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…
"Through the Thou a person becomes I. The Thou encounters me by grace - it cannot be found by seeking. But that I speak the basic word to it is a deed of my whole being, is my essential deed." - Martin Buber Identitas kita yang paling mendasar adalah bahwa kita itu manusia - bukan Allah, bukan hewan, bukan tumbuh-tumbuhan, ataupun benda-benda mati. Anda bukanlah kumpulan jasa-jasa baik Anda, r…
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"~What appeared to be a failed revolution at Tian'anmen became the springboard for an unprecedented work of God in the hearts of Chinese intellectuals. Soul Searching represents the firstfruits of this spiritual revolution among former democracy activists who are finding, in the words of Wang Ce, ""the pearl inside the shell"".~"
Augustine. Tertullian. Origen. For too many Christians such names are abstract, one-dimensional legends, innocuous voices from antiquity no longer relevant to modern needs and concerns. However, a closer look at these church fathers reveals writers whose reflections on the apostolic teachings edify all generations of believers. Bryan Liftin helps readers understand the fathers as individuals wh…
What did the Puritans and their successors teach? Was their teaching biblical? What can we learn from them for our life and witness today? These questions guided Dr. LLoyd-Jones in giving the addresses in this volume. Far from sharing the idea that a knowledge of the past is useless or irrelevant, he believed that the study of history is vital to the well-being of the church today. In these add…
These masterful expositions on the second chapter of the Book of Ephesians reach the heart of the human problem--man's estrangement from God.