In many ways C. S. Lewis predicted the future. "He foresaw the rise of trends we're currently experiencing: ethical emotivism, the sometimes unquestioned authority of science, and the increasing use of technology by states to control their populations." -The Gospel Coalition, Joseph A. Kohm Jr. The Abolition of Man discusses why we shouldn't always listen to only reason and cut out our emoti…
In The Great Divorce, C.S. Lewis again employs his formidable talent for fable and allegory. The writer finds himself in Hell boarding a bus bound for Heaven. The amazing opportunity is that anyone who wants to stay in Heaven, can. This is a starting point for an extraordinary meditation upon good and evil, grace and judgment. Lewis?s revolutionary idea is the discovery that the gates of Hell a…
Selected from sermons delivered by C. S. Lewis during World War II, these nine addresses show the beloved author and theologian bringing hope and courage in a time of great doubt. "The Weight of Glory," considered by many to be Lewis's finest sermon of all, is an incomparable explication of virtue, goodness, desire, and glory. Also included are: "Transposition," "On Forgiveness," "Why I Am Not …
Written after his wife's tragic death as a way of surviving the "mad midnight moments," A Grief Observed is C. S. Lewis's honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the midst of loss. This work contains his concise, genuine reflections of that period: "Nothing will shake a man--or at any rate a man like me--out of his merely verbal thinking and his merely notional …
C.S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters has entertained and enlightened readers the world over with its sly and ironic portrayal of human life and foibles from the unique vantage point of Screwtape, a highly placed assistant to “Our Father Below.” At once wildly comic, deadly serious, and strikingly original, C.S. Lewis gives us the correspondence of the wordly-wise devil to his nephew Worm…
"More than any other book of the Bible, Ephesians displays the great purpose and plan of God for the church," Walter Liefeld writes. "It provides a perspective that is unique: God's--and the believer's--view from the 'heavenly realms.'" For those who long to delve into the mind and purposes of God, few books are more helpful than Paul's letter to the Ephesians. Here the apostle paints in broad …
Menjadi manusia mengandung suatu panggilan mulia untuk menghidupi keberadaan yang penuh gairah kehidupan dan keindahan, bukan hanya untuk diri sendiri, tetapi juga untuk orang lain dan seisi alam semesta. Menjawab panggilan ini sama sekali tidak mudah. Beratnya perjuangan kita untuk menghidupi hidup yang mulia seringkali diakibatkan kebodohan dan kelemahan kita sendiri, tetapi syukur kepada All…
Meditasi tentang Iman, Pengharapan, dan Kasih ini memuat usaha menjelaskan konsep iman, pengharapan dan kasih dengan menjernihkan hal-hal ini dari konsep-konsep lain yang mirip, seperti penyamaan iman dengan sikap gampang percaya (credulous) yang naif, menjernihkan apa yang dipahami sebagai pengharapan dalam Alkitab, dengan membedakannya dari "berpikir positif" atau wishful thinking, dan juga m…
Buku ini adalah adaptasi dari seri pendalaman Alkitab bertajuk Tujuh DOsa Maut yang mulanya dibawakan di GRII Kelapa Gading, GRII Pusat, acara In Conversation With di Reformed 21 TV, serta beberapa acara lainnya. DI dalamnya kita akan merenungkan tentang apa yang telah disistematiskan oleh Paus Greforius I sebagai "Tujuh DOsa Maut", yakni: Kecongkakan, Iri Hati, Kemurkaan, Kemalasan, Kerakusan,…
Perintah terpenting dalam Kekristenan dalah mengasihi: pertama, mengasihi Tuhan--yang adalah Kasih itu sendiri--dan kedua, mengasihi sesama kita manusia seperti diri kita sendiri. Di dalam menaati perintah bahagia ini kita akan berjumpa dengan diri kita yang sebenarnya--yaitu kelumpuhan dan keengganan untuk mengasihi--dan sekaligus berjumpa dengan kemurahan-kemurahan Tuhan, yang di dalam rahmat…