Building on the belief that the task of exegesis is to understand the divine-human intention locked within the biblical text, Gordon Fee provides a lucid step-by-step analysis of exegetical procedures that has made New Testament Exegesis a standard textbook for nearly two decades. Now more than ever, with an updated, newly integrated bibliography and an appendix directly addressing reader-respo…
In this resourceful and illuminating exploration of the biblical virtues, Benjamin W. Farley examines both the Old and New Testament and applies their teachings on moral character to the Christian life today. In the process, Farley critically reviews the current philosophical and theological interest in virtue, engages the Aristotelia, Thomist, and modern views of virtue, incorporates and respo…
These brief lessons are based on historical people and events, with insightful questions at the end of each. They will encourage families to talk about what God has done in their lives and in the lives of Christians of years gone by.
"Secara ringkas dan mudah diikuti, Dr. Evans mendemonstrasikan ... betapa pentingnya (inkarnasi) itu dan bagaimana hanya Anak Allah yang berinkarnasi yang dapat menyelamatkan kita." - Robert Letham, Penulis Union with Christ "Evans memperkenalkan kita kepada pengajaran Kitab Suci dan refleksi-refleksi penuh kasih dari beberapa pemikir Kristen terbaik selama berabad-abad ... Buku ini akan me…
Renowned historian G. R. Evans revisits the question of what happened at the Reformation. Contravening traditional paradigms of interpretation, Evans charts the controversies and challenges that roiled the era of the Reformation and argues that these are really part of a much longer history of discussion and disputation. Evans takes up several issues, such as Scripture, ecclesiology, authority,…
In each human being there are rival stances which pervade the personality. Some, such as trust, self-acceptance, and concern, are life-affirming. Others, such as distrust, self-rejection, and self-preoccupation, are destructive. Life is a struggle between these rivals in which the basic issue is, "Which will predominate?" This struggle has been described in different ways by religion tradition,…
Let's face it. Just the word exegesis puts some of us on edge. We are excited about learning to interpret the Bible, but the thought of exegetical method evokes a chill. Some textbooks on exegesis do nothing to overcome these apprehensions. The language is dense. The concepts are hard. And the expectations are way too high. However, the skills that we need to learn are ones that a minister of…
Leading evangelical scholar Millard Erickson offers a new edition of his bestselling textbook, now substantially updated and revised throughout. This edition takes into account feedback from professors and students and reflects current theological conversations, with added material on the atonement, justification, and divine foreknowledge. Erickson's comprehensive introduction is biblical, cont…
"A Book Called In Latin Enchiridion Militis Christiani, And In English The Manual Of The Christian Knight"" is a book written by the famous Dutch philosopher and theologian, Desiderius Erasmus, in 1503. The book is a guide for Christian knights on how to live a virtuous life and how to defend their faith. It is divided into four sections, each focusing on a different aspect of Christian life: f…
Who among us is not interested in success? Yet ambition, the chief means to success, is in bad repute these days, especially in America, and above all among educated Americans. Such is the reluctance even to approach the subject with candor, Joseph Epstein suggest, that many people live "with confusion and contradictions running up the center of their lives, in a state of perturbation, distract…