Outline: Bagaimana jika alasan-alasan terbaik Anda yang meragukan Tuhan justru membuktikan bahwa Ia ada? Dengan cara menarik dan mudah diingat, buku ini menunjukkan bagaimana sejumlah besar argumen ateis bukannya melenyapkan Tuhan namun justru menunjukkan bahwa Tuhan itu benar-benar ada.
Outline: Pendeta, pengkhotbah, dan penulis buku terlaris New York Times, Timothy Keller, mempersembahkan sebuah buku yang luar biasa mengenai penjangkauan terhadap orang lain melalui berita-berita Kristen. Orang Kristen umumnya - termasuk para pendeta - memiliki pergumulan ketika ingin membicarakan iman mereka sedemikian rupa agar kekuatan Injil Kristen bisa mengubah hidup orang. Penulis, pe…
Outline: Buku ini merupakan karya metodologis yang menyajikan metode-metode analisis teks, menguraikan dasar-dasar teoritisnya, dan mencoba membandingkan dan mengkontraskan ke-12 metode yang berbeda di bidang ini secara keseluruhan. Pada bagian terakhir buku ini dipersembahkan perbandingan metode-metode secara bibliometris dan perbandingan frekuensi munculnya kutipan dan referensi dalam berbaga…
Outline: The Psalms are undeniably beautiful. They are also difficult, and readers often come away convinced that tremendous riches remain just beyond their grasp. In this book, W. Robert Godfrey invites us to accompany him on a journey into a greater understanding and love for these sacred poems. The timeless beauty of the Psalms, their depth of expression, and testimony to the greatness of Go…
Outline: Leadership Training prepares those who have gone completed the discipleship training and have shown the ability to serve others by teaching the Word. The focus of discipleship training was to guide the believers was to guide the believers to be like Jesus and to live like Him. The emphasis of leadership Training is to guide them to become "little pastors" to teach others under pastoral…
Outline: Leadership Training prepares those who have gone completed the discipleship training and have shown the ability to serve others by teaching the Word. The focus of discipleship training was to guide the believers was to guide the believers to be like Jesus and to live like Him. The emphasis of leadership Training is to guide them to become "little pastors" to teach others under pastoral…
Outline: The church must recover its essence and calling in order to renew its members and rejuvenate its image. This is possible only when the church firmly establishes its identity as both people of God called from the world and as disciples of Christ sent to the world. Discipleship Training is the most biblical and effective way to awaken the laity to their identity and calling. I have no do…
Outline: The church must recover its essence and calling in order to renew its members and rejuvenate its image. This is possible only when the church firmly establishes its identity as both people of God called from the world and as disciples of Christ sent to the world. Discipleship Training is the most biblical and effective way to awaken the laity to their identity and calling. I have no do…
Outline: The church must recover its essence and calling in order to renew its members and rejuvenate its image. This is possible only when the church firmly establishes its identity as both of God called from the world and as disciples of Christ sent to the world. Discipleship Training is the most biblical and effective way to awaken the laity to their identity and calling. I have no doubt tha…
Outline: The success or failure of each discipleship training group does not depend on a study guide but on its leader. Any study guide which is based on an inductive approach will have a simple format, so it would be fair to say that almost everything depends on one who teaches it. Character, spirituality, and skill of the leader will determine the quality of the discipleship training. Discipl…
Outline: The success or failure of each discipleship training group does not depend on a study guide but on its leader. Any study guide which is based on an inductive approach will have a simple format, so it would be fair to say that almost everything depends on one who teaches it. Character, spirituality, and skill of the leader will determine the quality of the discipleship training. Discipl…
Outline: This comprehensive treatment of Christian doctrine was first issued in 1909 under the title The Wonderful Works of God. It has served well as a synopsis of Bavinck's larger, four-volume Dogmatics, for it presents in clear perspective all the fundamental doctrines of the Bible. Above all, Bavinck was a thoroughly Scriptural theologian - he was always guided by the Bible as he systematiz…
Outline: "Those who believe that presuppositionalism eliminates communication between believer and unbeliever underestimate God's power to reach the unbelieving heart. They also underestimate the variety and richness of a biblical apologetic, the creativity that God has given to us as his spokeman and the many forms that biblical apologetic can take." Here John M. Frame unveils some of the "var…
Outline: Alfred North Whitehead's Science and the Modern World, 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, Whitehead demands that readers understand and celebrate the contemporary, historical, and cultural context of scientific discovery…
Outline: Randall C. Zachman places Calvin in conversation with theologians such as Pascal, KIerkegaard, Ezra the Scribe, Julian of Norwich, and Karl Barth, and attends to themes in Calvin's theology which are often overlooked. Zachman draws out Calvin's use of astronomy and his great concern to see ourselves in comparison to the immensity of the universe, acknowledging in wonder and awe our not…
Outline: For nearly a half century J. I. Packer has distinguished himself as a theologian for the church. While his erudition sets him apart in the academy, his calling and his heart's desire have been doing theology for the people of God. In honour of his seventieth birthday, friends, colleagues and students from around the world have contributed this notable group of essays, making their own …
Outline: Many approaches for interpreting the Bible have been put forth in recent years. All have their strengths - and their weaknesses. Various members of the Regent College faculty join forces here to articulate a multidisciplinary approach that will enrich our reading of the Bible. Following an introductory caveat lector from Eugene Peterson, Gordon Fee and Elmer Dyck discuss history and ca…
Outline: As striking and dramatic as any conversion experience recorded in history are the words of Blaise Pascal found sewn into the lining of his jacket by a servant after his death: "From about half-past ten in the evening until about half-past twelve - FIRE. God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, not of the philosophers and scholars. God of Jesus Christ." Known as the memorial, these w…
Outline: What was it like to be an ordinary Christian in the beginning decades of the Roman Empire? In this absorbing and authority book, Meeks 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 the decades since this prophetic volume was first published, Lesslie Newbigin's clarion call to reemphasize the missionary character of the church has grown more necessary than ever. Though "mission statements" are the order of the day for both secular and religious institutions, for many in the Christian church the true meaning of mission has been splintered into confusion. Aimed a…
Outline: In many parts of the world, Christians are struggling to understand their role in society. What is the mission of the church? Is it limited merely to the proclamation of the gospel? What is the relationship between Church and State? In Singapore, these questions are also being asked. These articles have been transcribed from talks that were given over the past two years. They are now p…
Outline : What is it you believe? Is this a new religion? It sounds like a Jewish religion to me," commented a Jewish inernational reporter. An orthopedic surgeon was puzzled. "Why is it that the Indian Jews ... returned to Israel at such tremendous cost ... all because they heard that the land of Moses was being once more a nation of Jews?" Through the years Edith Schaeffer has had many meanin…
Outline : Penjajahan di Indonesia meninggalkan jejak panjang dan penuh kekerasan. Masa antara kedatangan Marsekal Daendels dan akhir Perang Jawa, yaitu antara 1808 dan 1830, adalah masa yang penuh dengan darah. Peralihan kekuasaan yang singkat dari rezim Prancis-Belanda Daendels (1808-11) ke pemerintahan Inggris di bawah Raffles (1811-16) dan pasca-1816 ketika pemerintahan jajahan Belanda kemba…
Outline: Kajian antropologis-ekonomis ini membahas tentang peranan para saudagar dan berbagai persekutuan dagang dalam proses perubahan ekonomis yang terjadi di Pulau Madura pada paroh kedua abad ke-19 setelah berlaku pemerintahan kolonial secara langsung dari pusat. Buku ini dimulai dengan penjelasan tentang keadaan geografi-sosial and latar belakang sejarah dari proses perubahan ekonomis ters…
Outline: This book has been designed to help leaders of sending agencies and churches in creating a comprehensive care plan for their members in mission. The first nine chapters give a comprehensive overview about the why and how to of setting up a member care plan for cross cultural workers. The following nine chapters discuss in depth the challenges cross-cultural workers are dealing with and…
Outline: Forgiving is for giving. All of us have suffered painful emotional and relational hurts. God calls us to forgive those who have hurt us, but that's often easier said than done. We don't usually know how to forgive others, nor are we always sure if we have truly forgiven them. Psychologist and counselor Everett Worthington, the leading Christian researcher on forgiveness, says that forg…
Outline: Having discovered this sad state of affairs, Craig Blomberg, a committed Evangelical scholar, and Stephen Robinson, a committed Mormon scholar, set out to listen to one another and to ferret out the genuine agreements and disagreements between them. In the conversation that develops, you will read what each believes about key theological issues - (1) the nature and bounds of Scripture,…
Outline: Seperti apakah Gereja yang Hidup itu? John Stott menjelaskan, "Kita memerlukan gereja yang lebih konservatif radikal-'konservatif' dalam arti memelihara (conserve) apa yang dengan terang-terangan dituntut oleh Alkitab, tetapi 'radikal' dalam kaitan dengan kombinasi antara tradisi dan kesepakatan yang kita sebut 'budaya'. Alkitab bersifat tetap; budaya berubah." Buku ini merangkum sejum…
Outline: Rarely does a book amass the accolades given this one: "excellent," "profound," "masterful," "first-rate," "down-to-earth," "solid," "incisive," "illuminating," "both scholarly and devotional," "remarkable," "warm," "unprecedented," "fascinating," "crisp," "pastoral, lucid and biblical," "well-written," "a vigorous book," "a landmark." That is how reviewers have described John M. Frame…
Outline: Death is one of the certainties of life. But what happens beyond death? What inexpressible wonders - or unspeakable horrors - will we encounter beyond the pale of this life? The topic of life and judgment beyond death is one that has occupied the minds of Christians in former eras but today seems to be in partial eclipse. As Bruce Milne argues, we are poorer for it - without even recog…
Outline : Tom Wright menulis dengan gaya yang mudah diterima dan bersifat anekdot sehingga menolong kita untuk memahami kitab Kisah Para Rasul yang kaya dan bersisi banyak itu. Tom Wright menunjukkan bahwa kitab Kisah Para Rasul ditulis berdasarkan Injil Lukas, untuk menggarisbawahi karya dan pengajaran yang terus berlanjut dari Yesus yang sudah bangkit dan naik ke surga melalui kuasa Roh Kudus…
Outline : ALLAH MEMANGGIL ANDA. ALLAH PERTAMA-TAMA MEMANGGIL KITA KEPADA DIRI-NYA, untuk mengenal dan mengikuti-Nya, tetapi Ia juga memanggil kita kepada tujuan hidup yang spesifik, yakni alasan keberadaan kita. Panggilan kedua atau “vokasi” ini memiliki implikasi bukan hanya atas pekerjaan atau kehidupan kita, tetapi melibatkan juga talenta, kelemahan, dan komunitas kita, dan apa yang kita…
Outline: Buku ini menampikan Injil sebagai lensa untuk mencermati dan memaknai lima area efektivitas kepemimpinan pribadi, yaitu keinginan, identitas, martabat, motivasi, dan ambisi. Setiap momen penting yang mengubah dunia menjadi lebih baik selalu melibatkan kepemimpinan. Namun, sejarah juga menunjukkan bahwa para pemimpin paling tangguh sekalipun rentan mengalami penyimpangan dan kegagalan. …
Outline: A map of today's postmodern landscape. Dramatic shifts in American culture have nudged the
Outline : Cerita apa yang diberitahukan pada Anda tentang Injil? Tentang Allah? Tentang kehidupan Kristen? Tentang Yesus? Tentang diri Anda sendiri? Jawaban Anda terhadap pertanyaan-pertanyaan di atas akan menentukan jalan hidup Anda. Jawaban tersebut menunjukkan kemampuan Anda untuk memercayai, mengasihi, berharap – bahkan kemampuan Anda untuk bersukacita. Setiap cerita yang diizinkan untuk …
Outline: The Apostolic preaching of the cross, a work that can now be placed among the modern classics of biblical scholarship, delves into the minds of the apostles when they used such words as "redeem," "covenant," "propitiate," "reconcile," and "justify" - concepts that remain central to the Christian faith today. Respected scholar Leon Morris studies these themes against the background of t…
Outline: JIKA KEINGINAN ALLAH YANG JADI, GEREJA KITA HARUSNYA SEPERTI APA? Dalam bukunya yang sangat berpengaruh ini, Francis Chan menggali kebenaran Alkitab, merenungkan berbagai kegagalan dan mimpinya, serta berbagai cerita tentang Allah menggunakan orang-orang biasa untuk mengubah dunia ini. Seperti katanya, "Kita telah melenceng jauh dari apa yang Allah inginkan terhadap gerejanya. Kita tah…
Outline: Menjadi Seorang Pengikut Yesus Yang Berkomitmen Dengan Sepenuhnya. Apakah Anda seorang penggemar ataukah seorang pengikut? Kamus mendefiniskan kata penggemar sebagai "seorang pengagum yang bersemangat." Mereka ingin berada cukup dekat dengan Yesus untuk mendapatkan semua manfaatnya, tetapi tidak terlalu dekat juga sehingga mereka tidak harus mengorbankan apa pun. Para penggemar mungkin…
Outline: Ini adalah sebuah buku yang memperluas cakrawala berpikir, menumbuhkan semangat, dan menghangatkan hati, Mark Greene menyajikan pandangan yang membebaskan tentang bagaimana Tuhan dapat bekerja melalui kita dalam kehidupan kita sehari-hari. Entah Anda seorang pelajar atau pensiunan, di tempat olahraga atau di tempat kerja, di gerbang sekolah atau di supermarket, ini adalah sebuah kerang…