach: exegetical, dogmatic, elenctic, and practical. As a body of divinity, it combines a rigorous, scholastic treatment of doctrine with the pastoral aim of preparing peo…
Outline : InterVarsity Press is proud to present The Lightfoot Legacy, a three-volume set of previously unpublished material from J. B. Lightfoot, one of the great biblical scholars of the modern era. In the spring of 2013, Ben Witherington III discovered hundreds of pages of biblical commentary by Lightfoot in the Durham Cathedral Library. While incomplete, these commentaries represent a goldm…
Outline : It's no secret that we live in an increasingly isolated world. The pandemic has only exacerbated what was already a startling trend: loneliness and disconnection have been on the rise for a long time in our society. We long for a deep sense of meaning to make sense of our lives, but we don't know how to find it. Even worse, we often search for it in unhealthy ways that hinder the very…
Outline : Outline : Petrus van Mastricht's Theoretical-Practical Theology presents one of the most comprehensive methods of treating Christian doctrine. In it, Mastricht treats every theological topic according to a four-part approach: exegetical, dogmatic, elenctic, and practical. As a body of divinity, it combines a rigorous, scholastic treatment of doctrine with the pastoral aim of preparing…
Outline: Exploring the Personal and Social Effects - of this momentous upheaval - Perhaps no period in Christian history experienced such vast religious tumult and rapid social change as the European Reformation, when it quickly became apparent that social and political issues - finding deep resonance with the common people - were deeply entwined with religious ones raised by the Reformers. Led…
Outline : Petrus van Mastricht’s 'Theoretical-Practical Theology' presents one of the most comprehensive methods of treating Christian doctrine. In it, Mastricht treats every theological topic according to a four-part approach: exegetical, dogmatic, elenctic, and practical. As a body of divinity, it combines a rigorous, scholastic treatment of doctrine with the pastoral aim of preparing peopl…
Outline : Petrus van Mastricht's Theoretical-Practical Theology presents one of the most comprehensive methods of treating Christian doctrine. In it, Mastricht treats every theological topic according to a four-part approach: exegetical, dogmatic, elenctic, and practical. As a body of divinity, it combines a rigorous, scholastic treatment of doctrine with the pastoral aim of preparing people to…
Outline : This volume presents collected essays from scholars around the world on various aspects of Petrus van Mastricht (1630 - 1706) theology, philosophy, and reception in the context of his time. The status of theology and philosophy in the wake of the Enlightenment had many of the same problems we see in theology today as relating to the use and appropriation of classical theology in a 21s…
Outline: The Bible and ethics in a critical time. The planet is changing rapidly, and these disruptions are throwing the globe further into crisis. The future of Christianity depends on whether it is able to face these challenges with a hopeful but urgent moral and social vision. Christianity continues to break away from its Western center as churches in Asia, Africa, and Latin America experien…
Outline: Speakers and Toastmasters Library makes available appropriate, interesting, and immediate helps to anyone alled upon to speak before adults, teens, or children. The books in this series have been carefully selected for their value in building sermons, speeches, and talks in a wide range of situations. Anyone can use this handbook as a ready source of mor, whether for public presentatio…
Outline : JANJI TENTANG PERUBAHAN NYATA Anda tidak perlu berpura-pura bahwa Anda mengendalikan segalanya... jika ternyata tidak. Anda tidak perlu berpura-pura bahwa hubungan terbaik Anda sangat memuaskan...jika ternyata tidak. Anda tidak perlu berpura-pura bahwa pergumulan Anda melawan dosa sudah lewat...jika ternyata tidak."Hanya orang-orang Kristenlah yang mempunyai kemampuan untuk tidak pe…
Outline: Real change may not be what you think it is. It is more than simply going to church, reading the Bible, teaching Sunday school, or being nice. It has everything to do with facing the realities of your own internal life and letting God mold you into a person who is free to be honest, courageous, and loving. "Only Christians have the capacity to never pretend about anything," says Larry …
Outline: "Celebrating the Lord's Supper," says award-winning author and theologian J. Todd Billings, "can change our lives." In this book Billings shows how a renewed theology and practice of the Lord's Supper can lead Christians to rediscover the full richness and depth of the gospel. At once strikingly new and deeply traditional. Remembrance, Communion, and Hope will surprise and challenge re…
Outline: Someone you care about has been impacted by schizophrenia. Maybe you are just coming to terms with the diagnosis and wonder what it means for your loved one, for you, and for your family. What is the way forward? How do you live with hope and compassion in the middle of this struggle? Todd Stryd helps you, as a caregiver, to understand the effects of schizophrenia and offer compassiona…
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…
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…
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: This book fills a real need for pastors and students. Though there is currently a large body of material on the theological interpretation of Scripture, most of it is highly specific and extremely technical. J. Todd Billings here provides a straightforward entryway for students and pastors to understand why theological interpretation matters and how it can be done. A solid, constructiv…
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: Times are changing. Withs iTunes and MP3s readily available online, our teens are encountering new musical influences every day. How can we help our kids make God-honoring decisions when it comes to their playlists? Don't get swept up in a playlist war. Let the auhtor teach you how to have conversations, not conflict, with your kids about music. Realizing that one-size-doesn't-fit-all…
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: 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: 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: The treatises, prayers, hymns, letters, and sermons collected in this book (many if which are presented in English for the very first time) represent the best of Reformation and Post-Reformation "plague wirtings," Written by pastors and teachers who lived and ministered through epidemics, this book is a helpful aid for anyone wrestling with the question of a Christian's responsibilit…
Overview: Pengantar studi kelompok ini, buku ini memberikan kepada pembaca suatu ikhtisar tentang kelima tujuan dalam Alkitab yang Allah maksudkan untuk kehidupan secara bersama di dalam komunitas. Studi ini akan membawa pembaca dalam suatu perjalanan 6 minggu mengarungi kelima tujuan ini serta memberi pembaca dalam suatu rasa pendahuluan mengenai kehidupan yang Allah maksudkan untuk pembaca …
Outline: Bagaimana orang Kristen memahami dan melaksanakan disiplin psikologi? Pertanyaan ini telah menggugah minat (dan kadang-kadang perhatian) dari orang Kristen karena sangat penting bagi kita untuk menempatkan pemahaman yang benar tentang sifat manusia. Psikologi kadang-kadang tampak tidak ada kaitannya, atau bertentangan den perspektif kehidupan orang Kristen. Bagaimana kita memahami …
Outline: The Engaging Culture series is designed to help Christians respond with theological discernment to our contemporary culture. Each volume explores particular cultural expressions, seeking to discover God's presence in the world and to involve readers in sympathetic dialogue and active discipleship. These books encourage neither an uninformed rejection nor an uncritical embrace of cul…
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…