Outline: With the lack of competent, up-to-date commentaries on the book of Acts, and the great amount of fresh archaeological material come to light in recent years, students of the New Testament, and all those interested in the origins of the Church, will heartily welcome this admirable addition to the New London Commentary series by the distinguished English scholar, F. F. Bruce, Professor o…
Outline: The Chinese people constitute more than a quarter of the world's population, yet until now there has been no single volume that summarizes and integrates the wealth of data available, in English and Chinese, on the psychological functioning of Chinese people. The Psychology of the Chinese People fulfils this role, emphasizing the prime areas of research, both past and present, the theo…
Outline: The seed of the Good News of Jesus Christ has grown and is growing strongly amidst many obstacles and much hardship in the soil of Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago with the world's fourth largest population. Now Indonesia has one of the most dynamic and fastest growing churches in the contemporary world. Unfortunately, Christians outside Indonesia rarely have the opportunity …
Outline: Berbagai pertanyaan muncul dalam pemikiran para korban pernikahan yang tidak ideal. Kebahagiaan hidup bersama yang didambakan oleh mereka berubah menjadi kehidupan yang berduka. Hal ini disebabkan oleh banyak hal, seperti perbedaan pekerjaan atau bahkan terus-menerus mengalami KDRT yang menyakitkan. Pernikahan yang idealnya merupakan ikatan cinta-kasih bisa menjadi sumber kesedihan. Da…
Outline: Natural theology is a philosophical site that is hotly debated and controversial - it is claimed by Roman Catholics, Protestants, and Evangelicals as a crucial vantage point for the intersection of theology, philosophy, science, and politics. It is strongly contested by some theologians, such as those influenced by Barth, as well as some philosophers, and scientists. This volume steers…
Outline: The similarities and differences between the traditions founded by Shakyamuri, called the Buddha, and Jesus, called the Christ, fascinate both scholars and students of religion. Interest burgeons as encounters between Christians and Buddhists increase, and as the world becomes smaller through technology and travel. By exploring the two religious founders through the lives and views of …
Outline: The late Professor Schrieke (1890 - 1945) is perhaps best known to social scientists outside Indonesia and the Netherlands for the survey he made in the early 1930's of race relations in the United States, Alien Americans. The major part of Schrieke's work was concentrated on the Indonesian area, however. Although in his studies in that field he was in many respects a pioneer, applying…
Outline: The extraordinary story of how, among the Masai in Tanzania, an American missioner "rediscovers" the gospel message. Dear Bishop, ...Suddenly I feel the urgent need to cast aside all theories and discussions, all efforts at strategy - and simply to to these people and do the work among them for which I came to Africa. ... just go and talk to them about God and the Christian messag…
Outline: Bagaimanakah ketiga istilah itu dapat dipahami secara Kristen? Pertama-tama kita akan diajak untuk menjawab pertanyaan bagaimana kita sampai beriman, dan bagaimana kita memahami wahyu? Wahyu Allah dan Iman Kita membuka pemahaman kita akan ketiga istilah tersebut. Pemahaman itu selalu dihayati dalam budaya yang konkret, dengan segala latar belakangnya. Dalam rangka itu, perjumpaan iman …
Outline: Kitab Tawarikh sering dianggap sebagai kitab yang membosankan. Hal ini wajar, karena pertama kali membaca kitab ini, pembaca disodori serentetan nama yang kadang sulit untuk dibaca, apalagi untuk memahami makna di baliknya. Namun, ketika pembaca mengetahui maknanya, maka inilah yang membuat kitab ini menarik. Buku tafsir Kitab Tawarikh berbahasa Indonesia masih langka. Kalau pun ada, i…
Outline: These bibliographical essays on the studies of the ethnic Chinese in the ASEAN states will be extremely useful for students and researches in the field. It is the first monography of its kind and is also the most up-to-date. It begins with a general overview on the studies of the ethnic Chinese in the ASEAN states, and is followed by five country studies and two essays on specific topi…
Outline : Kristologi adalah studi yang mengacu pada Kristus, sebagai tokoh pusat dalam iman Kristen. Banyak topik penting dalam pembahasannya, antara lain mengenai Siapakah Kristus, Kekekalan-Nya, Kemanusiaan dan Ke-Ilahian-Nya, Inkarnasi dan Kenosis yang dialami Kristus serta bidat-bidat yang menyebarkan ajaran sesat mengenai Kristus. Dengan membaca buku ini diharapkan Anda dapat memiliki peng…
Outline: Seorang manusia baru bisa mengerti tentang dirinya, sesamanya, dan lingkungannya pada saat dia memiliki pengenalan yang benar tentang siapa dirinya menurut kebenaran yang dinyatakan oleh Penciptanya. Doktrin Manusia dan Dosa merupakan uraian ringkas namun padat mengenai hakikat manusia, penciptannya yang istimewa sebagai gambar Allah, tujuan keberadaannya, dan posisinya di antara semua…
Outline: Alkitab mengajar kita bahwa orang Kristen adalah mereka yang percaya kepada Kristen. Tetapi seperti iman yang menyelamatkan itu? Apakah iman seperti lompatan membuta ke dalam kegelapan? Apakah iman merupakan pengetahuan tentang Allah? Apakah iman diterjemahkan ke dalam sesuatu yang bisa dilihat oleh orang-orang di sekitar kita? Seberapa banyak iman baru cukup? Di sini iman Kristen dika…
Outline : Maria adalah seorang perempuan yang rendah hati, taat kepada Allah, tetapi mempunyai ketabahan yang luar biasa. Kita sungguh tertantang oleh tanggung jawab serta responsnya terhadap panggilan Allah ketika mempelajari ibu Juruselamat kita. Saat ini Allah masih mencari laki-laki dan perempuan seperti Maria - hamba Tuhan yang sejati.
Outline: Stevri I. Lumintang adalah penulis buku yang berjudul "Theologia Abu-Abu: Pluralisme Agama", (706 halaman) yang telah diterbitkan tiga kali (2002, 2004 dan 200*), dengan memaparkan tantangan dan ancaman racun pluralisme dalam theologia Kristen masa kini. Dalam bukunya yang kedua, berjudul "Theologia & Misiologia Reformed" (780 halaman), beliau mengemukakan keindahan, keteguhan dan kese…
Outline: Dengan melakukan penyelidikan obyektif terhadap teks-teks, Maurice Bucaille telah dapat menumbangkan beberapa ide lama yang selama ini diperoleh manusia dari Perjanjian Lama, Injil dan Qur'an, yaitu dengan membedakan dalam keseluruhannya, hal-hal yang berasal dari wahyu dan hal-hal yang dinodai kekeliruan atau tafsiran manusia. Penelitiannya telah menjernihkan Kitab-kitab suci kembali.…
Outline: How Popular Music shapes our souls. Pop music is now an ever-present force shaping citizens in the West. Even at funerals, it is often requested over hymns. But how does popular music work, and what roles does it play for listeners who engage it? Personal Jesus explores the theological significance of the ways pop music is listened to and used today. Popular music is used by religious …
Outline: This book presents the first collaboration of Catholic and Protestant theologians on a comprehensive statement of religious faith in the more than four hundred and fifty years since the separation of the churches. Written by an international team of 40 Protestant and Roman Catholic theologians, it is the most important expression in our day of the growing determination of Christians th…
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: Robert Traill's treatment of Christ's intercessory prayer for His people is a masterpiece of Puritan experiential doctrine. Mining the depths of John 17: 24, Traill discovers the comforts of the doctrine of election, the blessing of our hope of heaven, and the believer's delight in the glory of Christ - all founded on the immovable love of the Father of His Son. Traill's exposition is …
Outline: In our postmodern, pluralistic world, there are plenty of genuinely spiritual people who consider Christ a way to heaven, or even their way to heaven, but who refuse to acknowledge Him as the only way for everyone. In their estimation, anyone who stresses an exclusive, saving faith in Jesus Christ is at the least intolerant and, at worst, completely ignorant. Yet as Rod Rosenbladt sho…
Outline: "Nowhere in the whole realm of literature will you find such a Marvel, such a Wonder, such a Nonesuch of a book ..." concludes the preface to Kate Douglas Wiggin's 1909 edition of The Arabian Nights. Her elegant translation of ten classic tales for children and adults includes such favorites as the adventures of Aladdin and his lamp, Ali Baba and the forty thieves, Prince Agib, and S…
Outline: This one volume presents a comprehensive overview of Christian education in today's churches and provides a step-by-step plan for establishing and maintaining an effective teaching ministry: - Build from a powerful foundation - Presenting God as the ultimate teacher of all mankind and Jesus as the master teacher, The Teaching Ministry of the Church explores the roles of the Holy Spiri…
Outline: Sunda dipertalikan secara erat dengan pengertian kebudayaan. Bahwa ada yang dinamakan kebudayaan Sunda, yaitu kebudayaan yang hidup, tumbuh, dan berkembang di kalangan orang Sunda yang pada umumnya berdomisili di Tanah Sunda. Kebudayaan Sunda dalam tata kehidupan sosial budaya bangsa Indonesia digolongkan ke dalam kebudayaan daerah dan ada yang menamai kebudayaan suku bangsa, untuk …
Outline: In A Christian's Response To Islam after giving a brief account of the history, doctrines, and practices of Islam, he explains the inadequacy of Islam to meet man's deepest needs. In addition he discusses the difficulties faced by a Muslim who considers becoming a Christian, the ability of Almighty God to overcome these difficulties, and the responsibility and privilege in which all Ch…
Outline: The Qumran covenanters as a penitential community - Mark A. Jason offers a detailed investigation of the place of repentance in the Dead Sea Scrolls, addressing a significant lacuna in Qumran scholarship. Jason established the importance of repentance as a fundamental way of structuring and describing religious experience within the Qumran community. Jason shows that repentance was a c…
Outline: Widely used by both family therapists and family physicians, the genogram is a graphic way of organizing the mass of information gathered during a family assessment of finding patterns in the family system. Until now, however, genogram symbols have sometimes been used idiosyncratically and underlying assumptions for generating hypotheses have been fuzzy. McGoldrick and Gerson remedy th…
Outline: Since his death in 1947, the writings of missionary Roland Allen have remained in constat demand. When Allen's careful analysis in Missionary Methods first appeared 82 years ago, it made a startling impression. And as Allen himself predicted, the true depth of his writings only began to be fully probed fifty years later. Profoundly biblical, Allen's "methods" are drawn from a scrupulou…