Outline: In the spirit of C.S. Lewis's Mere Christianity, this book by eminent Calvinist thinker J.H. Bavinck offers a compact and compelling treatise on Christian belief. Addressing big questions that haunt every thinking human being - Why are we here? Where do we come from? What is our destiniy? How should we live? - Bavinck's Riddle of Life also explores such essential topics as sin and salv…
Outline: In this collection of forty-six letters and writings of John Calvin, newly translated into English, the reformer gives advice to individuals and groups about theology, ethics, worship, politics, economics, and church practices. Topics discussed include dogmatics and polemics, changes (and the need for changes) in religion, the worship of images, ecclesiastical discipline, marriage, and…
Outline: Nearing the end of his life and ministry, William Greenhill left his congregation a parting gift and lasting testimony of his pastoral care for their souls - he published The Sound-Hearted Christian. This book developed from a series of sermons Greenhill preached on Psalm 119: 18, "Let my heart be sounded in thy statues; that I be not ashamed." Greenhill shows that a sound heart is wat…
Outline: A Revolutionary Message: "I've been married 35 years and have not heard this taught". "This is the key that I have been missing." "A lightbulb moment." "You connected all the dots for me." "As a counselor, I have never been so excited about any material." "You're on to something huge here."
A Simple Message: A wife has one driving need - to feel loved. When that need is met, she is …
Outline: The Preacher in Ecclesiastes reminds us that life under the sun does not play out according to neat and tidy rules. He asks us to see the world around us in all its messiness and explores what that messiness reveals about us, our world. and God. The Preacher is plainspoken, because people line in the midst of this mess and we have to talk about it. The author gives us a meditation t…
Outline: An important ongoling debate focuses on the present health and well-being of familites in American society. Much of the debate, however, is either ill-informed or consists of rhetoric that attempts to further particular political and social causes. The Family, Religion, and Culture series offers informed and responsible analyses of the state of the American family from a religious p…
Outline: Many women struggle daily with habits, emotions, and difficulties that they long to overcome. This book interweaves the perfect wisdom of God's Word with heartfelt compassion and concern as it addresses...
- fear, worry, and depression
- single parenting, wayward teenagers, the "perfect mom" syndrome
- eating disorders, same-sex attraction, and other habitual struggles
- verbal a…
Outline: The church in America has been willingly taken captive. The captors are American culture and ideals: consumerism, pragmatism, self-sufficiency, individualism, positive thinking, personal prosperity, and nationalism. These are antithetical to the gospel, but we have neverthelss made them part and parcel with it. We are well on our way to a Christless Christianity. The result? The f…
Outline: How can we live wisely in the twenty-first century, alert to God and to other people amid the ups and downs of modern life? We find ourselves in the middle of complex situations, relationships, responsibilities, ongoing dramas, and challenges. Our response to these circumstances requires us to draw on many sources and to exercice imagination, discernment, and judgment. In this sequ…
Outline: This book presents a re-reading of the stories of Old Testament women, highlighting their spirituality and exploring their experiences in the light of third-world women today. In Part One, the author discusses the stories of eight Old Testament women: Hagar, Rahab, Jephthah's daughter, Ruth and Naomi, Abigail, and the two unnamed women of 2 Kings. In her meditations of these images o…
Outline: Writing from decades of counseling and personal ministry experience, the author wants to help those in ministry develop healthy rhythms to lead their families well. Applying biblical principles to common issues all leaders face, this book offers guidance for fostering love, deepening unity, and pursuing joy in their families - presenting leaders with a God-centered approach to family l…
Outline: In this book, you will find the beauty of various personalities, character types, and giftedness interweaving the pages of these letters. We are not called to fit into a certain mold but to be helpmeets to our husbands, helpmeets who enable them to serve God more effectively with us at their side than they ever could alone.
Outline: In this unique work the author uses the ancient story of Philemon and Onesimus as a compelling entry into modern theological reflection on the unbelivable reach of the grace and forgiveness of the Father whose Son died without disciples, rose to reconcile and transform them, and then scattered them around the world as men and women who were now also able to love those who loved them no…
Outline:
- How do I resolve workplace conflicts sparked by differences of belief?
- How much profit can I conscientiously seek?
- Can I justify using prayer to try to beat the competition?
- Should I bring up the issue of faith with my co-workers, or should I keep my beliefs to myself?
It often seems difficult - if not possible - to reconcile matters of faith and business. At times it ma…
Overview: In the spirit of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, the #1 nationwide bestseller, First Things First is a revolutionary guide to managing your time by learning how to balance your life. Traditional time management suggests that working harder, smarter, and faster will help you gain control your life, and that increased control will bring peace and fulfillment. The authors of thi…
Outline: In this book, the author offers us fresh insights into the Reformer's personal piety and practical theology by allowing Calvin to speak in his own words. Drawing not only from his Institutes and biblical e commentaries, but also from lesser-known tracts, treaties, and letters, this book will deepen your understanding on Calvin's theology and ministry by exploring the heart of his spiri…
Outline: In this book, the author - editor of the English edition of Bavinck's four-volume masterpiece, Reformed Dogmatics - brings the great Dutch theologian's life and work to bear on following Jesus in the twenty-first century, helping us see the direct connection between robust theology, practical holiness, and personal joy.
Overview: This book gathers the author's responses to the most often-asked questions. They're vintage the author. Simple without being simplistic. Knowledgeable without being know-it-all. Direct but compassionate, honest and authoritative, and always deeply practical. Full of challenge and comfort. Bite-sized essays. Practical, inspirational, and Bible-based. Topical and scriptual index…
Overview: This authorative book is the most comprehensive examination ever of the sacredness of human life. Never before has one volume explored this subject in such a multifaceted way, encompassing biblical roots, theological elaborations, historical cases, and contemporary ethical perspectives. Traving the concept of the sacredness of human life from Scripture through church history to the …
Overview : This book (literally "love of the beautiful or good") is, after the Bible, the most influential source of spiritual within the Orthodox Church. First published in Greek in 1782 by St. Nicodemos of the Holy Mountain and St. Maricos of Corinth, this book includes works by thirty-six influential Orthodox authors from the fourth to fifteenth-centuries such as Maximus the Confessor, Pete…
Overview: This anthology, published in the centennial year of the author's famous Stone Lectures, gathers sixteen key writings by the author never before available in English. Included in this volume are the author's definitive statements on politics, education, culture, and the religious currents and social problems of his time. Also included are the author's own conversion narrative, his cr…
Ketika seorang Robin Hood mencuri harta orang-orang kaya untuk dibagikan kepada orang-orang miskin, apakah perbuatannya itu ““jahat”“? Dapatkah kita katakan bahwa perbuatannya itu ““kasih”“? Apakah itu ““jahat”“? Dan apakah itu ““kasih”“, ketika jurang antara si kaya dan si miskin begitu lebar, dan upaya untuk mengubah keadaan secara damai tampak mustahil? Apakah…
Meskipun Yesus dilahirkan di Asia, namun baru setelah 1500 tahun kemudianlah asia mengalami secara penuh dampak dari pribadi dan pengajaran Yesus. Para misionaris barat, penyampai kekritenan utama, meninggalkan pemahaman mereka tentang Yesus.
Kini, orang-orang Asia berusaha untuk mencari wajah Yesus yang asli wajah Asia-Nya. Semua pemahaman mereka tetang Yesus dalam konteks mereka yang khas di…
This enduring collection of twenty-one sermons by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, each originally delivered at Westminster Chapel in London, carefully and compassionately analyzes an undeniable feature of modern society from which Christians have not escaped -- spiritual depression. "Christian people," writes Lloyd-Jones, "too often seem to be perpetually in the doldrums and too often give this appearan…
The greater part of this book derives from a series of addresses on the subject of "the world" given by Mr. Watchman Nee (Nee To-sheng) of Foochow to Christian believers in Shanghai city in the early period of the Sino-Japanese War. They are thus colored a little by the economic pressures of those days. To them have been added other talks on the same general theme given at various places and ti…