Buku-buku laris menantang kita untuk memikirkan kembali ide-ide kita tentang Yesus. "Jesus Seminar" membuat berita utama dengan usaha-usahanya yang sistematis untuk merusak ketepatan laporan-laporan Injil. Ajaran-ajaran Zaman Baru tentang Yesus telah masuk ke dalam banyak mimbar gereja. Menanggapi kebingungan ini, "Yesus di Zaman Kontroversi" memberikan kita pelajaran yang jujur dan mudah dipah…
Sejarah hermeneutik yang ada dalam buku ini adalah sejarah penulisan sumber-sumber penulisan hermeneutik beserta hiruk pikuknya di antara para tokoh pendiri dan pengembang hermeneutik itu sendiri. Dalam buku ini terdapat berbagai perdebatan dan kritikan yang bukan hanya dalam konteks bagaimana hermeneutika itu dibuat dan diciptakan, tapi bagaimana saling kritik mewarnai gaya penulisan dan bahka…
This masterful study of the early centuries of Christianity vividly brings to life the religious, political, and cultural developments through which the faith that began as a sect within Judaism became finally the religion of the Roman empire. First published in 1970, Grant's classic is enhanced with a new foreward by Margaret M. Mitchell, which assesses its importance and puts the reader in to…
In a wide-ranging study, Professor Robert Gordon leads the readers from the Garden of Eden to Jerusalem, from Genesis through the Psalms and the gospels to Revelation, and onwards through the patristic period, the Middle Ages, and the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Chapters one to four concentrate on Old Testament texts and themes relating to the 'holy land, holy city'. History, as well as…
Once upon a time there lived a man and a woman. They were the happiest people on the planet. True, they were the only people on the planet, but they were still terrifically happy. Unfortunately, things didn't stay happy and wonderful for long. The Bible is full of exciting stories that fill children with awe and wonder. But kids need to know how all those classic stories connect to Scripture's …
The church at Corinth was no different from the church at Denver, Cleveland, Edgefield, Toronto, or Boone's Creek. Those early believers were confronted by problems of conduct just as we are today. The Corinthians congregation was surrounded by a polluted and idolatrous environment, and we are faced by similar degradation in our society. [ 1st paragraph ] The local church, recognizing that …
Here is a book which will prove encouraging to many a so-called "ordinary Christian." To those who are dismayed and discouraged by the impression that the heights of holiness can be reached only by the seemingly super-human efforts recorded in the lives of many saints—heroic penances, exhausting labors, etc.—this book stresses the one thing necessary: joyful performance of God's will. …
The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and balanced insight into the meanings of the text in the framework of biblical theology. These widel…
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