John Piper writes, “I will tell you what a tragedy is. I will show you how to waste your life. Consider this story from the February 1998 Reader’s Digest: A couple ’took early retirement from their jobs in the Northeast five years ago when he was 59 and she was 51. Now they live in Punta Gorda, Florida, where they cruise on their 30-foot trawler, play softball and collect shells. . . .’…
Pierced by the Word takes up thirty-one subjects as unique as "How to Be a Refuge for Your Children," "How to Drink Orange Juice to the Glory of God," and "Embracing the Pain of Shame." Some are longer, some shorter, like the real-world conversations they so closely resemble, and each comes from the fertile mind of John Piper and is written in his own inimitable style. Together, the readings wi…
Preaching is central to the Church's life; it is the heart of Christian theology. However, until the preacher himself is involved in what he is saying, he is unlikely to persuade others : "before a man can learn to preach he must first learn to believe in preaching." Professor Pitt-Watson bridges the gap between the academic theologian and the preacher. He isolates and analyzes the essential el…
A long-awaited major statement by pre-eminent analytic philosopher Alvin Plantinga, "Where the Conflict Really Lies" illuminates one of our society's biggest debates - the conflict between science and religion. Plantinga examines where this conflict is said to exist - looking at areas such as evolution, divine action in the world, and the scientific study of religion. He makes a case that their…
Allah, Kebebasan, dan Kejahatan adalah buku yang membahas pertanyaan mengenai keberadaan Allah yang membahas pertanyaan mengenai keberadaan Allah secara filosofis. Dalam buku ini, penulis memfokuskan pembahasan pada dua argumentasi tradisional: argumentasi ontologis sebagai contoh dari teologi natural (natural theology) dan permasalah kejahatan/penderitaan (evil) sebagai representatif utama dar…
Alvin Plantinga, called by Time magazine "America's leading orthodox Protestant philosopher of God, " has had a profound impact on the philosophical discipline. This book gathers in one place Plantinga's most important work in the philosophy of religion generally and his contribution to the resurgence in Christian philosophy in particular. Organized into four sections -- "Natural Theology and A…
Dari Cornelius Platinga, Jr., pemenang penghargaan Book of the Year Christianity Today pada tahun 1996, lahirlah buku berisi renungan-renungan dengan perhatian-perhatian theologis yang begitu erat dikaitkan dengan keseharian hidup orang Kristen. Jaminan Iman membukakan kebenaran-kebenaran iman Kristen yang mendalam dengan mengajukan pertanyaan-pertanyaan dasar. Misalnya: Seperti apakah Allah it…
Cornelius Plantinga, Jr. mengungkapkan kembali doktrin klasik tentang dosa kepada pembaca masa kini dalam bahasa yang jelas, dengan memakai contoh-contoh dari buku, film, dan sumber-sumber lain yang akrab dengan kehidupan kita. Tujuan Plantinga ialah memaparkan suatu ikhtisar mengenai natur dan dinamika dosa. Ia menunjukkan dosa sebagai perusak shalom, yaitu damai sejahtera, keharmonisan dan ke…
In Symposium, a group of Athenian aristocrats attend a party and talk about love, until the drunken Alcibiades bursts in and decides to discuss Socrates instead. Symposium gives an unsurpassed picture of the sparkling society that was Athens at the height of her empire. The setting of the other dialogues is more sombre. Socrates is put on trial for impiety, and sentenced to death. Euthyphro dis…
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