To reach this end, Rev. Hasan Sutanto, D.Th., has been spending many years in his research and writing endeavor. He aims to write books with good research, clear writing style, and in the language that common readers may understand.
His first three books are written in Indonesian, namely Hermeneutics: Principles
and Methods of Biblical Interpretation; Greek-Indonesian Interlinear New
Testament and New Testament Concordance; Homiletics: Principles and
Methodologies of Preaching. These three books are designed to be used together in
interpreting the Bible and preparing sermons. They are distributed since the beginning
at subsidized prices to Indonesian seminarians.
In 2017, another version, Greek-Chinese Interlinear New Testament and New
Testament Concordance, was published to fulfill the great of Chinese speaking
churches and seminarians.
Besides these books Rev. Sutanto has also completed another Indonesian book
entitled The Epistle of James: A Reconciling Message that Deserves to be Heard, an
introductory book on the Epistle of James. In the near future he also plans to write
more on the books of biblical study. There are two commentaries on the list, namely A
Commentary on the Epistle of Philippians, and A Commentary on the Epistle
of James. Again, these two commentaries are written in Indonesian.
Rev. Sutanto was a full-time lecturer at the Southeast Asia Bible Seminary in
Malang, Indonesia, and at the Trinity Theological College, Singapore. Presently, in
addition to research and writing, he also actively preaches at numerous churches, and
conducts the seminars on the topics of using interlinear version. He was ordained as a
pastor in 1987. Rev. Sutanto and his wife, Esther, have one son, Nathanael, and one
daughter, Theodora. Both of them have married.
