For years I have noted with growing disquiet the pollution of many Christians’ minds by the doctrine of feminism. I believe it is a far more dangerous pollution than most have realized, and I (with what seemed to me pitifully few others) have tried to sound the alarm in every way I could. It is a relief to me that John Piper has done what was badly neede—clarified the fundamental distinctio…
I’ve had the opportunity to speak with a lot of woodworkers over the years. During those conversations, I often get to hear the stories of how people first got into woodworking. And I’ve noticed a common theme among them. Most of these woodworkers will tell you about a special person in their life who introduced them to the hobby and helped them learn as they got started.
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This book aims to introduce you to historical theology as an important and interesting subject. It is also a very large topic; to do justice to it, at least five substantial volumes would be required. This book is an introduction to its aims and themes, which aims to pack as much useful information into a single volume as is realistically possible, using approaches which have been tried and tes…
This book is a series of essays on the topic of faith and reason. But there are many such essays, and many such books. What, if anything, makes this one significantly different? From near the beginning of Christianity there have been reflections on this topic. It could hardly have been otherwise, given that the culture with which Christianity first interacted, once it had emerged from Judaism, …
There are so many books on the subject of worship these days that I had better make clear right away what we are trying to accomplish in this volume. This is not a comprehensive theology of worship. Still less is it a sociological analysis of current trends or a minister’s manual chock full of “how to” instructions. We have not attempted detailed historical analyses of our respective trad…
The Christian doctrine of justification is of immense interest to historians and theologians, and continues to be of major importance in modern ecumenical discussions. The present work appeared in its first edition in 1986, and rapidly became the leading reference work on the subject. Its many acclaimed features include a detailed assessment of the semantic background of the concept in the anci…
Few issues are more central to the Christian faith than the nature, scope and means of salvation. Many have thought it to be largely a trasaction that gets one to the heaven. In this riveting book, N. T. Wright explains that God's salvation is radically more than this.
In case you are wondering why we don’t simply include the exercises for you to fill out right here in the book, allow us to give you three reasons. First, providing exercises where you were to write in the book would require that the book be given a different classification in the Library of Congress, thus limiting its accessibility. Second, we have also heard from thousands of grateful reade…
In his time, Emil Brunner (1889–1966) was acclaimed as one of the greatest and most influential theologians of the twentieth century, especially in the United States of America. From the 1930s to the early 1960s, it is arguable that no single theologian exercised so extensive and pervasive an influence on American and British theologians and preachers. It is easy to see why Brunner garnered s…
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.
Humans are social creatures. Throughout our evolution, from our days of foraging and hunting animals, we have tended to live and work in social groups, which have become progressively larger and more complex. These groups have ranged from simple family units, through clans and tribes, villages and towns, to cities and nation states. Our natural inclination to live and work together has led to t…
Throughout history, the church has recognized the importance of studying and understanding God’s attributes. As the Creator of all things, God is unique and cannot be compared to any of his creatures, so to know him, believers turn to the pages of Scripture. In The Attributes of God, renowned theologian Gerald Bray leads us on an exploration of God’s being, his essential attributes, his re…
This book explores the intertwining domains of artificial intelligence (AI) and ethics-two highly divergent fields which at first seem to have nothing to do with one another. AI is a collection of computational methods for studying human knowledge, learning, and behavior, including by building agents able to know, learn, and behave. Ethics is a body of human knowledge-far from completely unders…
The book explores the rationality of belief in God, as conceived in the Hebrew-Christian tradition. In Part, I, Plantinga examines a number of traditional arguments for God's existence and concludes that none successfully demonstrate God's existence. In Part II, he considers and rejects some major arguments against belief in God, including the problem of evil, the paradox of omnipotence, and ve…
In March 1642 John Owen’s first literary production was published; it dealt with the Atonement, a subject to which he was to return in several of his later works. This first treatise, entitled A Display of Arminianism is a simple comparison of the tenets of that system with the teaching of scripture. He later went on to pen what is arguably the definitive work on the extent of the atonement, …
This volume contains 83 sermons, including 14 which resolve “Practical Cases of Conscience” and 25 intended as preparation for the Lord’s Table. The remainder are on such subjects as “Gospel Charity”, “Christ’s Pastoral Care”, “The Duty of a Pastor”, and “The Excellancy of Christ.
"Freshly updated for this second edition with considerable new material, this authoritative introduction to the history of Christian theology covers its development from the beginnings of the Patristic period just decades after Jesus's ministry, through to contemporary theological trends. A substantially updated new edition of this popular textbook exploring the entire history of Christian thou…
The book explores with particular insight Calvin's self-conscious view of himself as prophet and apostle for his age and his struggle to tame a sense of his own superiority, perceived by others as arrogance. Gordon looks at Calvin's character, his maturing vision of God and humanity, his personal tragedies and failures, his extensive relationships with others, and the context within which he wr…
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen was one of the leading religious figures of the 20th century and the chief spokesman of American Catholicism. Previously unpublished, this work reflects his 16 years of service as national director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith and 26 years on radio and television. It is the only work where he describes his Christian philosophy. Sheen created this co…
Outline : SELURUH CATATAN ALKITAB TENTANG KEHIDUPAN YESUS KRISTUS - pergaulan, ajaran, perbuatan mukjizat, doa - me- nyatakan jatidiri-Nya, relasi akrab-Nya dengan Bapa, kepri- hatinan-Nya yang besar terhadap beragam kesengsaraan manusia, ketekunan-Nya dalam memuridkan para murid. Namun dari sekian banyak teks alkitabiah, bagian yang paling menyatakan semua keindahan diri, relasi dan tindakan Y…
Outline: Hampir semua masalah gereja selalu berkaitan dengan masalah siapa yang memimpin, berarti masalah "Individu manusianya". Individu dengan kepribadian yang baik, sehat, dan dewasa akan dapat merespons setiap masalah dengan tenang, objektif, dewasa, dan bijaksana. Namun, individu dengan kepribadian yang kurang dewasa dan kurang sehat jiwanya, akan merespons dan menyikapi apa saja dengan si…
Outline: "Aku berkata kepadamu, sesungguhnya jikalau kamu tidak makan daging Anak Manusia dan minum darah-Nya, kamu tidak mempunyai hidup di dalam dirimu." "... setiap orang yang menceraikan isterinya kecuali karena zinah, ia menjadikan isterinya berzinah." "Berikanlah kepada Kaisar apa yang wajib kamu berikan, dan kepada Allah apa yang wajib kamu berikan kepada Allah." Sama seperti orang-or…
Outline: Sudah sejak bertahun-tahun seri Pemahaman Alkitab Setiap Hari dipakai oleh jutaan orang Kristen awam di seluruh dunia. Seri ini telah menolong orang-orang Kristen untuk mendalami berita Perjanjian Baru. Setiap buku dalam seri ini dapat dipakai untuk PA pribadi ataupun dalam kelompok. Dalam bacaan/pelajaran setiap hari penulisnya memberikan uraian suatu perikop disertai dengan penerapan…
Outline: Selama ribuan tahun, Jerusalem merupakan kota ziarah agama samawi: Yudaisme, Kristen, dan Islam. Mereka berziarah ke Tembok Ratapan, Gereja Makam Kristus, Masjid Al Aqsha, Dome of the Rock. Tetapi pada saat bersamaan, kesucian kota Jerusalem dirobek berbagai konflik yang tak kunjung selesai antara Israel dan Palestina. Bagaimana sejarah konflik besar itu dan upaya penyelesaian damai an…
Outline: Pada saat mendiskusikan Alkitab, banyak orang Kristen menyatakan bahwa ada bagian-bagian di dalam Alkitab yang tidak mereka mengerti. "Kesukaran-kesukaran" itu dapat menghambat penyelidikan Alkitab seseorang. Buku ini membahas pertanyaan-pertanyaan mengenai kisah penciptaan, kapan manusia ada, istri Kain, matahati yang berhenti bergerak, "ikan paus" Yunus, cerita-cerita yang "tidak sop…
Outline: Buku ini mengangkat sejumlah materi penting yang berkaitan dengan Etika Konfusianisme. Merepresentasikan nilai-nilai dasar yang ada dalam pemikiran Konfusianisme dan memberikan pemahaman kepada para pembaca sejauh mana relevansi dan signifikansi Etika Konfusianisme bagi kawasan Asia Timur. Bagi banyak akademisi dan intelektual, pendidikan moral Konfusianisme perlu diprioritaskan dan sa…
Outline: Dunia yang kita huni ini tidak berumur panjang. Indikasi ke arah itu banyak sekali: banjir, gelombang panas, lubang ozon, el nino dan la nina. Ia di ambang kepunahan, andaikata para penghuninya tidak cepat-cepat mengambil sikap konstruktif dan terpadu secara global. Bagaimana kita dapat menghindari kesemuanya ini? Secara deskriptif buku ini menyajikan berbagai masalah yang sedang terja…
Outline: Biografi Jusuf Tjitra atau Soe Yong Tje, sebuah catatan dan kesaksian tentang kehidupan seorang perintis gereja dan sekolah, yang juga merupakan bagian dalam mozaik sejarah Tanah Papua dan pelayanan Kristen di Tanah Papua.
Outline : Sering kali reaksi spontan kita jika diperhadapkan dengan derita yang menyakitkan adalah: "Mengapa saya? Mengapa i harus sekarang? Mengapa?" ini terjadi? Mengapa Allah datang untuk kita, di dalam daging, di dalam Kristus, ke dalam penderitaan, demi kita. la melangkah ke penderitaan kita yang signifikan. la akan menggendong kita, bahkan di dalam situasi-situasi hidup yang paling sulit …
Outline: Motto "bhinneka tunggal ika" -- yang telah banyak dikenal masyarakat Indonesia -- mempunyai arti bahwa walau masyarakat negeri ini amat beragam dalam berbagai aspeknya, namun tetap satu kesatuan. Namun demikian, tidak banyak yang mengetahui bagaimana sebenarnya keragaman dari suku-suku bangsa yang ada itu. Secara tidak langsung, buku ini menggugah kesadaran kita bahwa ternyata pengetah…
Outline: Christianity and Islam are today in closer contact than ever before, both in world affairs and in the field of religion. In the political area, the West and Communism compete for the favor of emergent Muslim nations. In the field of religion, the historic faith of the Western world confronts the dominant religion of the Middle East. Yet lack of understanding between the two faiths is w…
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: Semua wawasan dunia membutuhkan lompatan iman, tetapi tidak semua lompatan itu sama. Sebagai buku sumber lengkap tentang kebenaran iman Kristen, Lompatan Tersingkat menyajikan penjelasan sains, historis, alkitabiah, dan penjelasan komprehensif yang mendukung iman Kristen, yang mendemonstrasikan bahwa iman kepada Yesus butuh lompatan tersingkat. Selain menyediakan bukti proaktif untuk K…
Outline: Hingga terbitnya Ensiklopedia Sunda, terasa sekali kurangnya sumber tertulis mengenai manusia dan kebudayaan Sunda. Tidak banyak buku atau tulisan tentang sejarah, kesenian dan segala sesuatu yang berkenaan dengan kebudayaan Sunda - terasa sekali kurangnya kalau dibandingkan dengan literatur tentang Jawa dan Bali. Entah mengapa para sarjana asing juga sedikit sekali yang menaruh perhat…