Outline: Pengakuan Iman Westminster merupakan sebuah perumusan yang setia dan ringkas dari pokok-pokok ajaran Alkitab yang paling penting dan mendasar; yang dianggap sebagai sebuah perumusan ortodoksi Calvinis/Reformed yang paling komprehensif, seimbang dan akurat, yang belum ada tandingannya. Dalam buku ini Williamson menunjukkan bahwa Pengakuan Iman Westminster merupakan ajaran yang bersumber…
Outline: Doa adalah tanggapan kita atas undangan Allah. Sering sekali kita berpikir bahwa berdoa adalah sesuatu yang kita lakukan untuk mencapai Allah - untuk mendapatkan perhatianNya dan untuk menyuruhNya mendengarkan kita. Tetapi gagasan Dia adalah keintiman dengan Allah. Dia berinisiatif, dan doa adalah anugrahNya untuk kita. Berdoa adalah suatu kesempatan bagi kita untuk menanggapi undangan…
Outline: Kita hidup di dunia yang semakin sofistikated serta berpendidikan. Mengetahui apa yang kita percaya tidak lagi memadai. Kita harus mengetahui sebabnya kita percaya. Paul E. Little dengan amat teliti membahas doktrin Alkitab dan asas-asas kepercayaan orang Kristian. Bukunya yang terkenal ini menjawab tuduhan-tuduhan para pengkritik dan orang yang bersikap skeptis terhadap kebenaran Alki…
Outline: Sebagian orang kristiani dengan mudah meluangkan waktu berjam-jam dalam doa kontemplatif. Berada di dekat mereka saja sudah membuat Anda berharap menjadi seperti mereka. Atau mungkin Anda seperti mereka, tetapi orang lain jauh lebih baik dalam memperhatikan kasih Allah secara praktis. Mengapa Anda tidak dapat menjadi seperti mereka? Bisa jadi Anda memang tidak dirancang menjadi sepert…
Outline: Henry Bullinger was one of the most widely esteemed leaders of the Reformation Churches. The Decades was the most famous of the 150 treatises and manuscripts that he wrote, deriving its name from being a series of fifty theological addresses divided into five groups of ten. Each adress is a helpful, detailed exposition of an important doctrine. Combined, they provide an overview of the…
Outline: Here in a convenient daily format are 365 classic hymn texts, along with stories of how they came to be written. Helpful indexes enable you to locate specific titles or hymn writers or to look up hymns on specific topics. The One Year Great Songs of Faith is an ideal starting point for personal or family devotions.
Outline: How can we make sense of Violence in the Bible? Joshua commands the people of Israel to wipe out everyone in the promised land of Canaan, while Jesus commands of God's people to love their enemies. How are we to interpret biblical passages on violence when it is sanctioned at one point and condemned at another? The Violence of the Biblical God by L. Daniel Hawk presents a new framework…
Outline: The Bible's sixty-six books form overreaching story - the story of a Hero and his heroic mission. And this story is personal, focusing on the relationship of God and his people in the past, present, and future. On this eye-opening journey through the Old and New Testaments, Dennis Johnson shows how pervasive, recurring themes are always pointing us to Jesus Christ, the fulfillment of a…
Outline: Thinking beyond christianity - Maia Kostrosits challenges the contemporary notion of "early Christian literature," showing that a number of texts usually so described - including Hebrews, Acts, the Gospel of John, Colossians, 1 Peter, the letters of Ignatius, the Gospel of Truth, and the Secret Revelaton of John - are "not particularly interested" in a distinctive Christian identity. B…
Outline: Dunia yang Bermakna merupakan bunga rampai dari berbagai tulisan mengenai kisah-kisah di Perjanjian Lama. Warisan umat Yahudi ini tidak bisa dianggap hanya sebagai pelengkap Perjanjian Baru saja. Tetapi ia justru memberikan kekayaan iman bagi umat Kristen. Perjanjian Lama memiliki penekanan pada hal-hal 'keduniaan'. Segala perhatian dan keterlibatan manusia di dalam dunia material bes…
Outline: Those who have come to expect expert analysis of contextualization from David Hesselgrave will not be disappointed with his newest work. "His expertise," writes George Peters, "shines through in this book." Teaming up with Hesselgrave is Ed Rommen, who, according to Peters, is "becoming an authority in practical contextualization." Together they skillfully bring the labyrinth of meanin…
Outline: This selection of writings vividly captures the most important moments in the history of Christianity, providing insights into 2000 years of Christian theological and political debate. The anthology was first published in 1943, and has since become established as classic reference work. While retaining the original material selected by Henry Bettenson, Chris Maunder added in 1999 a sub…
Outline: Teologi Kontekstual dan Kearifan Lokal Toraja mengajak kita untuk menelusuri ragam cipta dan nilai-nilai kebudayaan Toraja beserta relasinya dengan teologu. Hal yang menakjubkan di sini adalah ketika manusia sebagai makhluk yang kental dengan kebudayaan dapat menjalin relasi yang erat dengan Injil dan menemukan makna teologis dalam setiap lakunya. Buku ini akan mengungkapkan bagaimana …
Outline: The Septuagint is the most influential of the Greek versions of the Torah, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible. The exact circumstances of its creation are uncertain, but different versions of a legend about the miraculous nature of the translation have existed since antiquity. Beginning in the Letter of Aristeas, the legend describes how Ptolemy Philadelphus (285-247 B.C.E.) comm…
Outline : A worship disorder. Will we worship ourselves and our own desires, or will we worship the true God? Scripture reveals addicts' true condition : like guests at a banquest thrown by "the woman Folly," they are already in the grave. (Prov. 9: 13 - 18). Can we not escape our addictions? Following Jesus, we have "immense hope that God can give power so that we are no longer mastered by the…
Outline: Memahami Alkitab secara lebih baik - dan semakin menikmatinya. - Mengapa orang pada masa Alkitab saling membasuh kaki? - Apakah ada yang salah dengan mata Lea yang "tidak berseri"? - Mengapa orang Israel tidak boleh memasak anak kambing dalam susu induknya? - Apakah yang dimaksud Yesus tentang "beban-Ku pun ringan"? - Dimanakah Yesus sebenarnya disalibkan? - Apakah "cium kudus" …
Outline: The book is going through its biggest revolution since Gutenberg. Thanks to computer tools and electronic publication, the concept and realization of critical editions are being rethought. As so often in the history of scholarship, editors of the New Testament are making a vital contribution to these changes. In this volume, David C. Parker explores textual scholarship, in particular t…
Outline : Sebuah cara pandang baru terhadap Kasih. Kebanyakan orang tidak asing dengan "Pasal Kasih" di dalam Alkitab, yaitu 1 Korintus 12, tetapi di sini Phil Ryken memiliki sesuatu yang baru untuk disampaikan. Berangkat dari teladan hidup dan pelayanan Yesus, untuk menggambarkan apa kasih itu dan apa yang bukan kasih, Ryken menyodorkan sebuah perspektif unik dalam menyoroti perikop yang cukup…
Ouline: How to make your mark will teach you the fundamentals of personal, small group and large group evangelism. In addition, the specifics of personal follow-up and how to build disciples comitted to Christ and His Great Commission are outlined here, This ministry of evangelism and discipleship occurs in the context of a campus wide movement so naturally chapters include the foundational pri…
Outline: Today's Church growth is centered Africa, Asia, and Latin America, and evangelicalism must adapt to changing demographics or risk becoming irrelevant. Yet many evangelicals behave "tribally," valuing the perspective of only those like themselves while also denying any evidence of racial attitudes in the church. Anthony Bradley has gathered scholars and leaders from diverse "tribes" - b…
Outline: Dalam buku yang mencerahkan ini, Graeme Auld membantu pembaca mengerti pesan yang bersifat kesejarahan maupun teologis-yang terdapat dalam kisah kerajaan Israel. Periode yang dibahas terentang mulai dari hari-hari terakhir Raja Daud dan pemerintahan Salomo hingga pada akhir kerajaan dan kehancuran Yerusalem dan Bait Suci. Ditujukan kepada orang-orang Israel yang kini berada dalam pembu…
Outline: Ketika Saudara mengunjungi suatu monumen bersama seorang pemandu wisata, Saudara berharap pemandu itu baik hati, bersedia membawa Saudara melihat monumen sedemikian rupa sampai Saudara dapat menikmati dan mendapat informasi tentang semua obyek yang paling penting dan menarik serta berkesan dari monumen itu. Buku ini dimaksudkan akan seperti pemandu wisata yang baik hati itu ke dalam P…
Outline: Anak-anak punya banyak pertanyaan: Dari mana aku berasal? Seperti apakah Allah itu? Apakah yang Yesus lakukan ketika Ia masih kecil? Mengenal Yesus Kristus adalah sebuah panduan bagi keluarga untuk mempelajari kehidupan dan pelayanan Yesus Kristus. Buku ini diperkaya dengan berbagai aktivitas, doa, dan rujukan Alkitab. Bahan panduan yang interaktif ini akan mengakrabkan anggota keluarg…
Outline: Mei 1853, Jelle Eeljest Jellesma, seorang zendeling dari Nederlandsch Zendeling Gennorschap (NZG), bertemu dengan seorang paruh baya yang dijuluki dengan nama Tunggul Wulung di Mojowarno. Jellesma memberikan Alkitab kepadanya dan Tunggul Wulung mempelajarinya. Setelah Tunggul Wulung percaya Injil, menjadi Kristen, dan dibaptis dengan nama Ibrahim, struktur sosial dan kehidupan masyarak…
Outline: First we learn to drink. "The Christian is a spiritual dipsomaniac, always thirsty, always drinking ... And drinking is not asking for water, but actually taking it. It is so simple." What should follow the believer's initial experience of Jesus Christ as Savior? The question is clearly and crisply answered in this book by John R.W. Stott, Rector of All Souls Church, London. An excelle…
Outline: "Lihatlah sekelilingmu dan pandanglah ladang-ladang yang sudah menguning dan matang untuk dituai' (Yohanes 4: 35). Perintah ini erat berkaitan dengan segala kebutuhan penginjilan, perintah yang harus diketahui oleh semua anggota jemaat. Perjanjian Lusanne menyatakan, "Penginjilan dunia menuntut segenap gereja menyebarkan Injil seutuhnya ke seluruh dunia'. Pemahaman kita atas pernyataan…
Outline: Ketika seseorang menjadi Kristen, Allah memberikan suatu kehidupan baru dalam dirinya. Itulah sebabnya Yesus berbicara mengenai keharusan setiap orang untuk dilahirkan kembali. Setiap orang Kristen memiliki dua macam kehidupan: kehidupan di luar yang dapat dilihat orang lain dan kehidupan di dalam (hidup batiniah) yang hanya diketahui Allah dan dirinya sendiri. Kehidupan di luar dapat …
Outline: This volume was originally published in Chinese in 1938. In it the author outlined the nature of New Testament Christianity as seen in the establishment of local churches and the corporate life of a community of believers who function together in a Biblical manner. Its influence was felt immediately throughout all of China and much of the rest of Asia. There was a great demand for an e…
Outline: This book explores the introduction and transplantation of Calvinism to the Dutch East Indies in the seventeenth century through close analysis of the earliest Malay translations of Reformed catechisms and printed sermons written by Dutch ministers working in the archipelago. This book shows how these ministers have introduced, taught, and explained the main teachings of Calvinism to t…
Outline: Christian theology didn't develop in a vacuum. Understanding the story behind the doctrines that have been debated, defined, and defended throughout history is crucial for truly understanding the doctrines themselves. In this groundbreaking resource, professor Gerald Bray traces the history of Christian theology from the early church to the modern era. Structured to parallel the order …
Outline: Surveying the barriers that contemporary thinking has erected between the natural and the supernatural, between earth and heaven, Hans Boersma issues a wake-up call for Western Christianity. Both Catholics and evangelicals, he says, have moved too far away from a sacramental mindset, focusing more on the "here-and-now" than on the "then-and-there." Yet, as Boersma point out, the teachi…
Outline : Bagaimana kita dapat mengasihi Allah yang tidak kita kenal dengan baik? Allah telah menyatakan diri-Nya melalui perkataan yang dapat kita mengerti oleh akal budi kita. Setelah Firman Tuhan dimengerti oleh akal budi kita, maka barulah Firman itu dapat meresap ke dalam hati kita. Apabila kita rindu untuk menjadi murid Kristus yang dewasa, maka kita harus mempelajari Firman Tuhan secara …
Outline: It's Jesus' promise to you - the promise that you live triumphantly. But what keeps you from really walking in the joy of the Lord? The powers of darkness attach us daily. But, as Dr. Neil Anderson shows in Victory over the Darknes, you can have the power of conquer them by knowing who you are in Christ. In Victory over the Darkness you'll learn how to: - Realize the power of your ide…
Outline: Islam and Christianity often appear at opposite and unabridgeable poles, both committed to world mission. Given the political tension violent acts that have surrounded these two major world religions, it is essential for both sides to understand the other's history, beliefs, traditions, and vision for the future. This invaluable resource from an expert in comparative religious studies …
Outline: Rapid urbanization and globalization processes worldwide have changed the landscape of our times. In Asia and Africa the number of urban dwellers increases by an average of one million per week, according to the United Nations. More than half of the globe's seven billion human beings now live in cities. These realities have far reaching implications for mission in urban contexts at the…
Outline: Multiplied millions of women all over the world are looking over the church's shoulder, longing to see the freedom Jesus purchased for them at Calvary. Millions more have found freedom in Jesus but are still bound by human ideas - ideas that pressure a woman to let culture, not God, determine her place in the Kingdom. While hurting men and women outside the church cry out, "Is there an…
Outline: The Theology of the French Reformed Churches introduces us to the Huguenots of the seventeenth century. The period was an unusual one in which France boasted two state religions, Roman Catholic and Protestant, due to the protections afforded the latter by the Edict of Nantes in 1598. In this book, Martin I. Klauber and his team of scholars survey the development of and difficulties fac…
Outline : IN 1539 Cardinal Jacopo Sadoleto, Bishop of Carpentras, France, sent a letter to the magistrates and citizens of Geneva asking them to return to the Catholic faith. A few months later, John Calvin replied to Sadoleto, defending the Protestant reforms. Both letters are lucid and eloquent statements of their respective positions. Their dialog is polemical, but their tone is elevated and…
Outline: What the New Testament Authors Really Cared About is a fresh approach to understanding what is really important in the New Testament. This introductory survey concentrates on the most imporant themes of each book and letter in the New Testament. By asking what Matthew (or any other New Testament author) really cared about when he wrote, we discover what to pay attention to when we read…