Christian theology is ethical in nature. Early modern Reformed theologians were dedicated to both the reformation of doctrine and the reformation of life. However. despite renewed interest in post-Reformation Reformed theology over the last three decades, only a few monographs have been devoted to Reformed ethics. While these studies challenge the traditional view and call for reorientation, th…
What is the gospel? Over the years, churches and Christians have been struggling to get this answer right. Since the first century, churches have been facing challenges to defend the gospel, many kinds of gospel have been introduced, and one of the most popular teaching in this era is the prosperity gospel. This new gospel emphasizes health, materially wealth and personally happiness. It is imp…
The idea of family worship may not be a common spiritual practice in our modern home today. The Reformed churches have different views of the concept of having daily family worship, some reformed pastors would deem it an optional practice, subject to the feasibility of family members and suitability of the head of the household. Even ministers or pastors might not adopt family worship themselve…
Humanity as the bearer of the divine image was created for fellowship with God." Nevertheless, since God is transcendent, this kind of fellowship with humanity is only possible in the form of a covenant in Christ, where God sovereignly chooses to bind Himself with us and deal with us immanently. According to Fesko, Adam was in the covenant with God once being created, and in this covenantal rel…
The purpose of this thesis is to examine how a 16th century theologian, John Calvin influenced 17th century theologian, Samuel Rutherford in political theology, which then impact the understanding of the nature of good government, the view of the law, the church- state relationship, the duty of resistance, etc, and how these influences are still applicable today. The historical theological appr…
Beberapa survei analisa telah menunjukkan bahwa kehidupan yang beriman pada masyarakat Barat telah mengalami pergeseran dari yang percaya kepada tuhan yang berotoritas dan berdaulat berubah menjadi kehidupan yang meninggalkan Tuhan dan menggantikan otoritas Tuhan dengan yang lainnya. Hal ini berkaitan dengan semangat ideologi sekularisme yang muncul sebagai antitesis gerakan Reformasi dengan se…
The achievements of the Reformation Movement are mainly the contributions of preachers and preaching. Preaching the Word of God is the center of Church, the Reformation recovered the centrality of preaching in worship. John Calvin said that one of the most important marks of the true Church is the pure preaching of the Word. Preaching service plays an extremely important position in Christianit…
Religious affection is the great missing link in contemporary evangelical Christianity. As a result, churches often mistakenly believe that simply teaching Christians correct doctrines will enable them to live a holy life. Furthermore, many Christians mistakenly believe that Christianity is all about fulfilling a series of religious responsibilities. They are simply satisfied with mediocre Chri…
In this study, we first briefly survey the late medieval thought that fell short of the glory of Christ, focusing on the sources and methods, the person and the work of Christ, and the theology of glory (scholasticism). At the heart of the problems with the late medieval theology is its anthropocentric doctrines of Revelation, Christology and Soteriology that displaced the authority of Christ b…