Outline: This book presents a proven highly practical approach to the study of intermediate and advanced Greek grammar. Most textbooks focus on learning syntactical categories, illustrated by sentences taken from the Greek New Testament, and place little emphasis on how to apply Greek grammar to the Green text in preparing sermons and lectures. In contrast, this book stresses "real-life" appl…
Outline: This book is an entirely new, integrated approach to teaching and learning New Testament Greek. It makes learning Greek a natural process and shows from the very beginning how a understanding of Greek helps in understanding the New Testament. This book: - combines the best of the deductive and the inductive approaches - explains the basics of English grammar before teaching Greek g…
Outline: In examining one of the essential questions of the Christian faith, the author explores the limits as well as the gains to be made in speaking about crucifixion as a historical event, and considers the relationship of the crucifixion to the continuing process of God's saving activity. He considers the relevance of a past act of atonement to such areas of practical experience as forgiv…
Outline: In this volume in a widely used series, a respected Biblical scholar has gathered excerpts of the best that has been written about the literary dimension of the New Testament. From Origen and Augustine to such writers and critics as Gerard Manley Hopkins, Northrop Frye, and Eric Auerbach, among others of our own period, there is a fine array of excerpts reflecting many perspectives. T…
Outline: Conceived originally as a serious presentation of the development of philosophy for Catholic seminary students, the author's nine-volume book has journeyed far beyond the modest purpose of its author to universal acclaim as the best history of philosophy in English. The author, an Oxford Jesuit of immense erudition who once tangled with A. J. Ayer in a fabled debate about the existence…
Outline: What is necessary for the church's life and growth? Perhaps it's more dynamic fellowship. Or holistic small groups. Or adequate parking. Or adequate parking. Or attractive programs. Or passionate spiritually. Or gift-oriented ministry. Or visionary leadership. Or high-impact worship. Or missional living. Or ... the list is endless. But the author has noticed that Jesus said only one th…
Outline: Hegel and existensialism form two poles of a contemporary dialogue, according to Robert C. Solomon: Hegel's global perspective and pursuit of "the absolute" balance of the enthusiastic individualism of existentialism. The dialectic between these two philosophical perspectives, whose vicissitudes have come to define not only continental philosophy but much of life in Europe and America,…
Outline: In the middle years of the seventeenth century, philosophy sprang forward into its modern era. The motivating mind behind the revolution in metaphysical thought was that of Rene Descartes, who brought philosophy both a new spirit and a new method, and thereby founded the school that came to be known as rationalism. Contained in this volume are the five works, in their entirety, that pr…
Outline: Whether your church is healthy or struggling, the biblical principles in this book point the to way to greater spritual vitality. A pastor, seminary teacher, and conference speaker, the author has long specialized in church revitalization. He deftly alerts us to potential problems in our churches, help us to recognize our weeknesses and opportunities, and guides us in applying biblical…
Outline: This book is a major work in the philosophy of language by the celebrated French thinker Jacques Derrida. The book's two essays, "Limited Inc" and "Signature Event Context," constitute key statements of the Derridean theory of deconstruction. They are perhaps the clearest exposition to be found of Derrida's most controversial idea, that linguistic meaning is fundamentally indeterminate…
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: This book is a comprehensive resource for understanding modern political issues in light of Scripture. A virtual source - book for anyone who takes the Bible seriously, it provides a thoughtful, carefully reasoned analysis of over fity specific topics, including the following: - Protection of life - Marriage - Family and children - Economic issues & taxation - The Environment - …
Outline: In this cutting-edge collection of essays, an extraordinary and diverse group of biblical scholars, theologians, and ethicists from around the world explore the breadth and depth of what the humanity of Christ means for twenty-first-century Christians. Contributors Marcia J. Bunge, Sarah Coakley, Thomas W. Gillespie, Paul D. Hanson, John F. Hoffmeyer, Catherine Keller, Peter Lampe, Pa…
Outline: This book is the fruit of the author's forty-five years of teaching philosophical subjects. No other survey of the history of Western thought offers the same invigorating blend of expositional clarity, critical insight, and biblical wisdom. The supplemental study questions, bibliographies, links to audio lectures, quotes from influential thinkers, twenty appendices, and indexes glossar…
Outline: This landmark book about America's "habits of the heart" - Tocqueville's expression for the mix of traits essential to our national character - explores the traditions Americans use to make sense of themselves and their society, and it presents one of today's major moral dilemmas: the conflict between our fierce individualism and our urgent need for community and commitment to one anot…
Outline: This volume contains a variety of philosophical essays that illuminate the character of religious knowledge. Among this issues discussed in the book are the viability of contemporary epistemological theories, the relation between divine and human knowledge, the ontological argument and natural theology in general, whether we know that we have religious knowledge, the status of historic…
Overview: Are there in fact some legitimate, even beneficial, uses for atheist critique of religion? The author claims yes, there are - if we take a closer look not an atheists' arguments against the existence of God but at their observations about the (often) self-serving functions of religious practice and belief. To make his case, the author examines the critique of Freud, Marx, and Nietzs…
Outline: In these pages, some of evangelicalism's most stimulating thinkers consider three possible apologetic responses to postmodernity. William Lane Craig argues that traditional evidentialist apologetics remains viable and preferable. Roger Lundin, Nicola Creegan and James Sire find the postmodern critique of Christianity and Western culture moder challenging, but reject central features …
Outline: The authors yearn for change. They long to see Christianity penetrate the structures of society, reforming and remodling our culture. From scholarship in the universities to politics, business and family life, the Christian vision can transform our world. To stimulate such change the authors analyze our troubled age, show us how it got that way and suggest a solution. Their clear pr…
Outline: This book presents the most consequential ethical writings from the earliest days of Christianity through the late twentieth century. Introductory material for each selection places each piece in its proper historical and social context. Selections include writings by Ambrose, Thomas Aquinas, Augustine, Karl Barth, Bernard of Clairvaux, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, John Calvin, Catherine of Si…
Outline: Pada zaman lampau orang percaya bahwa ada kaitan erat antara estetika dan etika, antara keindahan dan keluhuran watak, antara seni dan karakter seseorang. Namun sejak zaman Abad Pencerahan, filsuf Baumgartner membuat pemisahan tanra estetika dan etika yang kemudian diteguhkan oleh Kant. Divisi ini berdampak, setidaknya secara populer, pada pemiskinan pengalaman akan seni dan keindahan …
Overview: This comprehensive, controversial book is for everyone who wants to understand and apply the Bible -- and the New Testament in particular -- in a responsible, well-informed, and God-glorifying way. The author is an able guide, walking readers through a carefully field-tested twelve-stage interpretive process that pastors, scholars, teachers, and laypeople can use with benefit. - Move…
Outline: This book is for everyone who wants to learn how to observe carefully, understand accurately, evaluate fairly, feel appropriately, act rightly, and express faithfully God's revealed Word, especially as embodied in the Old Testament. - Follow an extensively field-tested twelve-step process to deepen understanding and shape theology (biblical, systematic, and practical). - Engage with…
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. This book is an ideal starting point for personal or family devotions.
Outline: The writer shows you how in this book, a layman's guide to understanding the many non-Christian perspectives that influence our culture. This book offers insight on confronting today's moral and social issues with an effective biblical response. The writer first examines the major philosophies that affect the way Americans think and act: Secularism, Existensialism, Humanism, Pragmatism…
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: Buku ini berisi perenungan tentang pengenalan akan diri kita dan hidup dalam kebajikan. Renungan-renungan pada bagian pertama mencakup isi identitas, pengudusan emosi, relasi dan kebersamaan, mendambakan Allah, persekutuan dengan Allah dan arti persekutuan Kristen. Bagian kedua dari buku ini berisi pembahasan tentang kebajikan-kebajikan Kristen, dimulai dengan kelemahlembutan dan diakh…
Outline: Buku ini tidak sekedar membicarakan tentang kebahagiaan hidup pernikahan, tetapi juga air mata di dalamnya. Kita harus bisa memandang air mata bukan sebagai hasil usaha kita, melainkan pemberian Tuhan. Bisa meratap dengan jujur dan menangis pun adalah anugerah Tuhan. Dan di tengah-tengah perkabungan inilah, Tuhan memandang kita untuk berharap hanya kepada-Nya. Buku kecil ini merupakan …
Outline: What was it like to be an ordinary Christian in the beginning decades of the Roman Empire? In this absorbing and authoritative book, the author analyzes the earliest extant documents of Christianity - the letters of Paul - to describe the tensions and the texture of life of the first urban Christians.
Outline: In this volume, two of today's more respected authors help pastors recover their gospel identity and clarify their vision of Christian leadership. The authors reconnect pastors with biblical text that equip them to be countercultural servants of the gospel. In this chapters the author explores 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus, drawing from them scriptural images for pastoral identity. In alte…
Overview: This book originally published in 1925, redefines the concept of modern science. Presaging by more than half a century most of today's cutting-edge thought on the cultural ramifications of science and technology, the author demands that readers understand and celebrate the contemporary, historical, and cultural context of scientific discovery. Taking readers through the history of m…
Outline: This updated edition of the author's highly successful book includes a new chapter on exegesis of the original biblical texts. Illustrated with numerous examples, this chapter makes the book even more valuable as a guide to exegesis and an aid to sermon preparation. This revised edition also includes an up-to-date bibliography, an analytical table of contents, and indexes of scriptual …