Perintah agung Tuhan Yesus bagi orang percaya adalah pergi jadikanlah semua bangsa murid Nya dan hidup sebagai saksi Kristus. Konteks kehidupan zaman para rasul dengan kehidupan saat ini memang sudah jauh berbeda tetapi kuasa dan karya Roh Kudus tetap sama bekerja bagi orang percaya. Lukas mencatat dalam kitab Kisah Para Rasul seorang yang bernama Paulus setelah pertobatannya adalah pemberita Injil yang sangat produktif baik di tengah bangsa Yahudi maupun non Yahudi. Paulus adalah seorang hamba Tuhan yang dipenuhi Roh Kudus sebagai misionaris, rasul, penginjil, guru, gembala, pendeta, teologi dan motivator yang berhasil dalam pelayanan. Dalam membahas makna teks Kisah Para Rasul 17:16-34 secara eksposisi berdasarkan metode penafsiran hermeneutika yang alkitabiah, dengan cara menggali dan menerapkan prinsip-prinsip hermeneutika, agar teks yang dieksposisi dapat dimengerti dan dipahami dengan mudah berdasarkan hasil eksposisi makna teks Kisah Para Rasul 17:16-34. Metode penginjilan yang tepat akan menolong para pemberita Injil dalam mengkomunikasikan Injil secara benar, tepat sasaran, dapat diterima menurut konteks budaya setempat seperti yang dilakukan oleh rasul Paulus dalam pelayanannya. Manusia yang hidup pada zaman ini diperhadapkan dengan berbagai dimensi kehidupan seperti dimensi budaya, agama, sosial, ekonomi politik serta berkembangnya ilmu pengetahuan teknologi dan informatika. Setelah melakukan eksplorasi baik dalam kitab Kisah Para Rasul maupun dalam suratan atau tulisan Paulus, secara implisit maupun eksplisit ada indikasi ditemukan beberapa metode yang Paulus gunakan dalam penginjilannya seperti metode: visitasi (per kunjungan), berkhotbah dan ceramah, kontekstualisasi, mengajar, penginjilan pribadi dan metode penginjilan massal. Hal yang paling akhir dari studi terhadap metode penginjilan Paulus, menunjukkan bahwa Paulus menggunakan metode berkhotbah dan ceramah serta kontekstual. Penerapan penginjilan kontekstual secara terpadu dengan menggabungkan metode berkhotbah dan ceramah dengan cara Adaptasi budaya Yunani yang umum khususnya melalui tulisan kepada "Allah yang tidak dikenal" secara komprehensif dalam kegiatan penginjilannya kepada orang-orang kafir di Atena berdasarkan makna teks Kisah Para Rasul 17:16-34 dalam sidang Areopagus di hadapan para filsafat Epikuros dan Stoa. Respons dari para pendengarnya ditanggapi secara beragam ada yang menolak, menunda dan juga ada yang menerima untuk percaya kepada Allah yang benar seperti yang diberitakan oleh Paulus.

"Seeking to help local churches think more thoroughly about worship and culture so that they can function effectively in contemporary society, Dawn roots her discussion of worship issues in a careful assessment of significant aspects of the present technological, postmodern society and names criteria by which to judge various cultural influences. She also sketches the essential attributes of true worship - worship that keeps God at the center, builds believers' character, and upbuilds the community." "In the process, Dawn discusses music, preaching, Scripture readings, rituals, liturgies, art, and all the accoutrements of worship, and offers practical suggestions for choosing the best tools and forms to deepen worship life, to nurture faith development, and to increase believers' outreach throughout the church and to the world."--BOOK JACKET.

Does it take a miracle to read the Bible? God wrote a book, and its pages are full of his glory. But we cannot see his beauty on our own, with mere human eyes. In Reading the Bible Supernaturally, John Piper aims to show us how God works through his written Word when we pursue the natural act of reading the Bible, so that we experience his sight-giving power -- a power that extends beyond the words on the page. Ultimately, Piper shows us that in the seemingly ordinary act of reading the Bible, something miraculous happens: we are given eyes to behold the glory of the living God. -- Jacket flap.

Readings from a variety of genres and authors provide NT students with essential background information.

Much of what passes as Reformed among our churches is not. As a class of churches that profess allegiance to Reformed theology, practice, and piety, we have drifted from our moorings. This book is written to facilitate change, specifically reformation according to God’s Word as summarized in the Reformed confessions.

By delving into the intricate and immutable laws of nature, as well as opposing beliefs, the author presents a Christian response to science that urges the world to pay tribute to the God who created nature and cares for it. Original.

“There was a time,” writes renowned theologian J. I. Packer in this classic book on biblical holiness, “when all Christians laid great emphasis on God’s call to holiness. But how different it is today! To listen to our sermons and to read the books we write, and then to watch the zany, worldly, quarrelsome way we behave, you would never imagine that once the highway of holiness was clearly marked out for Bible-believers.” In this revised and updated edition of Rediscovering Holiness, the highway is once more clearly marked out for a new generation of readers, pointing to true freedom and joy, both now and in eternity. “There was a time,” writes renowned theologian J. I. Packer in this classic book on biblical holiness, “when all Christians laid great emphasis on God’s call to holiness. But how different it is today! To listen to our sermons and to read the books we write, and then to watch the zany, worldly, quarrelsome way we behave, you would never imagine that once the highway of holiness was clearly marked out for Bible-believers.” In this revised and updated edition of Rediscovering Holiness, the highway is once more clearly marked out for a new generation of readers, pointing to true freedom and joy, both now and in eternity.

Offering readers a comprehensive summary of the major tenets of Reformation theology, this volume convincingly demonstrates the Reformation's enduring importance for the church today.

In one convenient, parallel arrangement, Drs. Beek and Ferguson have harmonized seven important Reformed confessions that have never before been published together.