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: 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: 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: Kamu telah mendengar mengenai seks. Kamu mendengar anak-anak lain membicarakannya, dan mungkin kamu mendengarnya dibicarakan di TV. Tetapi TV tidak memberitahumu mengenai segalanya, dan mungkin kamu masih punya beberapa pertanyaan. Ini bagus karena buku Apa Masalahnya? ditulis untuk membantu anak-anak sepertimu, yang berusia 8 - 12 tahun, menemukan jawaban yang kalian butuhkan. Buku in…
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: TIDAK ADA ESOK mengisahkan perjuangan kaum gerilyawan kita melawan pasukan Belanda dalam perang kemerdekaan yang lalu. Mengapa mereka mengangkat senjata dan bersedia menyabung nyawa? Bukan hanya perjuangan fisik saja yang digambarkan oleh pengarangnya, tapi juga perjuangan moral yang dilukiskan secara jujur dan luhur.
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 : 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…
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: "Unnoticed by most Westerners," Daniel Pipes wrote in 1995, referring to militant Islam, "war has been unilaterally declared on Europe and the United States." Pipes, director of the Philadelphia-based on Middle East Forum, was one of very few Americans to understand the significance of what to many appeared to be no more than isolated cases of violence. Long before September 11, 2001, …
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 : K.H. Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur) merupakan pejuang kemanusiaan yang terbukti tak pernah lelah membela kelompok minoritas. Sepanjang hidup, Gus Dur berpegang pada nilai-nilai perjuangan kemanusiaan yang bersumber dari nilai agama sebagai rahmat semesta alam dan tradisi pesantren tempat ia tumbuh. Perjuangan Gus Dur membela minoritas yang tertindas (mustadh’afin) sering menghadapi ha…
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: 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: 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: Working in tandem with the resources and videos found at churchcares.com, this handbook brings together top experts from various fields to help pastors and ministry leaders understand and implement the best practices for handling a variety of abuse scenarios in churches, schools, or ministries. Although the most comprehensive training is experienced by using this handbook and the video…
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: Kurun waktu yang mulai dengan Aleksander Agung dan berakhir dengan Bar Kokhba adalah periode yang sangat penting, sebab justru pada periode itulah Tuhan kita Yesus Kristus hidup di muka bumi ini dan mendirikan gereja-Nya. Namun pada umumnya peristiwa-peristiwa yang menentukan yang berlangsung dalam kurun waktu ini kurang diketahui orang, karena tidak tercantum dalam Alkitab. Buku Dari …
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: 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…
Outline: Although several Orthodox theologians have significantly influenced the development of Ecclesiology in the twentieth century, the contribution of (Archbishop) Stylianos Harkianakis remains, without doubt, a landmark in the history of that theological field today. Essentially, the author's consideration of the Church is that it is the most intimate and graced communion not only of huma…
Outline : It’s no secret that the center of Christianity has shifted from the West to the global South and East. While the truths of the Christian faith are universal, new contexts bring new questions, new understandings, and new expressions. What does this mean for theology? Is the Christian faith not only culturally translatable, but also theologically translatable? Timothy Tennent answers …
Outline: Hermeneutika Pneumatologis adalah pendekatan penafsiran pada Alkitab dengan melihat teks-teks biblis sebagai Roh Allah yang dahulu telah dan sekarang masih berbicara dan berkarya bagi para pembacanya. Model hermeneutika pneumatologis dapat menjadi sebuah model bagi gereja manapun dalam memahami secara biblis forman dan karya Roh Allah dalam rangka menjawab pergumulan-pergumulan maupun …
Outline: During the past millennia, the Christian church has repeatedly faced challenges to its acknowledgment of both Old and New Testaments as Scripture. None of these challenges has been successful: at the dawn of the third Christian millennium, the Bible contains the same books as it did in the early church, with only silight variation between different traditions. And yet, doubts remain an…
Outline: This book fills a real need for pastors and students. Though there is currently a large body of material on the theological interpretation of Scripture, most of it is highly specific and extremely technical. J. Todd Billings here provides a straightforward entryway for students and pastors to understand why theological interpretation matters and how it can be done. A solid, constructiv…
Outline : How can we reconcile the ideal church described by theology with the broken church that we see in the world? In this book Joseph Small argues that the church’s true identity is known somewhere in the tension between the two. Small revisits familiar ecclesiological concepts—people of God, the body of Christ, the communion of the Holy Spirit—but rather than focusing on theological…