Beliau lahir tahun 1936 di Belanda. Ia lulusan Sekolah Tinggi Teologi (Reformed Churches Lieberated), Kampen dan Universitas Negara, Utrecht. Setelah bekerja sebagai pendeta jemaat, ia diangkat menjadi profesor di Universitas Teologi di Kampen, Jurusan Perjanjian Baru, sejak tahun 1967. Pada tahun 1973 ia meraih gelar doktor teologi (Perjanjian Baru) di Utrecht University (cum laude) berdasarka…
A study of the natural basis for supernatural formation. As the sub-title indicates, this is a study of the natural basis for supernatural formation. It stresses the fact that today we live in a culture in transition, that supernatural living rests upon a natural basis, and that modern formation of religious must take into account the personality, attitudes, psychological needs and self-concept…
The Theology in Community series assembles a world-class team of scholars, bringing their unique expertise to bear on biblical and theological topic from the perspectives of biblical theology, systematic theology, history, pastoral application, missiology, and cultural analysis. these volumes-composed in community and combining academic acumen with pastoral pathos-provide for pastors, leaders, …
This Companion provides an accessible introduction to Martin Luther for students of theology and history and everyone interested in the life, work and thought of the first great Protestant reformer. Historians and theologians present a complete picture of Luther's major writing themes and the ways in which his ideas spread and continue to be important. The Companion is oriented to those with li…
Lauded for his thoughts, Augustine of Hippo (354-430) has influenced virtually every philosopher of the last fifteen hundred years. But his personal character and ministry are even more remarkable, for in a time when most monastery dwellers sought solitude, Augustine was always in the company of friends, visiting disciples and writing mentoring letters to those he knew. Augustine as Mentor is w…
Imagine a sports-mad culture, deep into Eastern spirituality, political globalism, and religious syncretism. Where women, finding child-rearing an inconvenience, abandon or abort their babies. A society where divorce and remarriage touches everyone. Imagine a society overrun by sexual deviancy and perversion. Sound familiar? It would sound familiar to the apostle Paul. The culture to which he m…
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…
The outstanding preaching ministry of Thomas Manton (1620-77) was exercised first at Stoke Newington from 1644, then from 1656 in one of the leading Puritan churches in London, St Paul's, Covent Garden. The extent of his pulpit labours is shown by the fact that the twenty-two volumes of the standard 19th century edition of his works consist almost entirely of sermons. The present volume contain…