Outline : Should Christians be embarrassed by the book of Revelation? The Revelation of John has long confused and disturbed readers. In The Apocalypse of John among Its Critics, leading experts in Revelation confront the book's difficulties. Each chapter wrestlers honestly with a question raised by the book's critics: Was John a misogynist? Does Revelation delight in violence? Can the book eve…
Outline: Sixteen internationally recognized church historians here examine Martin Luther in an uncommon way - not as Reformer or theologian but as pastor. After first introducing the pastoral Luther, including his theology of the cross, these chapters discuss Luther's preaching and use of language (including humor), investigate his teaching ministry in depth, especially in light of the catechis…
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…
Origen was the most influential Christian theologian before Augustine, the founder of Biblical study as a serious discipline in the Christian tradition, and a figure with immense influence on the development of Christian spirituality.This volume presents a comprehensive and accessible insight into Origen's life and writings. An introduction analyzes the principal influences that formed him as a…
I was addicted to sugar. I needed it every day. I convinced myself it was “good sugar”. But sugar is sugar. And it was making me sick, tired and bloated. I set about researching all the different ways to quit the stuff. It took a while. But in the process I found what works — for good. They’re simple techniques and they’re kind, sensible and totally make sense. In the I Quit Sugar e-b…
WordPress is the most popular online content management software on the planet. Between the hosted service at WordPress.com and the self-hosted software available at WordPress.org, millions of bloggers use WordPress, and to date, WordPress powers 30 percent of the Internet. That’s impressive. With WordPress, you can truly tailor a website to your own tastes and needs. With no cost for using t…
Outline: Seeking to bridge the existing gap between biblical studies and systematic theology, this distinctive series offers section-by-section exegesis of the Old Testament texts in close conversation with theological concerns. Written by respected scholars, the THOTC volumes aim to help pastors, teachers, and students engage in deliberately theological interpretation of Scripture. In this com…
Outline: "Spiritual Formation" adalah upaya yang lahir dari kesadaran iman bahwa menjadi Kristen dan sudah dilahirbarukan tidak dengan sendirinya membuat diri orang beriman mampu merespons kasih karunia Allah (anugerah keselamatan) dengan tepat dan benar. Realitas kehadiran dosa yang masih aktif dalam tubuh dan jiwa menyadarkan orang beriman bahwa hidup baru dalam tuntunan Roh Kudus ternyata ti…
Outline : Terlalu banyak buku pemuridan ditulis untuk orang-orang yang suci dan sempurna, orang-orang yang tahu semua jawaban pertanyaan sekolah Minggu. The Imperfect Disciple adalah buku untuk kita—orang-orang yang kacau, orang-orang yang lelah, orang-orang yang penuh kelemahan. Ini adalah buku pemuridan yang tidak takut untuk jujur dengan kekacauan dalam kehidupan nyata. Dengan pemikiran ya…
Outline: In popular perception, Wisdom literature is a "self-help" or "philosophy" section of the Old Testament library - the odd and interesting bits of canonical mortar between History and Prophets. But Old Testament scholarship has come to see the wisdom of the wise as reflecting as aspect of the Israelite worldview. The covenant beliefs are presupposed, even if rarely rising to the surface.…
Outline: Machine learning and data analytics are powering a wave of groundbreaking technologies. Is your company ready? If you read nothing else on how intelligent machines are revolutionizing business, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you understand how these technologies work together, how to…
Outline: Siapa Yesus sebenarnya? Dari mana kita tahu bahwa Ia adalah Tuhan dan Juru Selamat? Apa yang Yesus sendiri katakan mengenai diri-Nya? Bagaimana itu semua berhubungan dengan kehidupan nyata kita sekarang ini? Sesungguhnya, Yesus telah menyakan itu semua melalui perkataan-Nya yang penuh kuasa. Itlah ketujuh perkataan "Ego Eimi". Mari kita dalami perkataaan Yesus dengan hati yang siap unt…
Outline: Berangkat dari aspirasi Pdt. Yakub B. Susabda, bunga rampai Membarui Selalu dirangkai sebagai sumbangsih civitas academica Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Reformed Indonesia bagi Gereja Tuhan di Indonesia. Melalui kekayaan penghayatan atas semboyan Reformasi, 'semper reformanda' setiap kontributor menyajikan analisis yang unik dan segar di dalam berbagai bidang kehidupan. Di dalam buku ini, …
Outline: In this book, based on lectures that the author was invited to deliver in Japan, the author traces the dominant contours of religion as perceived by the sociologist. His themes range from the study of sectarianism, on which he is one of the world's leading authorities, to the subtleties of the relationship between religion and culture in modern societies of the West and the East. Alt…
Overview: Buku ini sebagai suatu panggilan untuk menemukan kembali kekayaan iman Reformed dalam satu jilid memberikan penelaahan yang segar dan mencerahkan atas empat pokok alkitabiah yang krusial:
Pertobatan - Douglas J. Wilson
Kovenan - Douglas M. Jones III
Gereja - Roger Wagner
Kehidupan Kristen - David G. Hagopian
Overview : Dunia saat ini sarat dengan pragmatisme dan upaya pemajuan diri manusia. Di tengah-tengah "hikmat" dunia yang dangkal serta cepat berlalu dan berganti ini, kita perlu menyimak kembali ajaran John Calvin yang digalinya dari halaman-halaman Kitab Suci tentang hal-hal yang bernilai langgeng. Dari Calvin kita bukan mendapatkan kiat-kiat populer, melainkan keindahan alkitabiah dari ajar…
Outline: These contributors address an array of themes for the ministry-minded, such as interpretive principles and practices, biblical and historical paradigms, expository preaching's contemporary aims and challenges, and the priority of training - all in the expectation that this one man's passion to preach the Word faithfully will enhance the understanding and practice of expository preachin…
Rethinking secularization : a global comparative perspective / José Casanova --
Is Europe an exceptional case? / Grace Davie --
Secularization and the impotence of individualized religion / Steve Bruce --
Challenging secularization theory : the growth of "New Age" spiritualities of life / Paul Heelas --
In search of certainties : the paradoxes of religiosity in societies of high modernity…