Practical Theology, Spirituality & Formation

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1 The Pasor as Pubic Theoogian Recaiming a Los Vision Kevin J. Vanhoozer and Owen Srachan The Chrisian body in America is immersed in a crisis of bibica iieracy, researcher George Barna has said. Sady, pasors are ofen a he forefron of his rend. Many pasors undersand hemseves o be counseors, eaders, and moivaors, which are needed roes. Ye he fundamena reaiy of he pasorae is ha i is a heoogica office. The church needs pasors who can conexuaize he Word of God o guide heir congregaions in hinking heoogicay abou a aspecs of heir ives, such as work, end-of-ife decisions, poiica invovemen, and enerainmen. The very hear of he pasor s work is o be a heoogian mediaing God o he peope. Drawing on he depicion of pasors in he Bibe, key figures from church hisory, and Chrisian heoogy, his brief and accessibe book offers a carion ca for pasors o serve as pubic heoogians in heir congregaions and communiies. The church needs pasors o read he word in igh of he Scripures and o direc heir congregaions in ways of wisdom, shaom, and human fourishing. The Pasor as Pubic Theoogian cas for a paradigm shif in he very idea of wha a pasor is and does, seing forh a posiive aernaive picure. In addiion o pasors, his book wi be invauabe o seminary sudens raining o be pasors and o heir professors. A concuding chaper from working pasors iusraes he ideas presened in he book. Coming Soon January pp. coh $ Theoogy, Pracica Theoogy/Church Life, Chrisianiy and Cuure, Homieics Kevin J. Vanhoozer (PhD, Universiy of Cambridge) is research professor of sysemaic heoogy a Triniy Evangeica Diviniy Schoo. He previousy augh a Wheaon Coege and he Universiy of Edinburgh. He is he auhor or edior of many books, incuding Everyday Theoogy, The Drama of Docrine, and he award-winning Dicionary for Theoogica Inerpreaion of he Bibe. Owen Srachan (PhD, Triniy Evangeica Diviniy Schoo) is assisan professor of Chrisian heoogy and church hisory a Boyce Coege and he coauhor of The Essenia Edwards Coecion. The Rebirh of he Church Appying Pau s Vision for Minisry in Our Pos-Chrisian Word Eddie Gibbs 272 pp. paper $ Speaking of Dying Recovering he Church s Voice in he Face of Deah Fred Craddock, Dae Godsmih, and Joy V. Godsmih 240 pp. paper $ Miniseria Ehics Mora Formaion for Church Leaders, 2nd ed. Joe E. Tru and James E. Carer 288 pp. paper $ Everyday Theoogy How o Read Cuura Texs and Inerpre Trends Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Chares A. Anderson, and Michae J. Seasman, eds. 288 pp. paper $ For he mos compee and updaed informaion on hese ies, visi

2 Generous Spaciousness Responding o Gay Chrisians in he Church Wendy VanderWa-Grier Commied Chrisians may respond differeny o gay and esbian Chrisians. Bu poariy and enmiy ofen hinder pubic winess, aienae young peope, and wound hose in he sexua minoriy. How can we engage hose wih whom we migh disagree and navigae our journey ogeher in a way ha nurures uniy, hospiaiy, humiiy, and jusice? Through her exensive experience in minisering o gay and esbian Chrisians, Wendy VanderWa-Grier has come o beieve we need a new paradigm for how he church engages hose in he sexua minoriy. She encourages generous spaciousness, a hope-fied, reaiona, and auhenic way forward for hose in urmoi regarding a response o gay and esbian Chrisians. Generous spaciousness invies peope ino robus conversaion, carifying heir convicions and vaues and encouraging hem o move forward in reaionship wih Jesus Chris. This book offers a framework for discussing diversiy in a gracious way, showing ha he church can be a pace ha wecomes a variey of perspecives on he compex maer of human sexuaiy. I aso offers pracica advice for impemening generous spaciousness in churches and organizaions. Generous Spaciousness wi appea o pasors, counseors, and minisry professionas as we as gay and esbian Chrisians and heir famiies and friends. Endorsemen May pp. paper $ Pracica Theoogy/Church Life, Spiriuaiy/Spiriua Formaion, Ehics Wendy VanderWa-Grier (MDiv, Tyndae Seminary) has been execuive direcor of New Direcion Minisries of Canada for over a decade. She is curreny compeing her docora disseraion on he heme of generous spaciousness a Knox Coege, Universiy of Torono. She is an inernaionay recognized conribuor o conversaions abou faih and sexuaiy and is an acive speaker a high schoos, coeges, seminaries, churches, Chrisian camps, and conferences. I can imagine a more imey book. Modeing he very generous spaciousness ha she advocaes, VanderWa-Grier s hear is on every page. The church is a a crucia momen of ransiion in reaion o gay sisers and brohers, and his wonderfuy wrien book wi prove o be one of he mos hepfu guides in he mids of change. Profoundy and deepy bibica, heoogicay rich, and rooed in years of humbe, respecfu, and vunerabe isening, VanderWa-Grier s wisdom is precisey wha we so desperaey need. Brian Wash, Universiy of Torono; auhor of Kicking a he Darkness: Bruce Cockburn and he Chrisian Imaginaion Vunerabe Communion A Theoogy of Disabiiy and Hospiaiy Thomas E. Reynods 256 pp. paper $ Gracious Chrisianiy Living he Love We Profess Dougas Jacobsen and Rodney J. Sawasky 144 pp. paper $ Unamed Hospiaiy Wecoming God and Oher Srangers Eizabeh Newman 236 pp. paper $ Becoming Friends Worship, Jusice, and he Pracice of Chrisian Friendship Pau J. Wade 186 pp. paper $ For he mos compee and updaed informaion on hese ies, visi

3 Exporing Psychoogy and Chrisian Faih An Inroducory Guide Pau Moes and Donad J. Teinghuisen Inroducory psychoogy courses can raise significan quesions abou he naure of being human. Chrisianiy, wih is emphasis on humans made in he image of God, has a cear perspecive. Psychoogy offers answers oo, bu hey are ofen suby impied. Drawn from more han fify years of cassroom experience, his inroducory guide provides sudens wih a coheren framework for considering psychoogy from a Chrisian perspecive. The auhors expore bibica hemes of human naure in reaion o a major areas of psychoogy, showing how a Chrisian undersanding of humans can inform he sudy of psychoogy. Brief, accessibe chapers correspond o sandard inroducory psychoogy exbooks, making his an exceen suppemena ex. End-of-chaper quesions are incuded. Conens 5 Themes of a Bibica View of Human Naure Inroducion: Why Did I Do Tha? 1. Who Am I? Themes of Human Naure 2. Tes Time! Research Mehodoogy 3. Bodies Reveaed : Brain and Behavior 1 4. The Ghos in he Machine: Brain and Behavior 2 5. Who Is in Conro: Consciousness 6. Making Sense of Your Surroundings: Sensaion, Percepion, and Aenion 7. Learning from he Hear: Learning 8. Remember Me: Memory 9. Think abou I! Thinking: Decision Making and Reasoning 10. Moving oward a Goa: Deveopmen 11. Trus Your Feeings! Emoion 12. We re in This Togeher! Socia Psychoogy Faihfu Aiude and Acion: Socia Psychoogy The REAL You! Personaiy 15. In Search of Normaiy: Psychoogica Disorders 16. Meaningfu Heaing: Therapy References Augus pp. paper $ Psychoogy/Counseing Pau Moes (PhD, Texas Chrisian Universiy) is professor of psychoogy a Cavin Coege. He previousy augh a Dord Coege for eigheen years. He has wrien abou Chrisian approaches o undersanding brain funcion, persona responsibiiy, and human naure. Donad J. Teinghuisen (PhD, Universiy of Iowa) is professor of psychoogy, aso a Cavin Coege. He previousy augh a Augusana Coege. His curren research ineress incude he reaionship beween praciced reigious behavior and cogniion. Moes and Teinghuisen have augh psychoogy for more han fify years combined. Counseing and Psychoherapy A Chrisian Perspecive Siang-Yang Tan 512 pp. coh $ Soufu Spiriuaiy Becoming Fuy Aive and Deepy Human David G. Benner 208 pp. paper $ Spiriuaiy and he Awakening Sef The Sacred Journey of Transformaion David G. Benner 256 pp. paper $ For he mos compee and updaed informaion on hese ies, visi

4 Bibica Preaching The Deveopmen and Deivery of Exposiory Messages, 3rd ed. Haddon W. Robinson This infuenia ex, named by Preaching as One of he 25 Mos Infuenia Preaching Books of he Pas 25 Years, is a conemporary cassic in he fied. I offers sudens, pasors, and Bibe eachers exper guidance in he deveopmen and deivery of exposiory sermons. The new ediion has been updaed hroughou and incudes hepfu exercises. Praise for he Second Ediion An exceen primer, he one I recommend and use.... Novices can cu heir eyeeeh on his book, and seasoned preachers wi see in back and whie wha hey have done inuiivey for years. Jeffrey Arhurs, Journa of he Evangeica Homieics Sociey Conens March pp. coh $ Homieics UK righs: IVP 1. The Case for Exposiory Preaching 2. Wha s he Big Idea? 3. Toos of he Trade 4. The Road from Tex o Sermon 5. The Arrow and he Targe 6. The Shapes Sermons Take 7. Making Dry Bones Live 8. Sar wih a Bang and Qui A Over 9. The Dress of Though 10. How o Preach So Peope Wi Lisen A Fina Word Sampe Sermon and Evauaion Suden Exercises Answers o Suden Exercises Indexes Modes for Bibica Preaching Exposiory Sermons from he Od Tesamen Haddon W. Robinson and Paricia Baen, ediors This companion voume o Bibica Preaching provides modes of bibica preaching from Od Tesamen exs. This aows sudens of preaching o see he heory of Robinson s cassic work feshed ou in acua sermons from exempary preachers. Foowing each sermon, Robinson offers a brief commenary and inerviews he preacher, providing sudens wih pracica insigh ino minisry ife and sermon preparaion. Apri pp. paper $ Homieics, Pracica Theoogy/Church Life Haddon W. Robinson (PhD, Universiy of Iinois) is he Harod John Ockenga Disinguished Professor of Preaching and senior direcor of he Docor of Minisry Program a Gordon-Conwe Theoogica Seminary. He is he auhor of numerous books. Paricia Baen (DMin, Gordon-Conwe Theoogica Seminary) eaches homieics a Gordon-Conwe and has served various churches in pasora or preaching roes. The Worship Archiec A Bueprin for Designing Cuuray Reevan and Bibicay Faihfu Services Consance M. Cherry 320 pp. paper $ The Specia Service Worship Archiec Bueprins for Weddings, Funeras, Bapisms, Hoy Communion, and Oher Occasions Consance M. Cherry 336 pp. paper $ For he mos compee and updaed informaion on hese ies, visi

5 Dangerous Passions, Deady Sins Learning from he Psychoogy of Ancien Monks Dennis Okhom Dangerous Passions, Deady Sins unpacks he psychoogica insighs found in he wriings of hree eary monks Evagrius Ponicus (fourh cenury), John Cassian (fifh cenury), and Gregory he Grea (sixh cenury) o hep us appreciae he reevance of hese monasic wriers and appy heir wisdom o our own spiriua and psychoogica we-being. The book addresses each of he seven deady sins, offering pracica guidance from he eary monasic radiion for overcoming hese dangerous passions in our ives oday. As Dennis Okhom inroduces key monasic figures, ieraure, and hough of he eary church, he reaes eary Chrisian wriings o modern sudies in psychoogy. He shows how ancien monks ofen anicipaed he insighs of conemporary psychoogy and socioogy, exporing, for exampe, how heir discussions of guony compare wih curren discussions regarding eaing disorders. No ony wi readers gain resources for deaing wih wha were evenuay abeed he seven deady sins bu hey wi aso reaize ha here is a weah of wisdom in eary Chrisian sources ha anicipaed more recen discoveries. Dangerous Passions, Deady Sins wi appea o sudens of spiriuaiy and spiriua formaion as we as readers ineresed in spiriuaiy, eary monasic resources, and ancien wisdom for human fourishing. Conens 1. Geing Oriened 2. Guony 3. Lus 4. Greed 5. Anger 6. Envy 7. Soh 8. Vaingory Addendum Index May pp. paper $ Ehics, Psychoogy/Counseing, Spiriuaiy/Spiriua Formaion Dennis Okhom (PhD, Princeon Theoogica Seminary) is professor of heoogy a Azusa Pacific Universiy and adjunc professor a Fuer Theoogica Seminary. He has more han hiry years of eaching experience. A Benedicine obae, Okhom speaks frequeny in church and youh group seings and serves as assisan pasor a Hoy Triniy Angican Church in Cosa Mesa, Caifornia. He is he auhor or edior of many books, incuding Monk Habis for Everyday Peope. Monk Habis for Everyday Peope Benedicine Spiriuaiy for Proesans Dennis Okhom 144 pp. paper $ Giering Vices A New Look a he Seven Deady Sins and Their Remedies Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung 208 pp. paper $ Good News for Anxious Chrisians 10 Pracica Things You Don Have o Do Phiip Cary 224 pp. paper $ The Brazos Inroducion o Chrisian Spiriuaiy Evan B. Howard 496 pp. coh $ For he mos compee and updaed informaion on hese ies, visi

6 Effecive Inercuura Communicaion A Chrisian Perspecive A. Sco Moreau, Evvy Hay Campbe, and Susan Greener Encounering Mission A. Sco Moreau, series edior Wih he deveopmen of insananeous goba communicaion, i is via o communicae effecivey across cuura boundaries. This addiion o he accaimed Encounering Mission series offers conemporary inercuura communicaion insighs o mission professors, sudens, and praciioners. Case sudies, abes, figures, and sidebars are incuded. Conens Juy pp. paper $ Mission A. Sco Moreau (DMiss, Triniy Evangeica Diviniy Schoo) is professor of inercuura sudies a Wheaon Coege Graduae Schoo. He is he auhor or coauhor of severa books, incuding Inroducing Word Missions. Evvy Hay Campbe (PhD, Michigan Sae Universiy) is associae professor of inercuura sudies emeria a Wheaon Coege. Susan Greener (PhD, Universiy of Iinois, Urbana) is associae professor of inercuura sudies, aso a Wheaon Coege. The auhors have significan inercuura experience. Aso in he Series Inroducion Par 1: Inroducing Inercuura Communicaion 1. Wha Is Inercuura Communicaion? 2. The Sory Line of Inercuura Communicaion 3. Perspecives on Inercuura Communicaion Par 2: Foundaions of Inercuura Communicaion Paerns 4. Wordview and Inercuura Communicaion 5. Verba Inercuura Communicaion 6. Socieies and Socia Insiuions 7. Neworks, In-groups, and Socia Change Par 3: Paerns of Inercuura Communicaion 8. Nonverba Inercuura Communicaion 9. Conexing 10. Poychronic and Monochronic Time 11. Individuaism and Coecivism 12. Socia Power in Inercuura Communicaion 13. Gender Roes 14. Honor and Jusice Par 4: Deveoping Inercuura Experise 15. Cuura Adapaion 16. Inercuura Compeence 17. Inercuura Reaionships 18. Inercuura Evangeism 19. Inercuura Discipeship 20. Inercuura Church Paning 21. Cross-Cuura Teaching and Learning 22. Inercuura Minisry hrough Teams 23. Confic and Cuure 24. The Fuure of Inercuura Communicaion Index Encounering Theoogy of Mission Bibica Foundaions, Hisorica Deveopmens, and Conemporary Issues Craig O and Sephen J. Srauss wih Timohy C. Tennen 416 pp. paper $ Encounering Missionary Life and Work Preparing for Inercuura Minisry Tom Seffen and Lois McKinney Dougas 416 pp. paper $ The Changing Face of Word Missions Engaging Conemporary Issues and Trends Michae Pocock, Gaiyn Van Rheenen, and Dougas McConne 400 pp. paper $ Inroducing Word Missions, wih CD A Bibica, Hisorica, and Pracica Survey A. Sco Moreau, Gary R. Corwin, and Gary B. McGee 352 pp. coh $ For he mos compee and updaed informaion on hese ies, visi

7 Mark Canniser (EdD, Universiy of Pisburgh) is professor of Chrisian minisries and chair of he Division of he Humaniies a Gordon Coege. He is execuive adminisraor for he Associaion of Youh Minisry Educaors, and has served as presiden of he Norh American Professors of Chrisian Educaion and senior edior of he Journa of Youh Minisry. Hur 2.0 Inside he Word of Today s Teenagers Chap Cark 288 pp. paper $ Foundaions for Youh Minisry Theoogica Engagemen wih Teen Life and Cuure, 2nd ed. Dean Borgman 320 pp. paper $ Donad Opiz (PhD, Boson Universiy) is professor of socioogy and higher educaion a Geneva Coege, where he direcs he Maser of Ars in Higher Educaion program. Derek Meeby (MA, Geneva Coege) is direcor of he Coege Transiion Iniiaive for he Cener for Paren/Youh Undersanding and an associae saff member of he Coaiion for Chrisian Oureach. Spiriua Formaion in Emerging Aduhood A Pracica Theoogy for Coege and Young Adu Minisry David P. Seran and Chris A. Kiesing 288 pp. paper $ The Life of he Mind A Chrisian Perspecive Cifford Wiiams 96 pp. paper $ Teenagers Maer Making Suden Minisry a Prioriy in he Church Mark Canniser Youh, Famiy, and Cuure Chap Cark, series edior Mark Canniser has given his career o cuivaing space for ove and commimen beween budding youh workers and youh minisry, beween academic discourse and he fied of youh minisry, beween he young peope hemseves and he church. This book is he manifesaion of hose many years of deepening ski and passion. Andrew Roo, Luher Seminary Many have sounded he aarm regarding he damage done by parens who choose o spend heir ime sefishy focusing on pursuis ha have come o maer more han raising heir chidren. Bu is i possibe ha in our congregaions we ve been sefish as we, isoaing eenagers in age-segregaed minisries wihou aso inegraing hem in he fu ife of he church? Mark Canniser makes i cear ha eenagers can, do, and mus maer in he ife of he church. Pasors, youh workers, parens, and church members who read Teenagers Maer wi be chaenged o re-hink and re-srucure youh minisry in ways ha refec bibica prioriies and promoe significan spiriua growh. Wa Mueer, Cener for Paren/Youh Undersanding Learning for he Love of God A Suden s Guide o Academic Faihfuness Donad Opiz and Derek Meeby Wha does discipeship have o do wih earning? How do I foow Jesus as a suden? Wha does he Lord require of me a universiy? This marveous book answers jus hese sors of quesions. I s one of a kind, an expansive vision of Chrisian earning wrien no for professors bu for sudens. Bes of a, his is a book ha can profi sudens in any educaiona conex, secuar or reigious. James K. A. Smih, Cavin Coege; auhor of Desiring he Kingdom: Worship, Wordview, and Cuura Formaion This is he sor of book ha shoud be read by Chrisian sudens going o coege and sudied in campus feowship groups. I provides cear and accessibe guideines as o how o reae one s faih o academics. I hope i wi be widey used. George Marsden, Universiy of Nore Dame (emerius); auhor of The Ourageous Idea of Chrisian Schoarship Now Avaiabe 288 pp. paper $ Youh Minisry, Chrisian Educaion, Chrisianiy and Cuure, Spiriuaiy/Spiriua Formaion Now Avaiabe 144 pp. paper $ Higher Educaion, Phiosophy, Wordview, Youh Minisry Previous ediion pubished as The Ourageous Idea of Academic Faihfuness For he mos compee and updaed informaion on hese ies, visi

8 The Famiy A Chrisian Perspecive on he Conemporary Home, 4h ed. Jack O. Baswick and Judih K. Baswick Covering every issue ha affecs famiy ife marriage, parening, sexuaiy, communicaion, socia dynamics, and famiy ife in modern sociey The Famiy is a proven comprehensive resource for sudying his mos esabished of human insiuions. This imporan sudy is we known among coege and seminary facuy, pasors, and Chrisian counseors and is widey used in socioogy, marriage, and famiy casses around he counry. The fourh ediion has been updaed o address curren famiy-reaed issues and refined o refec eaching pracices for he conemporary cassroom, incuding updaed references o onine resources. Praise for Previous Ediions Every socioogis who eaches courses on marriage and he famiy or who engages in persona or famiy counseing ough o read his simuaing book. Many wi concude ha i is he bes exbook for coege, seminary, and marriage preparaion courses. Chrisian Socioogica Sociey Newseer An exceen resource for marriage and famiy sudies in he church and in academia. Few exs come cose o his one in bending he bibica idea wih he conemporary scene. Joe E. Tru, Theoogica Educaor This is a rare book in is synhesis of rich sources in famiy scienific heory wih a heoogica vision of he meaning and purpose of he famiy. I consider his book an exceen resource for preachers and eachers and an obvious choice for a ex in famiy sudies in a Chrisian coege. Peer L. VanKawyk, Cavin Theoogica Journa May pp. paper $ Famiy, Psychoogy/Counseing Jack O. Baswick (PhD, Universiy of Iowa) is senior professor of socioogy and famiy deveopmen a Fuer Theoogica Seminary. Judih K. Baswick (EdD, Universiy of Georgia) is senior professor of maria and famiy herapy, aso a Fuer. They have coauhored severa books, incuding Auhenic Human Sexuaiy and A Mode for Marriage: Covenan, Grace, Empowermen, and Inimacy. As a consequence of [he Baswicks ] heoogica foundaion, presenaion of major socioogica perspecives of he famiy, and inegraing visuaizaions, The Famiy is a mos hepfu resource for undersanding he modern famiy. Diana R. Garand, Review and Exposior No oher book has been wrien [on famiy iving] from a Chrisian perspecive wih as much care as his one by he Baswicks.... Chrisian workers anxious o updae heir ibraries wih one readabe, ye perinen, book on famiy concerns wi wan o add his book and wi refer o i frequeny. Joyce Carro, Reformed Review Fawed Famiies of he Bibe How God s Grace Works hrough Imperfec Reaionships David E. Garand and Diana R. Garand 236 pp. paper $ The Chidren of Divorce The Loss of Famiy as he Loss of Being Andrew Roo 192 pp. paper $ Joining Chidren on he Spiriua Journey Nururing a Life of Faih Caherine Sonehouse 240 pp. paper $ Lisening o Chidren on he Spiriua Journey Guidance for Those Who Teach and Nurure Caherine Sonehouse and Scoie May 200 pp. paper $ For he mos compee and updaed informaion on hese ies, visi

9 Bryan Chape (PhD, Souhern Iinois Universiy) is senior pasor of Grace Presbyerian Church in Peoria, Iinois, and he auhor of numerous books. He is aso presiden emerius and disinguished professor of preaching a Covenan Theoogica Seminary in Missouri and coninues o each a various seminaries naionay and inernaionay. Aso by he Auhor Chris-Cenered Sermons Modes of Redempive Preaching Bryan Chape Chris-Cenered Sermons is an imporan conribuion o he fied of homieics. In i Chape appies he bibica heoogy of Chris-Cenered Preaching in hepfu and weexpained exampes ha underscore he auhor s own ski and insigh. Sco M. Gibson, Haddon W. Robinson Cener for Preaching, Gordon-Conwe Theoogica Seminary Chris-Cenered Preaching Redeeming he Exposiory Sermon, 2nd ed. Bryan Chape 400 pp. coh $ Chape unpacks principes from his cassic Chris-Cenered Preaching in a dazzing range of his own sermons in which we can read his hepfu commenary. Rarey does a homieician open up his mind and hear so generousy. Preachers are in his deb. Again. Michae Quicke, Norhern Seminary Chris-Cenered Worship Leing he Gospe Shape Our Pracice Bryan Chape 320 pp. coh $ Wha a priviege i is for he reader of his voume o have access o he bueprins of a premier archiec of exposiory preaching. This book is for hose ineresed in being bibicay grounded in heir preparaion whie remaining fresh and creaive in heir presenaion. Rober Smih Jr., Beeson Diviniy Schoo, Samford Universiy Now Avaiabe 272 pp. paper $ Homieics John Mark Terry (PhD, Souhwesern Bapis Theoogica Seminary) is professor of missions a Mid-America Bapis Theoogica Seminary. J. D. Payne (PhD, Souhern Bapis Theoogica Seminary) is pasor of church muipicaion a The Church a Brook His in Birmingham, Aabama. Boh auhors have aso served as missionaries. Deveoping a Sraegy for Missions A Bibica, Hisorica, and Cuura Inroducion John Mark Terry and J. D. Payne Encounering Mission A. Sco Moreau, series edior Goba Church Paning Bibica Principes and Bes Pracices for Muipicaion Craig O and Gene Wison 464 pp. paper $ Some peope are heoreicians, whie ohers are praciioners. Some hink, ohers do. In his remarkabe piece, we see a unique bend of boh. The auhors are hinking-doers, much ike our missioogica predecessor he apose Pau, and heir work here is sraegicay imporan. Anyone of any generaion ineresed in seeing oca churches and mission movemens advance for Chris s sake shoud read his book and appy is insighs. Keih Eie, Roy Fish Schoo of Evangeism and Missions, Souhwesern Bapis Theoogica Seminary The Gospe in Human Conexs Anhropoogica Exporaions for Conemporary Missions Pau G. Hieber 224 pp. paper $ As he ie indicaes, his is a book on mission sraegy and a very good one. Moreover, i is no simpy a book on his or ha phase of mission; i ays ou a sraegy for fufiing he Grea Commission mission. I commend i o he reading, sudy, and pracice of missionaries and mission sudens, pasors and saff members, and a Chrisians who ake he Grea Commission seriousy. David J. Hessegrave, Triniy Evangeica Diviniy Schoo; cofounder, Evangeica Missioogica Sociey Now Avaiabe 304 pp. paper $ Mission For he mos compee and updaed informaion on hese ies, visi

10 o he Academy The Baker Compac Bibe Dicionary Tremper Longman III, edior This convenien resource for sudens of he Bibe offers quick access o bibica books, peope, paces, imagery, and opics. Carefuy seeced and abridged from The Baker Iusraed Bibe Dicionary, more han 1,000 enries draw on up-o-dae evangeica schoarship in bibica sudies, archaeoogy, geography, hisory, and heoogy. The Baker Compac Bibe Dicionary wi prove o be a rove of informaion o aid in persona sudy and in preparaion for eaching. Augus pp. paper $ Bibica Sudies Tremper Longman III (PhD, Yae Universiy) is he Rober H. Gundry Professor of Bibica Sudies a Wesmon Coege. He has auhored or coauhored numerous books, incuding Job and Proverbs in he Baker Commenary on he Od Tesamen Wisdom and Psams and Inroducion o he Od Tesamen. 1 Corinhians Preben Vang Teach he Tex Commenary Series Mark L. Srauss and John H. Waon, genera ediors The Teach he Tex Commenary Series uiizes he bes of bibica schoarship o hep readers quicky grasp he key hemes of each passage of Scripure. In his commenary on 1 Corinhians, Preben Vang shows how Pau s experience wih he church in Corinh is appicabe o he church in a posmodern Wesern conex. Fu-coor images are incuded. Endorsemen Teach he Tex is he kind of commenary I have waned for a ong ime. I deas wih he kinds of quesions ha busy pasors have o ask and answer in order o preach he Scripures every week. Haddon Robinson, Gordon-Conwe Theoogica Seminary The Gospe according o Danie A Chris-Cenered Approach Bryan Chape Ofen he book of Danie is read eiher as a book abou a heroic man whose righeousness shoud inspire us or as a roadmap o he end imes. Boh, says Bryan Chape, are missing he bigger picure, ha God is in he mids of rescuing his peope from heir sin and is consequences. The book of Danie, ike a Od Tesamen Scripure, poins us oward he grace of God, uimaey reveaed in Chris. Endorsemen Apri pp. coh $ Commenaries, Pauine Sudies D Preben Vang (PhD, Souhwesern Bapis Theoogica Seminary) is professor of bibica and heoogica sudies a Pam Beach Aanic Universiy and pasor of Grace Poine Church in Lake Worh, Forida. D March pp. paper $ Homieics, Prophes Bryan Chape (PhD, Souhern Iinois Universiy) is senior pasor of Grace Presbyerian Church in Peoria, Iinois, and he auhor of numerous books. He is aso presiden emerius and disinguished professor of preaching a Covenan Theoogica Seminary in Missouri. [This book] is a gif o he church. Chape finds and feshes ou he gospe of grace in he book of Danie in ways ha are persuasive, powerfu, pracica, and pasora. Jusin S. Hocomb, Reformed Theoogica Seminary and Knox Theoogica Seminary 42 For he mos compee and updaed informaion on hese ies, visi D

11 o he Academy Marena Graves (MDiv, Norheasern Seminary) is an op-ed wrier for Chrisianiy Today s Her.meneuics bog. She is a member of he Redbuds Wriers Guid and he Renovare Spiriua Formaion Insiue. She has aso worked in coege residenia ife and speaks frequeny o sudens and congregaions abou spiriua formaion. Be No Afraid Facing Fear wih Faih Samue Wes 224 pp. paper $ A Beauifu Disaser Finding Hope in he Mids of Brokenness Marena Graves Foreword by John Orberg and Laura Orberg Turner Inerweaving bibica insighs and persona narraives, his eoqueny wrien book offers a window ino suffering hrough he moif of deser spiriuaiy. Marena Graves shares her experiences of growing up poor in a house pagued by mena iness as a means o expore he forces God uses o shape us in he mids of brokenness. God ofen uses deser experiences o form us ino Chris s image and o show himsef faihfu. Readers who have experienced suffering and quesion God s purpose for i wi benefi from his book, as wi counseors, pasors, professors, and menors. Darkness Is My Ony Companion A Chrisian Response o Mena Iness Kahryn Greene-McCreigh 176 pp. paper $ Endorsemen Marena Graves wries wih freshness and a cear, coo sense of auhoriy as she guides us hrough Chris s widerness, one meaphor a a ime. She speaks as one who knows he consoing, chaenging presence of God firshand. Emiie Griffin, auhor of Widerness Time and Sous in Fu Sai June pp. paper $ Pracica Theoogy/Church Life, Spiriuaiy/Spiriua Formaion Jim Wais is presiden and CEO of Sojourners and edior in chief of Sojourners magazine. He has wrien en books, incuding God s Poiics and The Grea Awakening, and is a frequen speaker in he Unied Saes and abroad. He has augh a Georgeown Universiy and Harvard Universiy. Educaing A God s Chidren Wha Chrisians Can and Shoud Do o Improve Pubic Educaion for Low-Income Kids Nicoe Baker Fugham 256 pp. paper $ The (Un)Common Good How he Gospe Brings Hope o a Word Divided Jim Wais I have read a of Jim Wais s books, books ha ca evangeicas o fu conversion and an eccesia faih ha works. This is Jim s bes book; i is persona, pasora, and propheic a summons o a deeper conversion, o bridgebuiding commimens o he common good, and o a famiy ife ha grounds acive faih in a common, caring communiy. Sco McKnigh, Norhern Seminary Jim Wais is his counry s major propheic evangeica Chrisian voice. He has a sense of urgency and hope sedom seen in our cynica ime. I hope and pray his voice resounds across his and and ha we pay heed o i. Corne Wes, Union Theoogica Seminary A hopefu, incisive book ha pus few punches. Jim gives us a way of rehinking oday s pressing socia issues in a vibrany Chrisian way, producing fresh insighs on amos every page. Wiiam Wiimon, Duke Diviniy Schoo Now in Paper June pp. paper $ Pubic Affairs, Spiriuaiy/Spiriua Formaion, Ehics Previousy pubished as On God s Side A ebook prices are he same as he prin ediions, uness oherwise indicaed 43