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…
Outline: This masterly presentation of New Testament Theology takes the unique step of setting up an imagination debate amongst the various authors of the New Testament themselves. As central concepts (predestination, sin, atonement, the Church, sacrament, ethics, eschatology, and christology) are 'discussed' between such figures as Luke, Paul, John, and the author of Hebrews, the work moves to…
Outline: This continuing series of studies in church history seeks to further the unity of the church. Contributors from many nations, races, and denominations offer fresch understanding of historical events in the light of the ecumenical movement.
Outline: How is the missionary force for the twenty-first Century to be trained? This is the challenge that emerges from this provocative book as it focuses on the task of effective missionary training. Western missions have tended to place most of their training emphasis on schooling and formal education - witness the number of Bible schools, Christian colleges and theological seminaries that …
Outline: How is the church in Asia to interpret and obey the Bible's message today? How can the gospel of Christ be proclaimed faithfully and effectively so that it can transform cultures? In this book, 16 Asian and two Western thinkers address these questions in relation to Hindu, Buddhist, Islamic and totalitarian cultures. This book is the first Asia-wide effort to develop evangelical altern…
Outline: Where did the Bible come from? How do we know the right books are in the Bible? Does the Bible contain errors? What are the oldest copies we have of the Bible? How do we know that the Bible hasn't been changed over the years? Why are there so many translations of the Bible, and which one should I use? These are just some of the important questions about the Bible that are discussed in …
Outline; Elizabeth O'Donnell Gandolfo constructs a theological anthropology that begins with the condition of human vulnerability as a site to answer why human beings experience and inflict terrible suffering. This volume argues that vulnerability is a dimension of human existence that causes us great anxiety, which forms the basis for violence but also affords the possibility of human openness…
Outline: "Ecumenism" comes from the Greek oikos, "household," and in The Good News of the Kingdom members of God's household offer spirited assessments of how the family is doing in the business God gave them. In this path-breaking work, leading representatives of the major groups of conciliar and evangelical Protestants join with Catholics to reflect on basic issues in mission and evangelism. …
Outline: Some time ago, Ralph Winter brilliantly identified three eras of modern missions: Era 1: William Carey focused on the coastlands; Era 2: Hudson Taylor focused on the inlands; Era 3: Donald McGavran and Cameron Townsend focused on unreached peoples. With all the fast and furious changes swirling around us today in twenty-first century missions, have we entered a Fourth Era? If so, who a…
Outline: The Prophets have spoken. History is strewn with wars and scrapping over religion. With the advent of the global village, people of different beliefs are being pressed up against each other, and the potential for major conflict is enormous. What did they say? It behooves us to know what our neighbors believe and why they believe it. Though we may never agree with them, when we know w…
Outline : Liberation theology has become an essential component of debate in the Catholic Church today. It is changing the face of political life in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and much of South America, and has played a role in the growing discontent of debt-plagued Brazil. In the Philippines it has contributed to the rise of "people power". Liberation theology is probably the most significant rel…
Outline: Through the liens of Jesus' farewell discourse (John 13: 31 - 17: 26), L. Scott Kellum provides a step-by-step illustration for producing an expository sermon series. After laying out the process to go from text to sermon, he then describes how to employ discourse analysis to a hortatory or expository document. Later, Kellum implements the theory on the Farewell Discourse, examining th…
Outline: The Quiknotes series offers concise resources on topics important to all Christians. It's essential knowledge within reach! Quiknotes: Devotional classics gives you the greatest Christian writings in a nutshell. Discover the spiritual wisdom of Christians through the ages. Useful for students and teachers alike. - Auther biographies - Book summaries - Timeline - List of sources for…
Outline: Each person who leaves the cultural isolation of his own community has to learn the significance of cultural interrelatedness, how to respect the cultural heritage of the community to which he is moving, and how coomunication takes place across cultural differences. Here is a wealth on insight and discussion on these complex problems, especially as related to questions of culture and C…
Outline: New churches of hope - Throughout the course of his theological career, Jurgen Moltmann has been interested in the ecclesial and societal consequences of systematic theology and what each doctrine means for our life in this world. The Transformative Church explores these concerns in Moltmann's major texts and highlights themes relevant for a transformative ecclesiology. Patrick Oden co…
Outline: Much of the spiritual teaching one hears does not seem to work. But I found that the Cross of Jesus Christ worked. I felt like a man perishing of thirst, to whom some beautiful, clear cold water that begun to flow ... I had so much to learn! It seemed as if God was saying: "You are crying to me to do a big among the Lisu; I am wanting to do a big work in you yourself." James Fraser was…
Outline: Isaiah is a book of literary, historical, theological and ecclesial riches. Paul R. House contends that Isaiah wrote the whole book during his long ministry and predicted the coming of the Messiah. Paul strives to treat Isaiah as a prophetic book, as a work that highlights major themes such as creation, sin in its many manifestations, proper ethical behavior, approaching judgement, and…
Outline : The Gospel of Luke is an orderly historical account, but it is far from ordinary. In the longest Gospel, Luke places great stress on the unique lordship of Jesus and God's plan to bring salvation into this world. Throughout, Luke stresses that Jesus' message reaches the forgotten people groups of this world, particularly the poor and women, showing us that the gospel is truly intended…
Outline: Challenges to religious liberty are increasingly common today as historical Christianity comes into conflict with a new, secular orthodoxy. In this thoroughly revised second edition of First Freedom, leading evangelical scholars present the biblical and historical foundations for religious freedom in America, and address pressing topics such as: - Religious freedom and the exclusivity…
Outline: Di tengah gencarnya upaya para ahli modern untuk membelokkan kebenaran tentang Yesus dan Injil, tak sekalipun Injil kehilangan taji untuk membungkam setiap pendapat "miring" tentang sosok Yesus. Injil Yudas, Injil Maria, dan Injil Thomas yang beredar belakangan ini mungkin membuat banyak orang percaya menjadi bingung dan meragukan keabsahan Injil dan sosok Yesus yang menjadi tokoh sent…
Outline: Marriage reveals something of eternal significance. From the beginning, God designed marriage to convey a greater reality - the passionate, unfailing, redeeming love of God for sinners, the eternal romance between Christ and his bride. In this volume, Ray Ortlund traces marriage throughout Scripture - from the first marriage in the garden of Eden to the ultimate marriage in the book of…
Outline : This groundbreaking work by Darrell Bock thoroughly explores the theology of Luke’s gospel and the book of Acts. In his writing, Luke records the story of God working through Jesus to usher in a new era of promise and Spirit-enablement so that the people of God can be God’s people even in the midst of a hostile world. It is a message the church still needs today. Bock both cove…