Veritas: Jurnal Teologi dan Pelayanan

Ethical God-Talk in the Book of Job

Salomo Sihombing — 2025-06-01

Pentecostal Pneumatology as a Hermeneutical Lens for Trinitarian Theology

Minggus Minarto Pranoto — 2025-06-01

This article aims to explain the theology of the Triune God from the perspective of Pentecostal theology. The hermeneutical key for exploring this theme begins with believers’ experience of the person and work of the Holy Spirit, which is inseparable from the work of the other two persons of the Trinity. This experience serves as the basis for critically and theologically examining and reflecting on the theology of the Triune God. The method employed in this article is an exploration of key teachings in Pentecostalism, such as pneumatological hermeneutics, the doctrine of the Full Gospel, and Spirit baptism, in order to explain the theology of the Triune God. Furthermore, the distinctive features of these teachings are brought into dialogue with selected biblical narratives, Patristic theology, and systematic theology in order to strengthen the teaching on the Triune God within Pentecostalism. The author’s thesis is that Pentecostal theology can uniquely contribute to the articulation of the theology of the Triune God through pneumatological hermeneutics, the doctrine of the Full Gospel, and the doctrine of Spirit baptism.

The Relationship between Attachment to Parents and Peers and Religious Commitment in Christian Teens

Meitty Yani — 2025-06-01

The role of parents and peers in religious commitment is very important. Adolescents face many challenges in their various stages of development. One of the challenges adolescents face is growth in faith and relationship with God, as well as determining their identity and perspective in terms of faith, and being objective in assessing their religious beliefs. The role of parents and peers is needed to help adolescents determine their religious commitment. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between attachment to parents and attachment to peers with religious commitment in Christian adolescents. This study involved 310 Christian adolescents aged 15-21 years using purposive sampling. Spearman’s Rank Correlation was used to analyze data from The Religious Commitment Inventory-10 (RCI-10) and Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA) scales. The results showed a significant and positive relationship between attachment to father, mother, and peers with religious commitment among Christian adolescents.

The Man who Prays: Constructing a Post-Heideggerian’s Concept of Subject through the Phenomenology of Jean-Yves Lacoste

Stephen Rehmalem Eliata — 2025-06-01

In contemporary phenomenology, the concept of the subject proposed by early phenomenologists—namely Husserl and Heidegger—has faced various criticisms from contemporary phenomenologists. For contemporary phenomenologists, Husserl and Heidegger’s concept of the subject has numerous problems, rendering it incapable of enabling the subject to attain its true existence. To address this issue, Jean-Yves Lacoste proposes a concept of the subject that focuses on the analysis of the present and/or presence. Within the present and/or presence, Lacoste discovers the true existence of humanity—that is, when a person encounters God in the practice of prayer, specifically when the subject releases all worldly determinations to move toward God. And this encounter with God is the ultimate definition of true existence. Therefore, by employing Lacoste’s subject analysis, the author can propose a concept of the subject capable of addressing the issues in Heidegger’s thought—what the author terms “the man who prays.” Through prayer, the subject leaves the world and moves toward God. It is in this movement toward God that the subject attains its true existence.

Called to Fellowship and Preach the Gospel: A History of the Evangelical Movement in Indonesia with Special Attention to the Indonesian Evangelical Fellowship in 1971

Yusup Yusup — 2025-06-01

This study aims to trace the history of the evangelical movement in Indonesia and its development leading up to the formation of the Indonesian Evangelical Fellowship (PII) in 1971. This study employs a historical method, in which the heuristic process of data collection was conducted through document analysis, literature review, and interviews, which were subsequently selected, interpreted, and presented in the written report. The results reveal that three factors shaped the evangelical movement in Indonesia. In addition to two internal dynamics—namely, the entry of evangelical mission agencies into Indonesia and the polarization of the mission movement at the global level—the consolidation of the evangelical movement in Indonesia was also influenced by an external factor: the political dynamics in Indonesia following 1965.

Abortion and Its Regulations in Indonesia, 2023–2025: A Christian Bioethical Analysis

Denni Boy Saragih — 2025-06-01

Regulations regarding abortion have undergone significant changes since the enactment of Law No. 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code, which contains provisions regarding the criminalization of abortion. There is an exception to the criminalization of abortion for victims of rape and sexual violence up to 14 weeks of pregnancy. The new context of these regulations presents specific pastoral and theological challenges. Through biblical, church history, and theological studies examining the Christian stance on abortion, this article proposes how the Christian faith can maintain its consistency in addressing the issue of abortion, namely, a high regard for the sanctity of human life from the moment of conception. The author also provides practical recommendations based on Christian bioethics, serving as an initial proposal for Protestant-Evangelical churches and communities in Indonesia in addressing this issue.