Di dalam esainya, Tujuan Allah Menciptakan Dunia, sang theolog besar Jonathan Edwards menyatakan bahwa tujuan ultimat Allah adalah manifestasi kemuliaan-Nya di dalam kebahagiaan tertinggi dari mahluk ciptaan-Nya.. John Piper telah mendedikasikan tiga puluh tahun pelayanannya untuk menjelajahi implikasi-implikasi dari kebenaran yang mencengangkan ini terhadap kehidupan dan pelayanan. Memahami…
Anda belum benar-benar dikatakan mengenal seseorang sampai anda mengetahui apa yang dapat membuatnya benar-benar bahagia. Kesukaan kita adalah ukuran untuk mengetahui karakter kita yang sesungguhnya demikian pula dengan Allah. Kita dapat menyadari kebesaran kemuliaan-Nya bersuka. Oleh karena itu, kita semestinya berusaha memahami "kesukaan Allah." Buku ini bukan mengenai diri Anda. Buku ini …
"Foxe's Book of Martyrs" bukan sekedar buku bagi ahli sejarah. Foxe menulisnya untuk mendokumentasikan penganiayaan terhadap gereja; tubuh Kristus sendiri. Ini adalah buku tentang kasih karunia Allah dan kesetiaan anak-anakNya. Foxe's Book of Martyrs berkisah tentang iman yang tidak runtuh, tidak saja karena diterpa kesulitan hidup, bahkan apabila mengalami penganiayaan yang mengerikan dan beru…
Buku "Asia Tenggara dalam Kurun Niaga 1450 - 1680 ; Tanah di Bawah Angin" ini merupakan jilid pertama dari dua jilid penyusunan kronik permulaan kebudayaan Asia Tenggara dari tahun 1450 hingga 1680. Anthony Reid bersemangat meneliti secara cermat kehidupan sehari-hari masyarakat dalam hal wilayah, makanan, perumahan, perniagaan, pola-pola kesejahteraan dan pertunjukkan populer. Kajiannya memung…
Why are there 66 books in the Bible? Is the Bible missing any books? Who wrote the Bible? Is The Bible enough? Are there contradictions? Where is the proof of creation? This Pocket Guide to the Bible will give you answers to these questions and more. The Bible contains the very words of God and is the key to understanding the world in which we live. It is the history book of the universe, an…
Can we really believe the biblical account of Noah's Ark? How could it hold all those animals? How could Noah care fo all of them? What did Noah's Ark look like? How did kangaroos get to Australia? Has Noah's Ark been found? Answer these questions and more with this biblical and scientific look at the Genesis account of Noah and his obedience. The Pocket Guide to Noah's Ark combines the late…
How does the human body react to emergencies? Is the human eye really a bad design, as evolutionists like to point out? how is the human brain better than any supercoumputer? What's so amazing about skin and bones? These and other questions are answered in this Pocket Guide to the Human Budy. Anatomist Dr. David Menton is joined by other scientists who show how the amazing design of the huma…
Is there a time gap between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2? Were the days of creation really long ages? Can't we just add evolution to the Bible? What's so bad about believing in millions of years? These and other questions are answered in this Pocket Guide to Compromise. Many Christians try to add millions of years to the Bible in order to make it fit with modern geological theories, or to try and loo…
It can no longer be assumed that most people--or even most Christians--have a basic understanding of the Bible. Many don't know the difference between the Old and New Testament, and even the more well-known biblical figures are often misunderstood. It is getting harder to talk about Jesus accurately and compellingly because listeners have no proper context with which to understand God's story o…
The apostle Paul writes of an individual in conflict, with self, others, and God. The loser on this battlefield is truly a winner. A careful integration of social science and New Testament study interprets Paul's insights into the self, New Testament scholar J. Knox Chamblin presents what is essentially a systematic theology of the self.