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Veritas : Jurnal Teologi dan Pelayanan
ISSN : 14117649     EISSN : 26849194     DOI : -
Veritas: Jurnal Teologi dan Pelayanan is a peer-reviewed and open-access journal published semiannually (June and December) by Sekolah Tinggi Teologi SAAT (Southeast Asia Bible Seminary), Malang City, East Java, Indonesia. The journal specializes in evangelical theology that focuses on the novelty in biblical studies, systematic theology, and practical theology, contributing to theological studies and ecclesial ministry. Manuscripts submitted for publication in this journal include quantitative or qualitative field research findings, conceptual and critical studies, exegesis or exposition material, case studies, and other forms of original thought in the broad scope of theological research, supported with academic references that are adequate, robust, and accurate.
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Apologetika Imajinatif: Sebuah Proposal bagi Apologetika dalam Konteks Pascamodern Abel Kristofel Aruan
Veritas : Jurnal Teologi dan Pelayanan Vol 20 No 1 (2021)
Publisher : Sekolah Tinggi Teologi SAAT (Southeast Asia Bible Seminary)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36421/veritas.v20i1.357

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For a long time, classical and evidential apologetics have been firmly established as a way of defending the Christian faith. However, postmodernism appears to criticize the use of absolute verification tools for faith claims. Nevertheless, James K.A. Smith and Alister McGrath see postmodernism as a friend rather than foe, opportunity rather than a challenge. Therefore, paying attention to important criticisms of the spirit of postmodernism will actually help the church to answer the demands of postmodernism itself. This article proposes an imaginative apologetics approach as a solution to answer this criticism. In contrast to classical or evidential apologetics, this apologetics tends to use imagination more than before in efforts to account for the Christian faith. When apologetics accepts dry accusations and seems to override existential aspects that actually dwell in humans, imaginative apologetics can be a proposed solution to avoid these accusations. Two implications emerge from this reasoning. First, in apologetic dialogues, an apologist must use more imaginative rhetorical tools. Second, the church must help listeners get an imaginative presentation of what it’s like to live as a Christian by presenting them with stories of everyday Christian life. Thus, instead of the church using apologetics, the church is apologetics itself.
Kehadiran Tuhan di Tengah Umat-Nya: Dari Penciptaan ke Penciptaan yang Baru Martus Adinugraha Maleachi; Hendra Yohanes
Veritas : Jurnal Teologi dan Pelayanan Vol 19 No 1 (2020)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36421/veritas.v19i1.361

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In biblical studies and biblical theology, a central question still discussed until today is the following: what theme or motif can unify the biblical storyline from OT to NT? This article proposes the motif of the presence of God, who indwells among His people, as the answer. God, who desires to be near to His people, reveals His presence in holy places across biblical accounts. By using word studies, intertextual studies in the canonical bible, and extrabiblical studies, this article demonstrates that God's revealing of His presence focused in holy places that He established in this world, began from the Garden of Eden in the first creation and extended through the Tabernacle, the Temple, the Church, to the creation of the new heaven and earth. The purpose of this article is to present a biblical overview of the presence of God among His people and its implications for the Christian life.
COVID-19 dan Tumit Achilles Iman Kristen David Alinurdin
Veritas : Jurnal Teologi dan Pelayanan Vol 19 No 1 (2020)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36421/veritas.v19i1.373

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The beginning of 2020 was marked by one event that shocked the world. The new Coronavirus that has spread in Wuhan, China, since the end of 2019, massively began to spread to various countries around the world, becoming a pandemic called COVID-19 (Corona Virus Disease 2019). Humans around the world are faced with condition that shocks and destroys various aspects of life. Not only worry about the physical suffering caused by COVID-19 but also all aspects of political, economic, and social life, to human religiosity and spirituality. The problem of suffering can be likened to the "Achilles' heel" of the Christian faith or, in other words, the weak point of the Christian faith. Humans have struggled for centuries to answer the question of how a good and loving God allowed such evil and suffering to run rampant in His created world, and to this day he still struggles with the same question. Especially now that we are looking at the condition of the world being ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic, some of us may ask whether God really exists? Is He the sovereign God who is still at work in this world or has He let go? Is He a good God and cares about the suffering in the world? If He is a good God, why did He create this world with pathogenic viruses that cause deadly diseases? Then, how can we as God's people work to express His omnipotent and all-good presence concretely to the world that is struggling right now? Some of the crucial questions above will be discussed and answered in this editorial section.
Optimisme yang Tidak Menjanjikan: Kajian terhadap Transhumanisme dari Perspektif Antropologi Kristen Wendy Wendy; David Alinurdin
Veritas : Jurnal Teologi dan Pelayanan Vol 20 No 1 (2021)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36421/veritas.v20i1.408

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Transhumanism is a cultural and philosophical movement that sees humans as having the right and morphological freedom to evolve towards a posthuman state by radically modifying and enhancing human nature and capacity using the latest technologies such as genetic engineering, robotics, artificial intelligence, and nanotechnology. The posthuman that transhumanism craves is the human condition impervious to degeneration, disease, and even death. The end goal is to live longer or even immortal to enjoy unlimited happiness. By observing the development of the transhumanist agenda, there are concerns from scholars in the interdisciplinary fields of science, technology, and theology that humanity will be transformed by technology or even become marginalized and extinct. This article aims to examine transhumanism from Christian anthropology, which includes three aspects: the origin and nature of man, the reality of human life, and solutions to human problems. The results of the study show that the promise of transhumanism regarding human evolution with morphological freedom and self-determination to strive for progress towards a posthuman state is unpromising to achieve because human nature, which has fallen into sin, tends to destroy or exchange good for evil. The agenda and optimism of transhumanism to completely remove degeneration, disease, and death from human life by using the latest technology is impossible to realize because all these realities are the impact of the fall of man into sin, which can only be overcome by divine means through redemptive work of Christ which carries out the transformation of soul and body holistically
“Kafirlah Hukumnya Orang yang Menyembah Tuhan yang Tiga Itu”: Menampik Tuduhan Terkait Problem Doktrin Tritunggal Yudi Jatmiko
Veritas : Jurnal Teologi dan Pelayanan Vol 20 No 1 (2021)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36421/veritas.v20i1.412

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The Trinity is a fundamental doctrine in the Christian faith. Though the word “trinity” never appears in the Bible, its truth is displayed throughout the entire writing of Scripture. However, it does not mean that all people accept this truth. In the Indonesian context, whose major population is Muslim, the idea of one God but three, and three but one, is very polytheistic. Muslims highly regard the concept of monotheism. Standing on this monotheistic truth, to them, the idea of the Trinity is not just simply weird but must also be vigorously rejected. Observing the above two facts, the author sees the need for an apologetic defense against those accusations. This article exerts to describe allegations concerning the theological and logical problems of the Trinity as well as provide an adequate apologetic defense. This article aims to present an objective apologetic defense in the belief that the doctrine of Trinity is monotheistic (theological defense), and even though far surpassing the limited human reasoning, Trinity is not irrational (logical defense).