Dalam risalah ini, John Owen mengupas apa yang dikerjakan Kristus melalui kematianNya bagi penebusan umat pilihanNya. Melalui uraian ayat-ayat Alkitab yang teliti, ia menunjukkan bahwa ajaran penebusan universal (universal redeption) tidak sesuai sama sekali dengan ajaran Alkitab dan sangat merusak berita Injil yang sejati. Risalah ini dipersembahkan kepada mereka yang dengan penuh kesetiaan m…
The holy has been defined existentially and sociologically, and churches too often allow their expectations regarding holiness to be prompted by existential aspirations or the social mores of the Christian community. Perhaps it is not surprising that many view holiness as accidental or expendable, even as a legalistic and conformist posture opposed to the freedom of the gospel. But sanctificati…
The four studies that make up this book were originally prepared for the Princeton Theological Review in celebration of the 400th anniversary of Calvin's birth. The article by Emile Doumergue deals with Calvin's view of asceticism; Lang's study analyses Calvin's doctrine of natural law; Bavinck's essay discusses Calvin's understanding of common grace; Warfield analyses Calvin's teaching on the …
Do the Law and the Gospel belong to two separate dispensations? Has the Gospel replaced the Law? What is the relevance of the Old Testament Law to our lives as Christians? Is there continuity between it and what Christ expects of us in the Gospel? It is no secret that Christians have differed widely on these questions. This book explores five major approaches to this important biblical topic th…
Doktrin mengenai penerapan jasa-jasa Kristus mau tidak mau membawa kita kepada doktrin tentang gereja, sebab gereja terdiri dari orang-orang yang memiliki bagian dalam Kristus dan memiliki berkat-berkat keselamatan yang ada di dalam Dia.
Buku pertama dari Teologi Sistematika ini membahas tentang doktrin Allah: eksistensi Allah, kemungkinan untuk mengenal Allah, atribut dan nama Allah, Tritunggal, pekerjaan Allah, predestinasi, penciptaan, dan providensi.
"~Voted one of Christianity Today's 1996 Books of the Year! The doctrine of God is receiving renewed and vigorous attention among theologians. Even a cursory examination of recent scholarship reveals what leading evangelical theologian Donald Bloesch describes as ""a mounting controversy over the concept of God."" God is variously portrayed as vulnerable (J?rgen Moltmann, Clark Pinnock), as lov…
In the Last Things: Resurrection, Judgment, Glory, Donald Bloesch takes up difficult and sometimes controversial themes such as the coming of the kingdom of God, the return of Jesus Christ, the life hereafter, the millennial hope, the final judgment, hell, heaven, purgatory, and paradise. Wrestling with biblical texts that often take metaphorical form, Bloesch avoids rationalistic reductionism …
One of the most thorough and convincing statements on predestination to have appeared in any language. The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination has been regarded as the authoritative work in this field. A contemporary classic.