Outline: The Apostles' Creed is the oldest, most beautiful succint summary of Christian beliefs. Though often recited in unison during worship services, the creed begins with the phrase "I believe," making it a deeply personal profession of faith. But when was the last time you examined it closely? In this book, an excerpt from Growing in Christ, noted Bible scholar and author J. I. Packer …
Outline: John Calvin was a transformative force from modern history, delivering thousands of sermons in Geneva's St. Pierre's Cathedral, where he pastored from 1536 until his death in 1564. What better way to celebrate the 500th anniversary of his birth than for many of today's preeminet Reformed pastors to preach in Calvin's home church? The sermons in this book show how Calvin's theology i…
Outline: This beautifully illustrated, compact volume traces the profile of 48 European cities in early Reformation times. It transports readers across Europe from Spain to Estonia, from Scotland to Romania, passing through many fascinating cities in the Reformation heartland of this continent. With finely drawn historical portraits and abundant pictorial material, the articles by different s…
Overview: The author has written this book because of the crucial theological and practical issues raised by the controversy, and the widespread publicity given to R. T. Kendall's recent book Calvin and English Calvinism to 1649. In being shown the weakness of Dr Kendall's case the reader is given a clear, well-reasoned account of the central themes of Puritan theology - the atonement of Christ…
Overview: This is the first full-length Life of Jonathan Edwards to appear for approaching fifty years. During the intervening period, the Paster of Northampton, Missionary to the Indians in Stockbridge, and President of the New Jersey College (later Princeton), has been widely recognized as the greatest intellectual figure in 18th-century America. Never before has so much material by Edwards, …
Outline: World-Renowned Christia Philosopher. Beloved professor. Author of the classic Lament for a Song. Nicholas Wolterstorff is all of these and more. His memoir, In This World of Wonders, opens a remarkable new window into the life and thought of this remakable man. Written not as complete life story but as a series of vignettes, Wolterstorff's memoir moves from his humble beginnings in…
Overview: Reformed theology today seems to be subject to contrary developments. In some parts of the world the influence of modernist theological currents is on the increase, at the cost of the position of classic Reformed theology. In other parts - especially in the 'younger churches' - the interest in Calvinistics, Reformed theology is growing noticeably. In this context, having an internatio…
Outline: The Teach the Text Commentary Series gives pastors the best of biblical scholarship and presents the information needed to move seamlessly from the meaning of the text to its effective communication. By keeping the discussion in each carefully selected preaching unit to six pages of focused commentary, the volumes allow pastors to quickly grasp the most important information. Each u…
Outline: The Teach the Text Commentary Series gives pastors the best of biblical scholarship and presents the information needed to move seamlessly from the meaning of the text to its effective communication. By providing focused commentary on each psalm, this volume allows pastors to quickly grasp the most important information. Each unit of the commentary includes the big idea and key theme…
Outline: Buku ini diakui sebagai karya modern yang setara dengan berbagai literatur klasik. Perspektifnya yang unik dan menginspirasi tentang pernikahan sebagai sebuah disiplin rohani telah memengaruhi banyak pemimpin gereja, guru-guru di berbagai bidang, dan ribuan pembaca di seluruh dunia. Buku karya penulis ini tidak memberitahu anda bagaimana caranya membangun pernikahan yang lebih baik,…
Outline: Setiap orang Kirsten dipanggil untuk berakar, bertumbuh (Kolose 2: 7), dan berbuah bagi Tuhan Yesus Kristus (Yohanes 15: 16). Demikian jugalah panggilan setiap keluarga Kristen (Mazmur 127). Keluarga Kristen merupakan institusi terkecil dari Gereja yang diciptakan Tuhan untuk merefleksikan kemuliaan Tuhan (Roma 11:36). Namun semua rancangan mula-mula Allah bagi keluarga ini gagal ka…
Outline: In a clear and concise way, the author explains the process of the development of the Bible. He describes how that which we now know as the Bible came to be written and collected into the authoritative scriptures of the Christian church. The author untangles the web of history and lets the reader appreciate the journey from spoken word to written word, and from written word to accept…
Outline: Dalam buku ini anda akan berjumpa dengan sepuluh tokoh dalam sejarah keselamatan yang kisah hidupnya menunjukkan kemurahan, keadilan, dan kemuliaan Tuhan bagi segenap ciptaan. Ini bukan kisah-kisah tentang orang-orang hebat dan baik, tetapi tentang Tuhan yang hebat dan baik yang menyertai orang-orang tersebut dalam perjalanan mereka di bumi. Kisah-kisah ini tidak selalu berakhir bai…
Outline: Tujuh belas meditasi dalam buku ini berkisar seputar usulan penulis untuk memahami doa, harga diri, takut dalam Tuhan, pengharapan, cinta, pengampunan dan hal-hal lainnya di dalam kehidupan kita yang urban dan Modern di dalam terang Injil Yesus Kristus. Semoga rangkaian meditasi ini dapat dipakai Tuhan untuk menerangi gelapnya relung-relung hati kita dan menjadi penunjuk ke arah Krist…
Outline: Buku ini berisi meditasi-meditasi pendek tentang hal-hal kecil dalam kehidupan yang di dalamnya kita berjumpa dengan Tuhan, Allahnya Elia yang dijumpainya dalam angin sepoi-sepoi dan di dalam lembah kemuraman hidupnya. Meditasi-meditasi ini mendiskusikan bagaimana memikirkan dan menghayati berita Injil tentang kebebasan, ketidakmenentuan masa depan, kesukaan kepada hal-hal yang sensa…
Outline: In this volume, the author examines the character and purpose of Luke and Acts and introduces Luke's social, historical, and literary context. He presents Luke's narrative as a "kingdom story" that both announces the arrival of God's reign in Jesus and describes the ministry of the early church, revealing the character of the kingdom as dramatically at odds with the Kingdom of Rome. …
Outline: A Series of books that examines major problems confronting the church today. Each book deals with a particular problem area in the light of Biblical revelation of God's purpose and human responsibility. The author shows how recent knowledge of the way the Scriptures were formed raises problems in regard to the traditional understanding of inspiration. In response, he presents possi…
Outline: The Pentecostal Manifestor series aims to speak for and to a rising, outward-looking generation of Pentecostal scholarship. Written by both established and newly emerging scholars, the various "manifestos" volumes will be creative staements, marked by rigorous theological scholarship, reflecting a distinctly Pentecostal engagement with wider themes and concerns in Christian thought to…
Outline: Sit in the Courtroom as the Savior Testifies Witness the disturbing display of events as Jesus stands against His detractors and the unbridled might of the Roman Empire. In this unsparing up-close account, you will experience the greatest injustice in history - the trial and punishment of Jesus of Nazareth - and gain a fresh appreciation for the enormity of the stakes. His innocen…
Outline : Penulis menunjukkan pendekatan kepada pelayanan yang menumbuhkan para remaja dan membuat mereka tetap setia bergereja - pendekatan yang berpijak dengan teguh kepada Alkitab dan dipolakan menurut sarana-sarana anugerah : Firman, sakramen, doa, pelayanan, dan komunitas. Pelajarilah bagaimana para remaja bukan hanya membutuhkan pelayanan yang lebih mendalam, tetapi mereka pun mengingin…
Overview: Seri Dasar-Dasar Iman memperkenalkan pembaca kepada doktrin dan praktik Reformed yang mendasar, namun pembahasannya sesuai dengan situasi semua gereja. Penulis menyibakkan ajaran Kitab Suci mengenai doktrin adopsi dan menunjukkan makna yang sebenarnya dari adopsi sorgawi kita. Ia menolong kita untuk merasakan apa yang dirasakan oleh setiap anak adopsi: penerimaan, memiliki keluarga,…
Outline: We know that the earliest Christians sang hymns : Paul encourages believers to sing "psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs." And at the dawn of the second century, the Roman official Pliny names a feature of Christian worship as "singing alternately a hymn to Christ as to God." Are some of these early Christian hymns preserved for us in the New Testament? Scholars have long debated th…
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: A hundred years ago, influential Dutch theologian and statesman Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920) delivered his famous "Stone Lectures on Calvinism" at Princeton (New Jersey, USA). To celebrate his occasion, the conference Christianity and Culture: The Heritage of Abraham Kuyper on different Continents, was organized at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. The first section of this volume f…
Outline: In this book we want to get to know Abraham Kuyper in the context of his own time. What was the special character of his time? What was the spirit of the age? There is a definite starting point to be found: Kuyper, like his predecessor, Groen van Prinsterer, always referred to a certain point of departure in characterizing his own time - the formidable events of the French Revoluti…
Outline: Heinrich Bullinger's theology remains relevant for the life of the Church and as a subject of inquiry. The present volume is a thoroughgoing examination of that theology by the premier scholar of the subject. The author's last work before his untimely death has been edited by Joe Mock and Jim West as the wishes of the author and presents the theology of Bullinger following the same p…
Outline: Although faith takes a very significant place in the whole life of a believer, yet it is one of the topics that is widely neglected, or treated superficially, by theologians as well as by lay believers today. The author aims at exploring the nature of the Reformed doctrine of "salvation by faith through grace" by examining the interrelationship by the three most important concepts of…