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Doa Agur :“Permohonan untuk Kemurnian dan Integritas Hidup” Introduction Seorang staff senior di Perkantas pernah berkata, banyak alumni yang justru jatuh ketika berkelimpahan uang. Tampaknya ada satu pembinaan yang diperlukan untuk alumni-alumni kita yaitu bagaimana bagaimana menjaga hidup tetap berintegritas ketika berkelimpahan uang? Ya, tidak sedikit orang Kristen yang ketika mahasiswa menggebu-gebu melayani Tuhan, namun ketika berkelimpahan dengan harta benda, melupakan Tuhan dalam hidup mereka. Tak sedikit pula yang bermasalah dalam hal integritas, khususnya dalam hal keuangan, bahkan yang terlilit hutang atau ketahuan korupsi mengambil uang yang bukan haknya. Kita semua tidak imun terhadap masalah yang satu ini. Kita juga bisa gagal dan jatuh, mengambil keputusan yang salah yang merugikan diri sendiri dan orang lain. Hari ini kita belajar dari doa seorang yang bernama Agur yang meminta 2 hal yang khusus dalam hidupnya kepada Tuhan. Pertama: ia meminta dijauhkan dari k

I. Introduction Hard to understand. In Christianity, we believe in Trinity. But the problem is we can not find the term about Trinity in the bible. Some of the question raised are “Why do you Christians worship three God? What is the meaning of trinity?”, “From what verse or chapter or book in the bible explaining about the doctrine?”. It is difficult for Christians to answer these questions. But as Christians, we have to be prepare to give basic apologetical answers toward the questions of our faith. Doctrinal importance. When we read the gospel of John, we will find the fact that the relation between Father-Son is repetitively mentioned in the whole Gospel of John. There is also a section in this gospel talked about the promise of the Holy Spirit. The first section of this gospel magnificently introduces Jesus as divine. Through this writing I tried to explore about the Holy Trinity especially from the perspective of the Gospel of John. II. Context: The Jews' perspect

Book Review of the McDonaldization of the Church (Consumer Culture and Church's Future) John Drane Introduction The McDonaldization of the Church (Consumer Culture and Church's Future), published by Smyth and Helwys Publishing Inc., Georgia USA in 2001. John William Drane started to write this book on 1980s. This book is one of the most heart searching book that he ever written 1 . The author of this book , John William Drane, was a Head of Practical Theology in the Department of Divinity at the university of Aberdeen. Then, by the end of 2004 he had resigned from that post and is currently a self-employed consultant working with churches of many different denominations throughout the United Kingdom as well as internationally 2 . He also teaches at some seminaries as Fuller Theological Seminary, visiting scholar at Spurgeon's college, visiting Fellow of St. John's College, Durham and some other places. He wrote some books which are best selling book

Bible Study THE TRUE MEANING OF FAITH (Hebrews 11-12:3) Outline of Hebrews 11-12:3 The nature of faith (1-3). The first examples of Faith (4-7) The men who pleased God: The faith of Abel, Enoch and Noah (4-7) The faith of Abraham and Sarah (8-12) Interlude : a faith of Pilgrims (13-16) The second examples of Faith (17-38) The faith of Isaac, Jacob & Joseph  (17-22) The faith of Moses, the Israelites & Rahab (23-31) The faith of others (32-38) Outcome (39-40) The ultimate faith of Christ (12:1-3) Group Discussion. Share about what most help you to persevere in difficult situations? Personal Reflection. Have you ever face a difficult situation which make you fear, worry and choose actions which disobey God? What factors make you take the disobedience decisions? 1. Analyze carefully Hebrews 11:1-3 , what is the definition of true faith? Give your observation of two nature of faith. Hebrews 11:3 tells us that what is seen, the