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 : Kita sudah tahu anjuran untuk "work smart, not work hard", "bekerja cerdas, bukan hanya bekerja keras". Tapi bagaimana sebenarnya cara melakukan itu? Bagaimana cara bekerja cerdas, cepat, dan produktif? Apakah harus membentuk tim berisi orang-orang hebat? Mana yang lebih baik, memberi kelonggaran atau instruksi kepada anggota tim? Apakah kita harus menetapkan sasaran besar ambisius at…
Outline : Buku ini merupakan terjemahan dari disertasi Nicolaas Johannes Cornelis Geise, yang aslinya ditulis dalam bahasa Belanda. Dalam buku ini, Geise menelaah rincian kebudayaan di sekitar hubungan antara komunitas Baduy dan komunitas Muslim di Banten Selatan. Ia menelaah, misalnya, pemilahan antara wilayah Kajeroan (dalam) dan Panamping (luar) beserta rincian pranatanya, perbedaan keyakina…
Outline : Demokrasi bisa mati karena kudeta—atau mati pelan-pelan. Kematian itu bisa tak disadari ketika terjadi selangkah demi selangkah, dengan terpilihnya pemimpin otoriter, disalahgunakannya kekuasaan pemerintah, dan penindasan total atas oposisi. Ketiga langkah itu sedang terjadi di seluruh dunia dan kita semua mesti mengerti bagaimana cara menghentikannya. Dalam buku ini, dua profesor H…
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: 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: When a crisis enters our lives, how do we respond? Os Hillman was a successful executive whose world dramatically changed when his marriage, business, and personal finances all crashed at the same time. Where is God in all of this? What he learned this process will help many make sense of unexpected events that God brings into our lives.
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: Seeking to humanize the perennial problem of classroom discipline, this book offers detailed discussion of theory and a specific program of practice exercises. Part I develops the conceptual framework for a systematic yet humanistic approach to discipline. Each technique is supported by numerous concrete examples drawn from actual classroom life. Part II reinforces these techniques thr…
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: Childcare & Family/Parenting. One of the greatest gifts you can give your children is a strong sense of personal values. Helping your children develop values such as honesty, trustworthiness, and self-discipline is an important a part of their education as teaching them to read or how to cross the street safely. The values you teach your children are their best protection from the infl…
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: 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…