Minat terhadap ajaran-ajaran John Calvin tidak berkurang sejak munculnya buku ini pada tahun 1939. Demikian juga kebutuhan akan theologi Calvin. Ketika kita memasuki abad ke-21, terbitnya buku yang memberikan ulasan ringkas tapi padat tentang Calvinisme ini sangatlah tepat waktu. Dengan gaya yang lancar dan sistematis, Henry Meeter memberikan secara garis besar apa yang menjadi ciri-ciri yang m…
Yesus berkata, "Aku datang, supaya mereka mempunyai hidup, dan mempunyainya dalam segala kelimpahan" (Yohanes 10:10b). Namun pemahaman orang Kristen masa kini tentang hidup belimpah di dalam Allah begitu minim dan bahkan penuh dengan materialisme yang menyesatkan. Kondisi ini telah menyebarkan kerohanian yang tidak sehat yang harus segera diobati. Hidup yang Berlimpah di dalam Allah merupaka…
"~Dalam buku ini, Kevin Vanhoozer memperkenalkan pembaca kepada cara berpikir tentang theologi Kristen yang membawa usaha yang dimulainya dari buku Drama Doktrin ke tingkat berikutnya. Vanhoozer berpendapat bahwa theologi bukan hanya seperangkat keyakinan kognitif, tetapi juga melibatkan ucapan dan tindakan, Dia menggunakan model teater untuk menjelaskan cara doktrin membentuk pemahaman Kristen…
In This Volume Cornelius Van Til Focuses on the nature of a commitment to biblical authority and its implications for non-Christian thought. To some degree an expansion of and supplement to his The Defense of the faith, this book compares and contrasts a consistently Christian approach to knowledge with interpretations that have been given to it throughout church history. Van Til gives specific…
KARL BARTH IS NOW REGARDED AS THE GREAT PROPHET OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. "Barth's Christology has, it is said, spoken the liberating word for our day. In it, we are told, God's sovereignty above man and his gracious presence with man, are kept in proper balance. "Barth's theology is rapidly becoming the rallying point for mod-ern ecumenism. Roman Catholic and New Protestant theologians a…
In 1950 The Tyndale Press in London published the address contained in the present pamphlet. It is now being republished, with permission, in this country. The writer would gladly have extended the pamphlet by expounding more fully the dialectical and Roman Catholic positions. This has been suggested by reviews of the first edition. But such an extension would tend to defeat the purpose of havi…
In earlier publications the present writer pointed out that the synthesis between a theology based on that of the Ref'ormcrs and a theology based on the philosophy of Kant is an intellectual and spiritual monstrosity. In it Kant, not Calvin is the real victor. The result is the destruction of an intelligible basis for human predication. What is needed is a really Reformational philosophy and th…
"~""All that you expect me to do is to make it reasonable for you to believe in God. And I should like to respond quickly by saying that that is just what I am trying to do."" Why I Believe in God is a one of Van Til's most well-known essays. As one of the leading Reformed apologists of the 20th century, Van Til's argumentation possessed rare and pristine form–logic which only his unique cast…
Dear Pilgrim, It is with great joy that we welcome you to this land, a land that is unlike any other. The journey that you are about to take in this region has been called by various names such as Canaan, Palestine, and now Israel. In biblical times it was considered to be THE CENTER of the world and for the three monotheistic religions - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - it has become the …