Unusually for Dickens, Hard Times is set, not in London, but in the imaginary mid-Victorian Northern industrial town of Coketown with its blackened factories, downtrodden workers and polluted environment. This is the soulless domain of the striet utihuarism Thomas Gradigrind and the heartless factory qwner Josiah Bounderby. However, human joy is not excluded thanks to Mr Sleary's Horse-Riding c…
The Evening arrived; the boys took their places. The master, in his cook's uniform, stationed himself at the copper, his pauper assistants ranged themselves behind him; the gruel was served out; and a long grace was said over the short commons. The gruel disappeared; the boys whispered each other, and winked at Oliver, while his next neighbours nudged him. Child as he was, he was desperate with…
This Dover edition, first published in 2010, is an unabridged republication of the text from "A Christmas Carol" (1843) and "The Chimes" (1844) both published by Chapman and Hall, London; "The Cricket on the Hearth" (1845) and "The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain" (1848) both published by Bradbury and Evans, London; "The Seven Poor Travellers" (1854) and "The Holly-Tree" (1855) both publish…
"~Kevin DeYoung menantang setiap dari kita - orang yang skeptik dan yang sedang mencari, orang yang merasa pasti dan yang masih ragu - untuk dengan rendah hati melihat kepada Firman Allah mengenai isu homoseksualitas. Setelah mengkaji perikop-perikop kunci di dalam Akitab, baik Perjanjian Lama maupun Perjanjian Baru, dan garis besar ajaran Alkitab mengenai seksualitas, DeYoung kemudian menjawa…
If there is "nothing new under the sun," perhaps the main task now facing the Western church is not to reinvent or be relevant, but to remember. The truth of the gospel is still contained within vintage faith statements. Within creeds and catechisms we can have our faith strengthened, our knowledge broadened, and our love for Jesus deepened. In The Good News We Almost Forgot, Kevin DeYo…
Mencintai Kristus artinya mencintai Gereja-Nya Demikianlah yang dikatakan oleh para penulis yang menyajikan pandangan yang segar terhadap empat karakteristik gereja yang menentukan ini. Meskipun banyak orang melihat gereja sebagai hal yang tidak penting - bahkan sebagai penghalang bagi spiritualitas - buku ini mengingatkan kita bahwa "gereja adalah pemberian Tuhan kepada anak-anak-Nya untuk me…
What makes for a healthy church? A large congregation? Plentiful parking? Vibrant music? You may have read books on this topic before?but not like this one. This new expanded edition of Nine Marks of a Healthy Church is not an instruction manual for church growth. It is a pastor?s recommendation of how to assess the health of your church using nine crucial qualities that are neglected by many o…
Buku ini menawarkan prinsip- prinsip yang teruji dan benar untuk menilai kesehatan gereja Anda dari perspektif Alkitabiah. Entah Anda adalah seorang pemimpin gereja atau seorang anggota aktif di dalam jemaat, Anda dapat membantu menerapkan unsur- unsur ini di dalam jemaat, Anda dapat membantu menerapkan unsur-unsur ini di dalam gereja Anda, membawa kehidupan dan kesehatan baru demi kemuliaan Al…
In this previously unpublished material, a pioneer in Reformed biblical theology examines the hopes, expectations and understanding of Old Testament saints regarding the future. Compiled from several manuscripts relating to Geerhardus Vos's course on Old Testament eschatology, this volume weaves together the most complete text of his study on the subject. Vos addresses a wide range of questions…