“A book about the Bible” is likely to be a snare and a delusion. People may get the idea that if you read “a book about the Bible” you don’t need to read the Bible itself. Actually, this is about as sensible as saying that you'd just as soon read about the President of the United States (or the National League batting champion) as meet him at first hand and watch him in action. Books…
The first section of this commentary discusses the author, the place of writing, symbolism, the dating, and various interpretations, theme and the purpose of the book of Revelation. The author provides the historical background for the birth and early years of Christianity. Then follows a verse-by-verse commentary, anchored in sound scholarship. This enlarged 10th printing contains a valuable c…
These masterful expositions on the second chapter of the Book of Ephesians reach the heart of the human problem--man's estrangement from God.
Do books have meaning? Does the Bible ‘make sense’? When we read, how can we be sure the meaning we find is really there and not our own invention? These questions have come to the fore in our postmodern world, and many thinkers are not at all sure they can be answered. That is why Kevin Vanhoozer's voice deserves to be heard. In Is there a meaning in this text? he offers a positive way for…
For too long students have had to resort to nineteenth-century works for scholarly, evangelical studies of Jesus' parables. At last they can turn to a contemporary analysis of the parables by an acknowledged New Testament scholar. While the exposition is in non-technical language, the footnotes are laden with references to scholarly monographs and discussions of technical matters. Each of th…
Istilah-istilah Alkitab dari A-Z, disusun oleh suatu tim internasional yang terdiri lebih dari 150 ilmuwan handal. Informasi esensial dan otoritatif tentang geografi, sejarah, adat kebiasaan dan kebudayaan Israel dan tetangga-tetangganya sebagai latar belakang Alkitab. Mencakup semua kemajuan terakhir yang berhasil dicapai dalam studi penelitian alkitabiah, khususnya bidang arkeologi. Meskip…
Bagaimana Jika Alkitab Tidak Pernah Ditulis? adalah buku yang memberi banyak informasi spiritual maupun pengetahuan. D.James Kennedy mendokumentasikan, secara teliti dan dengan gaya menarik, dampak Alkitab pada setiap bidang yang penting dalam kehidupan. Dan buku ini mengingatkan kita lagi bahwa Alkitab adalah dan selalu akan merupakan Kitab terbesar yang pernah ditulis." --- William J. Bennet…
Khotbah di Bukit mungkin merupakan bagian Kitab Suci yang paling terkenal. Akan tetapi, Khotbah di Bukit juga merupakan salah satu bagian pengajaran Kristus yang paling kurang dimengerti dengan benar. Sinclair B. Ferguson menulis, "Khotbah ini tidaklah bercerita tentang suatu kehidupan ideal di tengah dunia ideal, khotbah ini mengajarkan tentang suatu kehidupan sorgawi di tengah dunia berdosa".…