Banyak distorsi terjadi pada konsep tentang "kasih" yang menyebabkan orang memiliki pandangan yang keliru tentang kasih Allah sebagai kasih yang lembek. D. A. Carson membukakan perspektif Alkitab bagaimana kasih Allah tidak bisa terlepas dari kedaulatan, keadilan, dan kekudusan-Nya, dan justru ini yang banyak ditolak oleh dunia.
With this acclaimed volume in the Pillar New Testament Commentary series, Carson explains the text of John's Gospel to help you minister the Word of God to others, either by preaching or by leading Bible studies. The commentary will also deepen your understanding of the Gospel in your own life and worship. Throughout his commentary Carson does the following: - makes clear the flow of the te…
It can no longer be assumed that most people—or even most Christians—have a basic understanding of the Bible. Many don't know the difference between the Old and New Testament, and even the more well-known biblical figures are often misunderstood. It is getting harder to talk about Jesus accurately and compellingly because listeners have no proper context with which to understand God's story…
In 1943, when all hope was threatened by the inhumanity of war, C.S. Lewis was invited to give a series of BBC lectures addressing the central issues of modern life. More than half a century after the original lectures, they continue to retain their poignancy. First heard as informal radio broadcasts, the lectures were then published as three books and subsequently combined as Mere Christianity…
"A young man who wishes to remain a sound Atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. There are traps everywhere . . . God is, if I may say it, very unscrupulous." This book is not an autobiography. It is not a confession. It is, however, certainly one of the most beautiful and insightful accounts of a person coming to faith. Here, C.S. Lewis takes us from his childhood in Belfast through …
Sebagai salah satu introduksi yang paling populer dan dicintai mengenai iman Kristen yang pernah ditulis, Mere Christianity telah terjual sebanyak jutaan kopi di seluruh dunia. Buku ini menyajikan secara utuh siaran legendaris Lewis pada tahun-tahun peperangan, siaran-siaran yang dimaksudkannya untuk sekadar "menjelaskan dan membela kepercayaan yang umum bagi hampir semua orang Kristen di segal…
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…
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 …
"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 …