"~""Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst,"" declared Thomas Paine, adding, ""every other species of tyranny is limited to the world we live in; but this attempts to stride beyond the grave, and seeks to pursue us into eternity."" Paine's years of study and reflection on the role of religion in society culminated with his final work, The Age of Reason. This …
Buku ini membahas akronim TULIP yang menjadi salah satu ciri khas theologi Reformed tentang kerusakan manusia, predestinasi dan panggilan efektif Allah atas kaum pilihan kepada keselamatan, serta ketekunan sampai kepada kesudahannya. Palmer memberikan pembahasan yang lugas namun sangat berbobot.
WOLFHART PANNENBERG is widely regarded as one of the foremost theologians in the world today. The publication of this book advances Pannenberg's masterly three-volume Systematic Theology - a work that will surely come to stand as one of the grand and lasting theological statements of the twentieth century. Moving beyond his commanding discussions of epistemology and theology proper in Volume…
TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) Post-Conciliar perspectives by Joseph Papin -- 2.) God: a pragmatic reconstruction by Eugene Fontinell -- 3.) The role of the Bible in the theology of the future by Krister Stendahl -- 4.) The meaning of Revelation by Avery Dulles -- 5.) De-Judaization and Hellenization: the ambiguities of Christian identity by Jaroslav Pelikan -- 6.) Morality: underlying and unchanging p…
TEMUILAH CALVIN YANG SESUNGGUHNYA! Nama John Calvin menimbulkan banyak gambaran yang kuat, kebanyakan negatif. Dalam pikiran banyak orang, dia dianggap sebagai seorang theolog menara gading, yang tidak praktis dan penyendiri, yang keras dan tidak masuk akal, kekuatan pendorong di balik sistem theologis yang berbahaya. Dlam buku ini, Burk Parsons dan delapan belas pendeta dan cendikiawan Reforme…
John Calvin's name evokes powerful images, most of them negative. In the minds of many, he is perceived as an ivory-tower theologian who was harsh and unreasonable, the driving force behind a dangerous theological system. In this volume, Burk Parsons and eighteen other leading Reformed pastors and scholars authoritatively reveal the truth about Calvin and his teaching - that he was humble, cari…
Among the several prominent themes in the Bible, the story of Israel is one that has attracted recent attention and study. The biblical story of Israel--in its election, sin, exile and restoration--is a finely articulated drama of the glory and the plight of the universal story of humanity and creation. And the story of Jesus, born from the womb of Israel as its Messiah and true seed of Abraham…
The New Testament writers proclaimed their message passionately and persuasively. This volume explores how we can preach faithfully from those texts. The chapters cover the main texts and genres of the New Testament, and offer particular insights into the infancy narratives, parables, miracles, the Sermon on the Mount, ethics, future hope and judgment, archaeology and history, hermeneutics and …
Are you a carnal or a spiritual Christian? Rivers of Living Water, a discussion of a carnal and a spiritual Christian's characteristics, will aid you in answering this question. The solution to carnality and defeat is found in God's Word. Habitual victory can be every Christian's experience. Ruth Paxson defines victory as more than outward control over expression of sin. Real victory inv…