A guide to preaching the parables that shows how to first interpret the parables, then proclaim their significance.
Evangelical Theology has long sought to provide people with solid ground on which to base their understanding of God, the world and themselves. For many years the theological journal 'Themelios' (which means 'solid ground' in Greek) has played an important part in that endeavour with its articles written for non-experts by world-renowned evangelical theologians on topics of perennial interest. …
The theology of creation interconnected with virtually every aspect of early Christian thought, from Trinitarian doctrine to salvation to ethics. Paul M. Blowers provides an advanced introduction to the multiplex relation between Creator and creation as an object both of theological construction and religious devotion in the early church. While revisiting the polemical dimension of Christian…
PENGAKUAN IMAN WESTMINSTER dan KATEKISMUS SINGKAT WESTMINSTER tanpa perlu diragukan lagi merupakan ungkapan yang setia dan ringkas tentang wahyu Allah di dalam AIkitab. Selama beberapa dekade ini, studi manual G. I. Williamson tentang Katekismus Singkat Westminster dan Pengakuan Iman Westminster telah menjadi penolong yang tak ternilai dalam memberikan petunjuk mengenai sistem doktrin yang tela…
Pengakuan Iman Westminster dan Katekismus Singkat Westminster tanpa perlu diragukan lagi merupakan ungkapan yang setia dan ringkas tentang wahyu Allah di dalam Alkitab. Selama beberapa dekade ini, studi manual G.I. Willamson tentang Katekismus Singkat Westminster dan Pengakuan Iman Westminster telah menjadi penolong yang tak ternilai dalam memberikan petunjuk mengenai sistem doktrin yang telah …
Interest in the historical Jesus continues to occupy much of today's discussion of the Bible. The vexing question is how the Jesus presented in the Gospels relates to the Jesus that actually walked this earth. Studying the Historical Jesus is an introductory guide to how one might go about answering that question by doing historical inquiry into the material found in the Gospels. Darrell Boc…
This primer on the ministry of preaching connects reading the Bible theologically with preparing and preaching sermons. Hans Boersma explains that exegesis involves looking beyond the historical and literal meaning of the text to the hidden sacramental reality of Christ himself, which enables us to reach the deepest meaning of the Scriptures. He provides models for theological sermons along wit…
One of the most thorough and convincing statements on predestination to have appeared in any language. The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination has been regarded as the authoritative work in this field. A contemporary classic.
One of the most important theologians of the twentieth century illuminates the relationship between ourselves and the teachings of Jesus. What can the call to discipleship, the adherence to the word of Jesus, mean today to the businessman, the soldier, the laborer, or the aristocrat? What did Jesus mean to say to us? What is his will for us today? Drawing on the Sermon on the Mount, Dietrich Bo…
This title of this book was inspired by the happy resolution of a problem of translation. A number of the Latin legal, ecclesiastical, and literary texts discussed below use the expression 'aliena misericordia' to describe the motivation of the person who rescued abandoned children.