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The spirit of the Postmodern era is marked by progress in all areas of human life, both technology, science as well as in philosophy, theology and religion. Particulary in the world of theology, the influence of Postmodernism has had a devastating effect on the lives of both believers and the church. This article is a literature review using a reference book that contains discussion of theology, evangelicalism and the Postmodern era by applying descriptive methods. In conclusion, a healthy and consistent theology is a theology that is centered on God and its orientation is from God by God and for God as Paul says in Romans 11:36.

Pengembangan kompetensi profesi guru dalam menunjang kualitas pembelajaran, salah satunya adalah melalui penulisan karya ilmiah yang inovatif dan kreatif, namun masih ada sebagian guru yang belum bisa melakukannya dengan optimal untuk memenuhi standar kompetensinya. Permasalahan tersebut dikarenakan belum terbiasanya guru melakukan kewajiban yang harus dilakukan secara rutin tentang peningkatan kualitas pembelajarannya serta belum adanya tuntutan yang harus dilakukannya, selain terpaksa karena memenuhi kewajiban dalam kenaikan pangkat. Tujuan dalam penulisan ini adalah peningkatan pemahaman guru SMP dan SD dalam melakukan penulisan karya ilmiah, yang berkaitan dengan pengembangan kualitas pembelajarannya melalui gagasan informatif dan kreatif dalam memenuhi kompetensi profesi guru. Metode dalam penulisan jurnal pengabdian masyarakat ini adalah pelatihan, pendampingan, dan diskusi dilakukan oleh semua guru untuk menyusun karya ilmiah dalam bentuk artikel, makalah, laporan, dan pembuatan proposal PTK. Hasil yang dicapai adalah kemajuan (progress) pengabdian ini diukur dari: (1) peningkatan ketrampilan guru dalam memahami penulisan karya ilmiah, (2) manajemen tata cara penulisan, (3) project yang berupa praktif penulisan proposal dan karya ilmiah di akhir pelatihan dengan menerapkan nilai pre-test dan post test yang dilaksanakan pada pertemuan, (4) peningkatan kesadaran menulis, (5) peningkatan peran serta guru, (6) terwujudnya karya ilmiah yang siap dipublikasikan.

This research report is motivated by the large number of sharia financial institutions that have emerged and the increasing number of sharia banks that provide financial services while meeting the increasingly diverse needs of society. With the current abundance of sharia banking, there are accusations that sharia banking is a conventional bank that only has a sharia label attached to it. However, nowadays sharia banks always try to implement Islamic values based on Sharia principles. Sharia banking has a big influence on people's economic activities. Various sharia banking products are expected to be able to encourage and accelerate people's economic progress in accordance with Islamic principles. In Islamic principles, economic activity cannot be separated from the postulate of faith in Allah SWT and even becomes a built in control for economic actors. From here, sharia banking was built and designed to improve the standard of human life. Sharia banking is expected to become an alternative and even a decisive solution for the development of the national economy, especially for Muslims.

Old age is a final stage in the span of human life. Health problems that are often found in the elderly, one of which is psychological disorders, namely anxiety, depression, readiness. These psychological disorders usually cause the emergence of sleep disorders, namely insomnia. Insomnia has an impact on physical effects, namely fatigue and muscle pain. The combination of progressive relaxation techniques and keroncong music is a non-pharmacological therapy given to clients by tensing certain muscles and then relaxing chili sauce accompanied by keroncong music. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a combination of progressive relaxation therapy and keroncong music on insomnia in the elderly at the Setya Manunggal III Posyandu, Semarang Regency. This type of research is a quasi-experimental approach with a one group pre-post-test design without control approach. The population of the study was the active elderly who were registered at the Setya Manunggal III Posyandu Lansia as many as 33 elderly. The research sample was determined by purposive sampling by taking into account certain criteria, namely: 1) the elderly who were registered at the Setyamanunggal III Posyandu, 2) aged 60-74 years. 3) Does not experience limitations or paralysis of limbs 4) Likes keroncong music. The exclusion criteria set included: 1) Elderly people with dementia 2) Elderly people who received medication to help sleep/anti-depressants/sedatives 3) Elderly people with total hearing loss. Insomnia measuring instrument using the KSBPJ Questionnaire. The results showed that there was an effect of Combination of Progressive Relaxation Therapy and Keroncong Music on insomnia in the elderly with a t value of 16,142 > t table.